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radiator shame. this old house is heated by radiators and lots of them. we keep the heat at about 78 degrees day and night because of the tenants. is that warm enough ? even still, i keep some of my windows cracked open for comfort and ventelation. there are victorian period painted metal radiator covers for every single radiator in this house. many with female cameo design accents. the tenants seem to like them as they compliment the rest of their apartments period details. I took my covers out however and stored them in the basement. our esthetic is to remove the paint from all radiators and heat pipes. that is let the metal read metal. just as we let the hard wood floors shine through and the plaster and lath ceilings and walls be painted bright white and plaster like. i just fitted out my ceiling medallions with individual bare 100w light bulbs. and we kept the old linoleum kitchen floors.
theres been a major onslaught of news coverage of tanaguchis new moma expansion. i like it alot, but i think the real story is their redoubled effort to position moma as a luxury brand retail outlet. their once humble bookstore seems to have suddenly come up to speed with its highhat fifth avenue neighbors : Rolex, Harry Winston, Bergdorfs, Tiffany, Burberry, Hermes, Cartier...
if you lived in jersey city
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"For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"
Thats the Accuplaylist. Accu stands for accurate and playlist stands for playlist.
studio gluckman
"A home makeover-style TV programme in Iraq that offers needy families the opportunity to have their war-damaged homes re-built from scratch has become a massive hit."
"The city has grown up since the Modern shut its doors to build its new home two and a half years ago. The hole left by the twin towers. A war in Iraq. A polarized electorate. Our culture is in a crisis as critical as any since the cold war period when Modernism reached its final, exuberant bloom."
It sounds like a gnomic paradox, but the concept of invisible architecture translates into a constellation of expensive decisions. Riley pointed to a black granite wall whose panels are so large and meticulously aligned that the joints all but vanish, creating the effect of a seamless curtain. "When the light hits it a certain way, it looks like velvet," Riley says. "This is architecture that's all about hiding itself."
Hard Choices but No Overall Plan on 9/11 Rebuilding
still no tenants for #7 wtc or the freedom tower
...more cowbell...
naked airport
"A former Yale University architectural student sued the designers of the World Trade Center site's planned Freedom Tower on Monday, saying the designs for the skyscraper violate copyrights of those he created at school. "
