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Toothyman

Posted in 2012, tagged , , , on April 4, 2012 | 2 Comments »

…that’s the name the artist from Nizhny Novgorod Nikita Nomerz (Russia) gave to this baby. The full picture:

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Pigeon Love

Posted in 2012, tagged , , , on January 1, 2012 | 4 Comments »

The year starts with a good omen. Taken by Jay Manifold at Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. Florida, USA

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OHNY’11: Day 1

Posted in 2011, tagged , , , , on October 18, 2011 | 6 Comments »

Hotel Americano: Roof view My volunteering assignment was on Saturday the 15th at Hotel Americano on “extreme” West side, right above the Highline stretch on 27th street. You can read the backstory, acquaint yourself with names of the stakeholders and designers and see the room plans and professional photos at the hotel’s site here; I [...]

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From the trenches

Posted in 2011, tagged , , , , , on October 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »

At the networking event de jour , yesterday.

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Site-setting

Posted in 2011, tagged , , , , on August 20, 2011 | 4 Comments »

Fall is near, and it means  Open House New York for those of you who love this city as I do and is interested to see unusual/interesting sites it contains. Sites not normally accessible for general public, be it residences, backstage of theaters, public organizations, restaurants, offices and hotels. If you read my blog long [...]

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2 недели

Posted in 2011, tagged , , , , on August 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »

…прошло как послала последний счёт русскому (во всех смыслах) архитектору, для которого чертила мерзкую нуворишскую дрянь с завитушками проект. Не заплатил. И думаю, не заплатит. А всё моё упрямое нежелание слушаться интуиции и явных, прозрачных признаков…а вдруг, думаю – нельзя же заранее плохо думать о людях

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Terracotta Pot

Posted in 2011, tagged , , on July 7, 2011 | 11 Comments »

Ceramic house in vicinity of Villa de Leyva, Colombia. Interior. [Photo Julia Braverman]

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Brooklyn Museum: First Saturday

Posted in 2011, tagged , , , , on July 3, 2011 | 6 Comments »

Ever since I learned about Situ  installation in Brooklyn Museum I planned a visit. Shockingly, after ~ 19yrs here I realized that I haven’t been inside. Year after year, season after season I go to Botanical garden, right next door – but somehow postpone the museum itself for some other time. Well, that time finally [...]

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A job

Posted in 2011, tagged , , , , on June 10, 2011 | 4 Comments »

From today’s “Architects and Engineers Classified” section of Craigslist: Persons needed to fill seats at architectural office for 2 hours on Monday June 13 Hours are 4:00pm to 6:00pm. Pay is $25/hr for 2 hours. Dress is business casual. Knowledge of CAD a major plus. I applied. Wish me luck.

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Victorian splendor

Posted in 2011, tagged , , on May 8, 2011 | 9 Comments »

This post, about opening of [finally restored] St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel, induced me to think aloud in the comments. I’m glad I saw the pictures in DailyMail, found by Irene; they made me crystallize my own vague thoughts, to formulate my unverbalized contempt for late Victorians and their rotten Empire.  I’ll copy my comment here, [...]

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