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A West Village exhibit is taking a page from the fluttering layers of post-it notes scrawled with messages of hope and frustration that have cropped up in underground passageways around the city since the election. The “Write Now” exhibit is adopting the zeitgeist—this apparent need among New Yorkers to both purposefully express their feelings and […]
An Upper West Side park is believed to have the only remaining city-maintained wooden seesaw. Where did the rest go? [NYT] Can “Mensch on a Bench” become the new “Elf on a Shelf?” [Bloomberg] Last year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree became the beams and flooring for two Habitat for Humanity homes in Newburgh, New York. [NYP] Sculptor Anish Kapoor […]
In 1986, Kenneth Lewis began his career architecture firm SOM as a mere junior designer. Now fast forward to present day and Lewis can be found at the front-lines of the globally recognized company serving as a partner. Over his 30-year tenure with SOM, Lewis has been in involved in the realization of game-changing developments like the Time […]
Iconic JFK Terminal begins its life as the ‘TWA Hotel’ with new signage There’s an ‘exotic’ Christmas tree selling for $1,000 in the Village One Vanderbilt confirms 1,020-foot observation deck West Chelsea mansion reboot with gym, pool, elevator, theatre and wine room ready for its $36.8M close-up NYU reveals design for $1B 23-story building at […]
Brooklyn’s Morbid Anatomy Museum, the black corner building at Seventh Street and Third Avenue dedicated to the beauty of death, is having a hard time staying alive. The museum opened two years ago with a full-bodied program of salon discussions, film and lecture series and quaint exhibitions such as “The Kittens’ Wedding” featuring Victorian-costumed taxidermied […]
Pantone’s 2017 color of the year is greenery, a “zesty yellow-green shade that evokes the first days of spring.” [Fast Co. Design] A new report says NYC is the “indisputable food hall capital of the world,” and Chelsea Market is number one. [CO] Eight toys designed by architects since the 1940s. [Architizer] This sombering photos […]
S9 Architecture designed a 16-story co-working building for tech and creatives startups on the Brooklyn Navy Yard waterfront. It’ll be called Dock72. [Dezeen] China’s street-straddling bus has been scrapped. [Curbed] Take a video tour of the abandoned Worth Street subway station. [Untapped] A Brooklyn artist/musician had his 16-foot inflatable igloo stolen. The 300-pound structure is where he […]
The $183 million renovation of the George Washington Bridge bus terminal in Upper Manhattan, which began eight years ago, will not be completed by its December 2016 target, according to developers. Lawmakers and locals are stunned by the problematic delay that affects 5 million annual riders of NJ Transit buses and other carriers, as well […]
Mayor de Blasio signed 10 pieces of legislation related to gas safety to ensure another Second Avenue explosion doesn’t take place. [Curbed] The Lot Radio, which operates out of a shipping container in Williamsburg, has added a vintage bus to its property that’ll serve as a bar. [Bedford + Bowery] Preview Dwell and Target’s line of […]
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