The Secret Lives of Public Places

Grand Institutions of Clinton Hill: Travel to an era of opulence and craft in three of Clinton Hill’s turn-of-the-century structures!  Our Lady Queen of All Saints: A soaring century-old parish church. The white stone gothic structure styled after Paris’ Sainte Chapelle features original woodwork and rare four manual organ. Fourteen mosaic windows along the nave portraying […]

INHABITING MNEMONIC DESIGN ON ROOSEVELT ISLAND

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:          Janet Falk Phone: 212-677-5770  INHABITING  MNEMONIC  DESIGN  ON  ROOSEVELT  ISLAND  Window Display Invites Memory and Creation in Depiction of Artists’ Residence within Ruins (Roosevelt Island, NY, July 19, 2011) – Mnemonic design involves “a personal connection to a space,” according to Ellen Ivanits. Her plan for an artists’ residence built in […]

New York Times: A View Inside King Kong’s Perch

 ”A View Inside King Kong’s Perch” But this exhibition on the 80th floor does something else. It is safe to say that visitors to the Empire State Building don’t really come to see the building. They come to see the city around it. This show, whose curator is Carol Willis, the founder and director of […]

New York Times: A View Inside King Kong’s Perch

 ”A View Inside King Kong’s Perch” But this exhibition on the 80th floor does something else. It is safe to say that visitors to the Empire State Building don’t really come to see the building. They come to see the city around it. This show, whose curator is Carol Willis, the founder and director of […]

Wallabout Designated

The Brooklyn neighboorhood of Wallabout was designated as a historic district on July 12th! The Historic Districts Council has been advocating for this neighbohood for several years and was very pleased with the designation. The landmarked properties are only a small piece of the historic area proposed by the community in a cultural resource survey, […]