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Echoes of Deco

All the spectacle really does seem contrived to prohibit actual shopping.

Every String Everywhere All at Once

Throughout her wondrous life, Madeline Gins tried to rewrite the rules of the ultimate game.

Carriegate

And Just Like That … I had a proposal for a New York City zoning amendment.

Come Zither

In a venue where the art often plays second fiddle to the 360-degree view, Jones’s quiet refinements don’t try to compete with other stimulations.

Great Manse Theory

George Malone was a hawk-eyed patrolman of the Holmes Electric Protective Company turned dynamite snuffer.

Is It Clocking?

Time ain’t what it used to be.

Masc Modernism

It’s the bulky geometry of a more anatomical kind, revealed on page 193, that proves especially memorable.

Nevermind the Bullocks

If you throw a coin in the Trevi fountain, you will return to Rome. If you rub the testicles of this giant steer or, more specifically, if you are photographed doing so, you will become rich.

Rem Diagram

Koolhaas writes himself into the canon of information visualization.

Squatters’ Rights

This wasn’t a luxury condo viewing, but rather an “art show celebrating insurrectionary urban development.”

Oh the Hermanity!

Life in and among towers in the park is rarely shown to be this appealing.

A Fair to Remember

I was greeted by the disembodied voice of Robert Moses, proclaiming his intent to bring visitors “together in our shrinking globe.”

Flowers for Barragán

New York Botanical Garden pays slaphappy homage to Mexico’s diamondized master of modern architecture.

House Parti

Generosity of spirit has its limits. Usually, it’s the front door.

Home Stretch

Inside Kim K’s biggest play in brick-and-mortar

That’s That Cheap Espresso

A cappuccino for $2.72 is a unicorn in this town.
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