In the Heights: City Blocks from an Architectural Blockbuster

Revisiting the movie In the Heights was an excellent antidote to the challenges of these times. In Lin Manuel Miranda’s celebration of community, multi-generational families, the immigrant experience, and enduring friendship, we felt the pulse of Washington Heights. This inspired...

New Uses for Old Buildings: Moynihan Train Hall

The current attention to massive investment in American infrastructure has revived hopes of creating a tremendously improved transportation hub for the New York metropolitan area. The newly opened Moynihan Train Hall in the re-envisioned Farley Post Office building reflects the...

Spotted Around New York: The Beresford

Growing up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, my trips to Central Park for baseball, biking, and building snow forts in winter were anchored by views of the four double-towered apartment buildings beyond the trees. I have often said...

Spotted Around New York: The Pythian Building

Egypt in Manhattan? A colorful Egyptian colonnade, giant urns carried by teams of yellow, red, and green oxen, and Assyrian heads! Not just at the Metropolitan Museum! A glazed blue entry pavilion and a dramatic double-height marble lobby enhanced by...