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charting real estates biggest winners
"Philip Johnson's steel and concrete fantasia in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, designed as the New York State Pavilion for the 1964-65 World's Fair, has been crumbling for decades. Now it is finally getting some attention."
fixer-upper appliances
tall buildings muschamp
buildings of disaster
PLANETIZEN
the planning & development network news
missrepresentation
via selma
"The lawsuit is a public - and now seemingly irretrievable - declaration of a fundamental rift that officials have tried to gloss over with photo opportunities during the last year. It betrays the tumultuous business-as-usual jousting that has replaced some of the stated intent to rebuild ground zero in a cooperative, selfless spirit. And it will certainly not make life easier for Mr. Silverstein, who has been battling his insurers over the proceeds from the destruction of the trade center, money he needs to rebuild the site."
Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo
hoboken 9/11 memorial
(looks like it could be worse)
the fugs
JB discography
tony smith architect/sculptor
"... the last decade has witnessed a sharp rise in the number of buildings whose design seems motivated not primarily by any functional goal but by a desire to enhance the status of the cities or countries that have commissioned them. But to imply that this strays from architecture's historical goals is to deny history."
Wool and foam cushion/carpet.
Danish designer Pernelle Fagerlund created this combination carpet and cushion "relaxing machine for power-naps".
via mocoloco
underground container
" Lapidus was one of the first to create storefronts with wide glass facades through which customers could view the actual store."
archmags
adam purple