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Highlights: New York’s 2011 Municipal Art Society (MAS) Summit
The 2011 Municipal Arts Society (MAS) Summit gathered developers, academics, architects, financiers and urbanophiles of all types in the Time
In Search of John Purroy Mitchel: The Boy Mayor
“No stauncher American, no abler and more disinterested public servant, and no finer natural soldier than [John] Purroy Mitchel was
The Busker of Morningside Heights
I found myself sitting in a Cuban restaurant on Broadway near Columbia University. It was an early spring afternoon, and
The Hungarian Pastry Shop, a literary outpost
When author and professor David Grahame Shane (of Recombinant Urbanism) asked us to meet at the Hungarian Pastry Shop on
ArchiHUMOR: A New Breed of Architects Show It’s Not All So Serious
Architecture schools have long struggled with what is mightier: the pen(cil) or the mouse. Columbia University GSAPP (Graduate School
KORILLA BBQ Korean Food Truck
When Korilla BBQ comes to Columbia University, it parks on Amsterdam away from the slew of other food trucks on
Greenmarket at Columbia University
Sunday morning was a markedly cool 65 degrees when I set forth to Columbia University and I could smell autumn
PARK(ing) DAY NYC 2010
One of my our urban reclamation events, PARK(ing) Day, is coming back September 17th! The concept is simple: turn
The Maison de Verre (House of Glass) in Paris
Photo via Flickr by BM. “For architects it represents the road not taken: a lyrical machine whose theatricality is the
Inside Reid Hall, Columbia University’s Campus in Paris
Occasionally, while walking in Paris one gets a glimpse of the courtyards that lie behind the uniform facades and intimidating