Tag Archives: Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Update: Javits’ end promises new dawn for Manhattan’s West Side
Redeveloping the six-block-long property overlooking the Hudson will give a huge boost to efforts by the government and a growing number of developers to recreate the long-desolate far West Side of Manhattan. Even Richard Kahan thinks it’s time to demolish … Continue reading
“Tech” of the town – Cornell’s Roosevelt Island Campus Plan Unveiled in NYC
ISLE STYLE: An Escher-esque visualization of Cornell University’s bold new plan for a high-tech engineering campus on Roosevelt Island. Proclaiming it a “defining moment” that will revolutionize the city’s economy, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday offered a first look at Cornell University’s … Continue reading
Breaking All the Rules With New York’s Public-Building Design
By ADA LOUISE HUXTABLE Brooklyn, N.Y. May 13, 2009 Now that the age of irrational exuberance and outrageous excess is apparently over, can we please talk about real architecture again? It has been fun seeing just how far talent can … Continue reading
