Word Kickboxing

Too fast for love

Holy Jesus

Get the whole story at "Jeremiah's Vanishing New York" blog, link above

Some nasty stuff

Does this have a technical term? What exactly are they doing, cleaning it or redoing the facade?

Kips Bay Plaza renderings

This website has really interesting information on Kips Bay Plaza, completed in 1961. Let's just say that the exposed, deep concrete grid which combines interior and exterior and protects against glare and direct sun (and an atomic bomb, from the looks of it) --- uh, it might not be I.M. Pei's best work, right?

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GRP/GRP032.htm

"combines both interior and exterior, structure and finish, into an integral whole"

"the deep concrete grid protects against glare and direct sun"

"the first exposed concrete residential buildings in New York City"

Murray Hill The Font

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstream/murray-hill/
Designed by: Emil J. Klumpp
Designed when: 1956
MyFonts Keywords: 1950s, 1980s, american, curly, disconnected, feminine, freeform, informal, invitation, retro, script, sturdy

Twenty9th Park Madison - Sexy!

Here's the video making the case the Murraytown (rechristened as "Park Avenue South") is getting sexier. Nitza is the proof.
http://intothebox.tv/archive/?id=62&borid=1&neiid=28

WTF

I swear these are new. They look brand new. They are shining for god's sake. I will get the exact addresses, but the are all along Lexington in the low 30s.

Still Empty

Sculpture Zoo

Madison Square Park yesterday. I think it is sad to see the sculptures in cages like that.