Daniel Jonas-Roche

Astor Place — The long-postponed opening of Vkhutemas: Laboratory of Modernism 1920–1930 drew out avant-garde aficionados like myself.

Zoom — “The building trades have leverage. Construction firms have leverage. The only people in the building industry that don’t have leverage are the ones who design the buildings,” David DiMaria said. “If architects don’t set those standards, there won’t be a floor. There has to be a cost for your work.”

LAGUARDIA PLACE — “First and foremost, people want to breathe safe air.”