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What are the two things a plumber needs to know?
Shit runs down hill, and pay day is on Friday. That’s a joke I learned in an evironmental systems class. In New York, plumbers also know Copper is King. But not for long, perhaps. New York City is in the process of revising its building codes, top to bottom. The overall goal is to be […]
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No one can get it right.
That isn’t intended to be a specific criticism; I am of the belief there is an inherent futility in trying to create a memorial for the WTC site. The Times, which has played a complicated role in trying to set an agenda about the discussion and process that stands awkwardly among providing a populist voice(something […]
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Porn and Liberty Bonds, both hard to come by in Times Square.
The Times reports that financing has been secured for their new building in Times Square, but apparently it won’t be an extended journey on the government gravy train that funded the site acquisition (and this was a deal that raised truly bipartisan hackles, though of course the freepers couldn’t help but make jabs to the […]
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The big, bad FDR.
Well, Boston thinks it’s a good idea! Normally, such a sentiment wouldn’t hold sway here in the big city, but since that’s referring to the Big Dig, we’re supposed to be all impressed, just like we were supposed to be when Robert Moses told us it was such a great idea to build all this […]
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Incidental Insight.
The Times has a piece on the status of the US Embassy in Berlin (apparently the plan to hire Jeff Koons to make a humongous stainless steel ‘Surrender Monkey’ fell through). This is not a ‘local’ story, but the accompanying photo provides a good in-progress view of the Monument to the Murdered Jews of Europe, […]
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ICFF.
The Architect’s Newspaper provides a round up on ICFF, which kicks off Saturday at the Javits Center (the print-only version has an extensive listing of events and related parties). Note, ICFF is for ‘trade’ only, so you’d better hurry and get some fake business cards printed (tip: use a Williamsburg address and lots of radius […]
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Richard Schwartz and his calculator.
For a by the numbers tabloid piece on the WTC site, read this. It’s the usual pap: pseudo populist voice (they lawyers are vultures! the PA is a poorly run bureaucracy!), laments lost goals presented as fait accompli, even as they are still heavily contested. And it’s unfortunate, since he also makes several compelling arguments. […]
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More signs of the apocalypse.
This is passing car wreck gross and fascinating. Only in New York, right? Ugh. (via Gawker)
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Thoms of Mayne.