November 2010
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“‘Through it one entered the city like a god … one scuttles in now...”
– Despite my love for the Beaux-Arts original and my extreme distaste for the current Penn Station, this piece by Tom Scocca and Choire Sicha in the NYT opinion pages makes a whole lot of sense. It reminds me of the debate about listing Mid-century Modern buildings on the historical registry. Even...
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Arts and Economy, pt. 1
This weekend is Prospect 1.5 openings for the St. Claude Arts District. While I’m excited to go see innovative art, personal artist studios, strange performance and go to all the good parties, I’m most excited about the research I’m going to do afterward. I’m going to go around to a sampling of businesses in the neighborhood and survey them on their sales volume comparing...