If necessity is the mother of invention, then it should be no surprise that the challenges facing developing countries give rise to some very compelling designs. Last week I had the chance to go on a tour of the UN’s exhibition, “Design with [...]
Monthly Archive for November, 2011
Right now, I’m speechless. Not just about this exhibition, but the fact that I can go to these types of things in the city. I have been so inspired here, there are so many artists, so much art that is in your face all of the time…great music..great food…ah. Every Thursday starting at 7 is [...]
There are few things that I love more than going through old buildings. Today Bob Balder, the Executive Director of the AAP program in NYC, took a group of us on a last minute tour of the former Domino Sugar Plant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He got Mitchell Korbey, the land use attorney for the developer [...]
There is no such thing as a “shortest distance” between eastern and western Manhattan when Central Park is in between—every route seems longer than it should be. Whether you take the subway all the way downtown and back up, or face Olmsted’s curves, the park is a part of your trip. On Saturday we [...]
Happy Halloween! Well, happy belated Halloween. I love this time of the year. More specifically, I love dressing up during this time of the year. Maybe my love for Halloween has grown since I was a freshman in college and experienced my first Dragon Day. As I was getting my hair done (I dyed my [...]