The New York Observer, February 3rd, 2006
Design review boards are the "queer eye for the straight guy" of civic policy, and approve or disapprove of the aesthetic of community buildings http://www.inman.com/inmanstories.aspx?ID=49869 ">(Inman News)
Life on Vashon Island, just a commute over the Puget Sound or an Internet line to Seattle or Tacoma. (The New York Times)
Now it's come to renting out a hole in the wall stuffed with a mattress. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/03/nyregion/03mattress.html?ex=1296622800... ">(The New York Times)
Lady Minerva's view of Lady Liberty will not be blocked by a developer's new Green-Wood condominium--he promises. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/02/nyregion/02ink.html?_r=2&%20ref=slogin... "> (The New York Times)
Unlimited artwork for those with limited space. http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/020206/the-gallery/the-gallery-miles-... ">(Apartment Therapy)
Brooklyn politicians dedicate themselves to an open space in Brooklyn Bridge Park with a warning to the state authority to find revenue sources outside the neighborhood, not through high-priced condos.http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/61306.htm "> (New York Post)
Cyberdoormen are protecting smaller buildings that can't afford an actual person with "a network of cameras, intercoms, card access points, and alarms linked by high-speed Internet to a remote 24-hour monitoring location." http://www.nysun.com/article/26915?access=806422 ">(New York Sun)
City editors and nightlife reviewers mail in the bars that have been robbing their wallets. http://villagevoice.com/nyclife/0606,zappia,72038,15.html ">(The Village Voice)
The most expensive penthouse in the United States rests atop The Pierre Hotel, all 14,000 square feet of it. The triplex includes the Pierre's original ballroom with 23-foot-high curved ceilings, five master bedrooms and fireplaces, four terraces, and a 360-degree view of New York at a mere $70 million. (Forbes)
Some women have it all, and some are still trying to sell it, like Diane von Furstenberg.http://www.curbed.com/archives/2006/02/02/inside_the_von_furstenberg_com... "> (Curbed)
Apartments getting redesigned by fashion designers:
"There is no reason," broker Michael Shvo said, "that in our industry today we not look as good as a Prada ad." http://www.tropolism.com/2006/02/tropolism_trends_fashion_desig.php ">(Tropolism)
Using architecture and the power to raze buildings to destroy whole cultures. http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=429&storyCode=3062126 ">(Building Design)
A transatlantic race to create a robot can build an entire house from an architect's computer-based design against Loughborough University looks like a win for University of Southern California's department of industrial and systems engineering. (Building Design)
The "shifting cast of characters" at the World Trade Center site. (Gotham Gazette)
- Riva Froymovich
