On my way over to the Jacob K. Javits center for the New York Times Travel Show, I ran into these little gems on the street. I don’t recall the exact street I was on, somewhere on the west side obviously. These staircase rails remind me of Chinese dragon costumes. Beautifully detailed this was pleasant …
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero In the dictionary, importance is an adjective describing something as having great significance. Water was of great significance to Roman Gardens. Ancient Romans viewed water not only as a necessity of life, but also as a thing of …
I remember first hearing about the intensity that was to be Hurricane Sandy at my job. We all gathered in a very serious lunch meeting and were instructed on the proper procedures going further. Little did anyone really anticipate how hard this tropical storm would hit. After the minimal damage after Hurricane Irene last year, I shrugged …
It took a trip to South Beach, Miami FL for me to recall how happy architecture and art makes me feel. It’s been quite some time since I last posted, but since I’ve graduated, I’ve started a job in technology. I love my job but it doesn’t give me joy the way researching cities and … Continue reading
Last semester at NYU’s Urban Design and Architecture major, I had taken part in one of the few remaining classing for the Spring 2012 semester… Case Studies in Historic Preservation. While everyone has their own interests in what should be preserved as to what should be demolished, often times there it is challenging for American … Continue reading
It is amazing how accessible information and ideas are through the internet. With a click of the mouse or a tap of the finger, we are exposed to some of the most educating and provocative things. With my iPad 2 in hand, I endlessly scroll through the App Store searching for my next source of amusement. If you are … Continue reading
Last night Community Board 3 of Staten Island held their monthly meeting for Parks and Recreation in conjunction with the Environmental Board. They had one message for the night – There must be Deer Management efforts in Staten Island. They presented a lengthy Powerpoint presentation covering the history of White-tailed Deer in Staten Island, the problems presented by their rapidly … Continue reading
In celebration of returning from my over a year hiatus, I would like to start off with a BANG! I am happy to introduce a new segment to the site, Exploring My City. The truth is that for the majority of my life, I had been restrained to the confines of Staten Island. When the only way … Continue reading
Because my tulips had bloomed so rapidly, the quickly wilted. So I cut the stems, dug out the blubs, and placed them in the freezer. I vowed to keep green alive within my room throughout the year and so I headed to the Home Depot to make my next selection. At first, I gravitated towards the tulips and hydrangeas. … Continue reading
For theme-park lovers, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, the world’s first Ferrari theme park and the largest indoor theme park is the place to go. The park was completed in October of 2010, and contains several attraction to bring even more tourism to the rapidly developing, Abu Dhabi. The park is located on Yas Island, just … Continue reading
The nineteenth century horticulture found in Europe is both vast and confusing. There was a significant leap in garden design and this created a long list of notable garden. This makes it difficult to select only a few to encompass all the developments in style, ideas and approaches that emerged during the era. Two particular styles comes to … Continue reading
During the trailers for Limitless this past weekend, New Yorkers were subject to a small film describing Frank Gehry’s latest edition to the New York landscape. New York by Gehry is advertised as the “tallest residential tower in the Americas” with rents starting at $3,000 a month and rising to $15,000-plus. “What I wanted to do … Continue reading
me·trop·o·lis –noun, plural -lis·es. 1. any large, busy city. 2. the chief, and sometimes capital, city of a country, state, or region. 3. a central or principal place, as of some activity. Before Star Wars, one of the most popularly noted futuristic films came from Germany in the late 1920s. A visionary depiction of skyscrapers ruling the landscape and flying cars. While skyscrapers do not sound to futuristic to you now – in this moment in history, there were very few skyscrapers, and to … Continue reading
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