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Yachting Around Manhattan with the AIA
I LEARNED MANY NEW THINGS on Classic Harbor Line‘s architecture-focused “Around Manhattan Now” cruise last Friday, and was reminded of others I once knew but had forgotten. For example: the Statue of Liberty never gets old. She just doesn’t. Every … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, MANHATTAN, QUEENS, TRAVEL
Tagged 200 West Street, 59th Street Bridge, AIA, American Institute of Architects, Arthur Platt, Battery Park, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Chelsea Piers, Classic Harbor Line, Domino Sugar factory, Ellis Island, Fink & Platt, Frank Gehry, Freedom Tower, George Washington Bridge, Harlem River, High Line, Jane's Carousel, Jean Nouvel, Little Red Lighthouse, Long Island City, MANHATTAN, New York Chapter, Pepsi sign, Peter J. Sharp Boathouse, Robert A.M.Stern, SHoP Architects, South Street Seaport, Spruce Street, Spuyten Duyvil Bridge, Starrett-Lehigh Building, Statue of Liberty, Triborough Bridge, Trump Soho, Tsao McKown, Tuckitaway Storage, UN Headquarters, Washington Bridge, William Beaver, yacht, Yankee Stadium
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Used-Furniture Trove in Midtown Manhattan
HIGH ON MY LIST of things to accomplish this winter, somewhere between “Buy house” and “Update password list” (now 8 typewritten pages long), was “New clothing storage for bedroom.” I had already winnowed as much as I dared, but my … Continue reading
Stretching the Season
A LOT OF PEOPLE (myself included) give up, somewhat, on window boxes and outdoor containers by the time November rolls around. Others keep going… like the owners of the swell Manhattan townhouse, above, who’ve created an arresting display with gourds … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING
Tagged autumn, berries, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, brownstone, coleus, fall, fall containers, fall planting, gourds, MANHATTAN, mums, Prospect Heights, sweet potato vine, townhouse, window boxes
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Olde Brooklyn in Prints
SNOW OR NO SNOW, this evening’s opening reception and gallery talk (and wine and cheese…) at the Brooklyn Historical Society is going ahead as planned. The images in Brooklyn in Prints, which is curated by Manhattan’s Old Print Shop and … Continue reading
Sweet Shutters
East Hampton, N.Y. I LOVE SHUTTERS — louvered, paneled, pickets, cut-outs — though I’ve never really lived in a house that has them. My present cottage on Long Island is not gonna be the one. Shutters don’t make sense with … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, HAMPTONS, HUDSON VALLEY, LONG ISLAND, MANHATTAN, OLD-HOUSE MAKEOVERS, PHILADELPHIA
Tagged Boston, BROOKLYN, casement windows, cut-outs, louvered, MANHATTAN, paneled, PHILADELPHIA, pickets, row houses, shutters, Springs
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Here at the New Yorker
I’M ON THE 31st FLOOR of a classic Art Deco building in midtown Manhattan. From the window of my small but plush room at the New Yorker Hotel, I look down on water tanks and roof terraces and Garment District … Continue reading
Posted in MANHATTAN
Tagged Art Deco, Chrysler Building, Empire State Building, Garment District, MANHATTAN, midtown, New Yorker Hotel, Penn Station, Tick Tock Diner
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