Category Archives: Architecture & Design

Bug-Eyed

They’re getting them younger and younger with digital devices. Seen on the Uptown number 1 train drawing out of the 14th Street Station.

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Bloomberg’s Folly

If you have 100 million or so, you may be able to bid for New York’s current number one trophy penthouse, nearing completion at at the top of architect Rafael Viñoly’s 432 Park Avenue. From here you can look straight … Continue reading

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San Miguel Revelado

Currently at the Bellas Artes, this exhibit, San Miguel Revelado (San Miguel Revealed) by photographer George Krause is a series of life-size nude photographs of San Miguel residents of all ages, shapes, and sizes. The photographs are cleverly exhibited close … Continue reading

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Nuestro Señora de la Salud

The Templo de Nuestra Señora de la Salud (Church of Our Lady of Health), San Miguel de Allende, dates to the 18th century and was designed by Luis Felipe Neri de Alfaro. This church was formerly the chapel of the … Continue reading

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Las Monjas From the Bellas Artes

The upper gallery of the newly restored Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes building in San Miguel de Allende gives a splendid view of the dome of the church of the Convent of La Concepción, known locally as Las Monjas, literally, … Continue reading

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Not New York

Back in New York we behave ourselves and like true minimalists stick to white on white on white. In Mexico we let rip and chuck a bit of color about. Here our front mini-patio is being repainted in blue against … Continue reading

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Back to San Miguel, But Look Carefully

Again from the archives, an old Agfacolor slide, showing the colonnade in the Jardin in 1969 on my first visit here. Still almost indistinguishable from today other than for the food stalls between the columns. I think that dog is … Continue reading

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From the Archives: 1960

Sperlonga, a village poised on the top of a rocky crest on the coast, is located half-way down the boot of Italy, near the Via Appia and the Pontine Marshes. Site of the villa of the Emperor Tiberius, it is … Continue reading

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Stuck on the GW Bridge

This last weekend there was a tragic tractor trailer accident on the GW Bridge, and as luck would have it, we happened to be crossing it the following morning when they decided to remove the wreckage by crane resulting in … Continue reading

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Halo

Halo, a permanent light circle, floating above the ridge of the Church of St. Willibrordin in Utrecht, Holland, was created by the artist Titia Ex. This artwork, equally describable as an example of Environmental Graphic Design, is a striking example … Continue reading

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