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Since its inception, NYRA has proudly been a big tent: of contributors, of buildings, of cities, of visions for urban life. But what, you might wonder, is a big tent without a big tote? Wonder no longer. The NYRA Big Tote (aka the Ménage á Tote bag) is here, and it is magnificent: bright and unmissable, a bag as generous and roomy as NYRA itself.

Perfect for trips to the beach, bookstore, or government-owned grocery store, the NYRA Big Tote is a carryall that will provide years of service while accentuating your status as a person of taste. On one side of the tote: “NEW YORK REVIEW OF ARCHITECTURE,” in all its backslanted glory. On the other: a slice of the artwork gracing the cover of NYRA’s fiftieth issue, in which Madelon Vriesendorp playfully reimagines her own illustration for the original 1978 edition of Rem Koolhaas’s Delirious New York as a ménage à trois between the Chrysler Building, the Statue of Liberty, and NYRA’s murine mascot. An illustration depicting a skyscraper, a sculpture, and a pajama-clad rat in flagrante delicto suggests an expansive view of relations between the species and the built world, and that universalism infuses the design of the Big Tote itself. Made of sturdy canvas with long handles and a structured flat bottom, this is a bag to suit all bodies and styles.

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