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And Then There’s Manhattan…
CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, I do sometimes go across the river to the little island with the big buildings. And I usually come back with a sigh of relief to the low-rise precincts of Brownstone Brooklyn. However, a recent stroll … Continue reading
High Line Part II
Photo: Iwan Baan, 2011 LAST WEEK, another 10-block section of the High Line, the ongoing re-invention of an unused elevated railroad line through Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, opened to the public. The innovative park now stretches all the way to West … Continue reading
Posted in ARCHITECTURE, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, LANDSCAPING, MANHATTAN
Tagged Chelsea, Garden Design magazine, High Line, open to the public, part 2, Piet Oudolf, West Village
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BOOK REVIEW Garden Guide: New York City
NEW YORK in 2011 is truly a great garden city. World-class, I’d venture to say. Yet, as Nancy Berner and Susan Lowry point out in the newly revised edition of Garden Guide: New York City (W.W. Norton, $22.95), as recently as … Continue reading
Posted in BOOK REVIEW, GARDENS & GARDENING, LANDSCAPING, MANHATTAN
Tagged Battery Park, botanic gardens, Bronx, Bronx County Courthouse Greenroof Garden, Chelsea, Conservatory Garden, Dyckman Farmhouse, Garden Guide: New York City, gardens, Greek Revival, Greenacre Park, greenroof garden, High Line, Irish Hunger Memorial, Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum, Lotus Garden, Morris-Jumel, Mount Vernon Hotel, Nancy Berner, NEW YORK CITY, Piet Oudolf, Queens Botanical Garden, Red Hook, revised edition, Snug Harbor, Staten Island, Susan Lowry, W.W. Norton
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Garden in a Bottle
ARTIST PAULA HAYES, Brooklyn-based creator of fantastical landscapes large and small (some so small they can be worn as necklaces), is speaking this Sunday, Feb. 14th, at Madoo Conservancy in East Hampton, on what sounds to me like a wonderful … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
Tagged Boerum Hill, Chelsea, East Hampton, Madoo Conservancy, Marianne Boesky, Paula Hayes, silicone planters, terrariums
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Way White in Amagansett
I HAVE ALREADY ADMITTED to a queasy fascination with the Novogratzes, ever since that unforgettable New York Times article last spring about their 7th child’s christening, filmed for a reality show that will debut next month on Bravo. They’re the … Continue reading
Posted in HAMPTONS, INTERIOR DESIGN, LONG ISLAND, OLD-HOUSE MAKEOVERS
Tagged Amagansett, Bravo, Chelsea, Courtney Novogratz, gut reno, Home Depot, IKEA, Lazy Point Road, Novogratzes, ranch, reality show, renovation, Robert Novogratz, Sixx Design
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Getting High in Manhattan
SPENT A COUPLE OF DAYS in the Big Town this week, taking care of business and visiting with my kids (who are grown-ups). On Tuesday, my daughter Zoe and I checked out the High Line, which is open, finally, after … Continue reading
