New York City Architecture

The Secret New York Alternative to a Tranquil Summer Beach House

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 06.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Stress, Walking, New York City Architecture, Summer, Museums, United Nations, Sculpture, Architecture, Vacation, Travel, New York City, Family, Gardens, Relaxation, Living News
Michelle Haimoff

Here are six places in Manhattan where you're unlikely to run into anyone you know and where, for once, you might actually be able to hear yourself think.

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Why the New New Yorkers Live in Glass Houses

Ed Hamilton | Posted 11.13.2007 | Living

Read More: Building in New York, Glass Apartments, New York City Architecture, Glass Building, New York City Apartments, New York City, Architecture, Building Design, Living News
Ed Hamilton

Why are developers building these monstrosities? Well, because the glass houses are cheap, pre-fab structures.

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Why Bad Buildings Happen to Good Cities: Some Grumblings on Trump Place, the Hearst Tower, and the New MOMA

Sherman Yellen | Posted 10.16.2007 | Living

Read More: Trump Place, Rudy Giuliani Mayor, Hearst Tower, Real Estate, New York City Architecture, Michael Bloomberg Mayor, New York City, Architecture, Donald Trump, Living News
Sherman Yellen

The Bloomberg era in New York may someday be known as the time when New York was assaulted by a rash of hedge fund architecture on its skyline, leaving a mess for the generations to come to clean up with a bulldozer.

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