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Blending Day and Night into a Single Photograph 24 Aug 2013 | 01:12 am
Above- the High Line http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SPEC/GAL-HIGHLINE2.htm Here is a short collection the great work of Stephen Wilkes. (http://www.stephenwilkes.com) Love it. Especially one ...
Fitzgerald’s use of American architectural styles in the Great Gatsby. 10 Apr 2013 | 11:52 pm
Though many critics of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby have commented on the crucial importance of the buildings in the novel, none has given full and specific attention to those buildings’ p...
Latest design for 80 South Street 1 Mar 2013 | 11:40 pm
There is a current design for 80 South Street. This was the site that was ear-marked for the quite incredible Calatrava building that got quashed by the GFC. The current design, by Tony Morali and Ass...
Steel Spire tops out One World Trade Center 11 Feb 2013 | 11:55 pm
NEW YORK – One World Trade Center reached a new height in progress Tuesday after workers installed the first piece of the spire that will make it the tallest building in the country. The 70-ton spire ...
OUR MEN IN HAVANA 19 Apr 2012 | 12:02 am
EVEN in Cuba they know it’s a waiting game, waiting for the Castros to exit the stage, and for Cuba to open up. When Americans finally do arrive in quantity, New Yorkers will notice something familiar...
Merry Christmas from New York 23 Dec 2011 | 07:55 pm
There is no doubt in my mind that NYC is the most beautiful place in the world to spend Christmas. The white snow, the goodwill and gemuetlichkeit, the iceskating, parades and lights make it the best...
Port Authority Pictures ‘Sphere’ in Park Near WTC Site 23 Dec 2011 | 07:19 pm
The Port Authority has yet to announce a permanent home for the battered 22.5 ton sculpture “The Sphere,” the iconic memorial to the tragedy of Sept. 11 that now resides in Battery Park. But rendering...
Dubious MVRDV Skyscraper design 14 Dec 2011 | 12:32 am
The Dutch designers of a pair of South Korean skyscrapers were facing criticism after claims the buildings look like the burning World Trade Center. Picture: Courtesy of MVRDV A SOUTH Korean develope...
15CPW- Weill Takes Step Toward ‘Downsizing’ 12 Nov 2011 | 02:16 pm
NYT By JOSH BARBANEL Sanford I. Weill, the former chairman and chief executive of Citigroup Inc., has put one of the most celebrated postwar penthouses in Manhattan on the market for $88 million, say...
Steve Jobs- A Genius of the Storefront, Too 25 Oct 2011 | 11:24 pm
By JAMES B. STEWART, NYT, October 15, 2011 WHEN the architect Peter Bohlin arrived for his first meeting with Steve Jobs, he wore a tie. “Steve laughed, and I never wore a tie again,” Mr. Bohlin reca...
