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Tight Spot: The Meeting of Truth & Paranoia

Gabrielle Selz | Posted 11.27.2011

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Gabrielle Selz

All recognizably representational art is a distortion. And these distortions can be either formal or emotional. However, in Tight Spot, David Byrne has done both.

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Landscape Urbanism: The Challenge of Implementation

David Eisen | Posted 07.16.2011

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David Eisen

Designers will need to team up with scientists, sociologists and engineers -- and bureaucrats and bean counters, too -- if sustainable design solutions are to be pushed beyond the commonplace.

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PHOTOS: New York's Highline At Night

Posted 09.19.2011

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Parks in large cities are usually thought of as refuges, as islands of green amid seas of concrete and steel. When you approach the High Line in the C...

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John Kerry, Paul Simon, Bette Midler at the "other" sanity rally - NYRP's Hulaween

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andrea Chalupa

John Kerry took the stage last night at the New York Restoration Project's annual Hulaween Ball at the Waldorf Astoria dressed in a gray suit and tie....

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Whitney To Open Museum At Entrance To Highline, Designed Renzo Piano

nytimes.com | Carol Vogel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Three years after reaching a tentative agreement with the city, the Whitney Museum of American Art is forging ahead with plans to build a second museu...

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Riverbank Park: A New York Oasis

Allison Rockefeller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Adirondacks, Hudson River, The-Highline, Niagara Falls, New York, Parks, New York News
Allison Rockefeller

Riverbank Park's view is so staggering, you're apt to drop your tuna fish sandwich in your cold Frappuccino.

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