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Real estate rhinoplasty, redux.
Maybe I’m getting old, maybe it’s the possibilty of a nascent interest in conservatism the convention will bring, but every time I read more about the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, my willingness to stridently support the city protecting facilities such as this erodes. Sure, we watched helplessly as CHARAS got swindled, though thankfully the […]
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Here I sit happy hearted, for once the design wasn’t martyred.
The Times does a little write up on the bathrooms in the Times Square subway stop. Key to the article is the largess shown by Boston Properties in paying for the attendant. It’s a clever sleight of hand, as if there was no precedent for hiring people simply to serve the interests of the public, […]
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Brooklyn hipsters get specialized lingo for ‘Negro’.
Gawker has the details on one of those end of civilization as RISD grads know it pieces on the opening of the new Target. If you were wondering if the thousands of liberal arts education dollars spent enlightening suburban kids to the plight of the black man had any beneficial effect, read no further: I […]
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It a maze, but there’s no prize for making it out.
The early results of the ‘creative bollard’ thinking that’s been going were quietly evidenced on Broad Street over the past week, as the final stages of a renovation are nearing completion. At the northern (where Broad becomes Nassau at the Wall Street juncture) and southern ends most of the traffic control barriers were large, rectangular […]
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Spliffy.
Last week, we did a guest spot at Curbed, taking hip shots at the High Line proposals, based on a slide show the Times presented. Now that more images are available, and a show (which I haven’t seen) at the Center for Architecture, through August 14, a more detailed assessment can be made. The additional […]
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But who will think of the developers?
Sure, everyone worries about the children. But what about John Zuccotti? He can’t buy any love, though I am sure he is trying. Brookfield Properties, owning what might prove to be the largest white elephant in downtown (right after Larry Silverstein), the World Financial Center, found out Thursday that their hope for a West St. […]
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Unsophisticated, but well endowed.
Well, we already knew that Glenn Lowry thinks you are a provincal overachiever (but he respects your Montessori education). Turns out he also thinks you are rich. Michael Kimmelman did what looks like a real piece of criticism (I had to look twice to make sure it was the Times), assessing the state of New […]
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We do what we can.
Because the idea of coalescing ten pages of notes is daunting, and the press of time and relevance, and the fact that Felix has done hell of a job providing a succinct and thorough recap (posting before I even got off the subway) of the New York New Visions panel Wednesday morning on the state […]
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That’s funny, cause I send all my checks to South Dakota.
Following up with plan to bail on downtown, Citigroup unveiled plans for a new building across the street from its Queen’s Plaza location, the Daily News reports. A Citigroup flack notes “We have our single largest, most profitable business – our credit card business – headquartered right here.” (flack? well, okay, president). No one is […]
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Lobster, wine glasses, and nary a building in sight.