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On Staten Island, 1100 Architect Debuts New York’s First Modular Public Restroom
As New York City grapples with a public restroom crisis, modular design presents a quicker and cheaper approach to expansion.
Manhattan was sold for $24 — now it costs nearly as much to get across town
A sharp trader from Holland, Minuit did not go Dutch. He paid — straight out — the equivalent of $24 for all Manhattan. Today ...
Mexico City to the Met: Frida Escobedo’s Supercharged Path to Fame
The 45-year-old architect had mostly designed temporary structures before becoming the first woman to design a wing at the ...
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The Breuer Building’s Lobby Might Be Saved After All
There is no building in New York City like the Brutalist monolith designed by Marcel Breuer on Madison Avenue, formerly owned ...
Locals push to landmark oddly shaped NYC building that once housed Whitney Museum before art auctioneers move in
They’re hoping it won’t be a brutal fight over this brutalist space. Preservationists are pushing to landmark parts of a ...
New Orleans latest: Terror suspect pictured along with cooler concealing makeshift explosive
Two more victims from the New Orleans terror attack have been named. Meanwhile, the FBI have released new images of the ...