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Mount Vernon vs. Monticello
BACK-TO-BACK VISITS last month to Mount Vernon and Monticello upended my preconceived notions. Based on what I’d heard from friends before the trip — “Mount Vernon? Yeah, sure. But I loooovved Monticello!” — I expected the highlight to be Jefferson’s … Continue reading
Posted in ROAD TRIPS, TRAVEL
Tagged architecture, C&O Restaurant, High Meadows Vineyard Inn, Michie Tavern, Monticello, Mount Vernon, Scottsville, University of Virginia, UVA, Virginia
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Palm Springs Redux
MY WHIRLWIND TRIP TO PALM SPRINGS on assignment for Endless Vacation magazine took place the week before last, though it seems forever ago. I’ve been bouncing around since — from Long Island, where I packed up two-thirds of my furnishings … Continue reading
Posted in ARCHITECTURE, TRAVEL
Tagged Ace Hotel, architecture, Donald Wexler, hedge, hotels, JP Denmark, mid-century modern, Norma's, Palm Springs, Parker, Robert Alexander, shopping, vintage modern
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Palm Springs Weekdays
The discreet 9-room Hideaway, my Palm Springs home for three nights GOOD MORNING from Palm Springs, California, where I am, instead of the woman taking yard waste to the dump or running to catch the Flatbush Avenue bus, a minor … Continue reading
Posted in ARCHITECTURE, TRAVEL
Tagged Albert Frey, architecture, California, Cara Greenberg, Donald Wexler, E. Stewart Williams, Endless Vacation, Hideaway, magazine, mid-century modern, Mid-Century Modern: Furniture of the 1950s, Palm Springs, Palm Springs Modern Tours, Palmer and Krisel, Robert Imber, William Cody, William Krisel
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Valencia: Historico Centro
I’M IN VALENCIA, SPAIN, city of parks and paella, of rich and tangled history, with many outstanding architectural remnants thereof. Valencia has 300 days of sunshine a year. Yesterday was not one of them. But gray though it was, it … Continue reading
Posted in ARCHITECTURE, SPAIN, TRAVEL
Tagged architecture, cathedral, Colon, Fallas, Gothic, Lonja, market hall, Mercado Central, Modernismo, Old City, paella, SH Valencia Palace, Silk Exchange, Valencia
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Wackadoodle Hamptons Architecture
NO ONE COULD ACCUSE THESE HOUSES of being cookie-cutter. While cruising the East Hampton listings in the $600-800,000 range, these two, er, unusual houses came up. They’re not entirely out of context. The Hamptons have long been known for outrageous … Continue reading
Posted in ARCHITECTURE, HAMPTONS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, LONG ISLAND, PROPERTIES FOR SALE, REAL ESTATE/INVESTING
Tagged 1960s, 1970s, 19th century, architecture, beach house, Butterfly House, East Hampton, Eero Saarinen, farmhouse, front porch, Hamptons, Henri Gueron, Henry T. Howard, Jackson Pollock, modernist, Palm Springs, post-modern, rya rugs, shingled, Springs, TWA Terminal
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Meet the Trees
BROOKLYN IS ABLAZE WITH FALL COLOR, and I’m jealous. As far as autumn’s glories go, the East End of Long Island is a dud. The native forest here is mostly oak, and oak just turns brown. Not so in Columbia … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING, ROAD TRIPS
Tagged Albemarle Road, architecture, Argyle Road, August 2006, autumn color, BROOKLYN, Brooklyn Tornado, Cortelyou Road, fall color, Flatbush Gardener, leaf peeping, street trees, Sustainable Flatbush, Sweet Gum, Victorian Flatbush, walking tour
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