AN looks back at this year’s biggest architecture controversies
Some of the biggest controversies defining architecture and the built environment in 2023 included lawsuits, accusations, property changes, and real estate rumbles. From the streets of Philadelphia’s Chinatown where the community is fighting hard against 76…
A Fashion Editor’s Guide to New York: 9 Go-To Spots
There’s really nowhere else like New York. Between the energy, the people, the entertainment, and the style, NYC has always had that It factor that makes it irresistible to anyone who’s ever visited—and…
A Change of Clothes: The Case for the New York State Fashion Act
Every second, the equivalent of one garbage truck of clothing is dumped in a landfill or burned. Globally, the fashion industry is responsible for 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions and 20 percent of industrial…
Inside the Maker-Focused Town House of a New York City Interior Designer
“I love great design. I love great artisans,” says Judy Dunne, founder of SoHo-based design firm Butter and Eggs. It’s part of the reason why she enthusiastically jumped at the chance…
New York’s Mountain Homes: Stunning Photos, Interior Details
Flexibility is key at Perelman PAC and Lincoln Center’s Geffen Hall
New York —
The first concert I saw after the pandemic lockdowns was a recital staged by the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles in May 2021. Two dozen masked teens performed a Bach concerto to a handful of music and design writers…
12 Store for Cheap Clothes in New York
Face it — everything is expensive in NYC. So after you take care of rent and other expenses, how are you going to maintain your fashion game? Well, while the city is known for high end boutiques and…
Barbra Streisand Talks Personal Style and Her Memoir
She flirted with Brando and even Prince Charles. She has been romantically linked with a succession of Hollywood hunks — think Warren Beatty and Ryan O’Neal.
But there are no steamy boudoir…
NYC Architects Take On Gingerbread at Inaugural Exhibit
Anyone who’s spent the holidays on the losing end of a gingerbread Jenga game knows turning cookies into houses is no easy feat.
But architects, it seems, are gluttons for punishment.
“They do like to be challenged,” Melissa Woolford, founder of London’s…