21-century art, design, performance, environment
What a nice thing to find out that St. Mark's Bookshop can celebrate its upcoming 34th anniversary with victory. Cooper Union agreed to a new one-year lease to reduce the bookshop's monthly rent, this was necessary so that the bookshop can continue serving the Lower East Side community (and other visitors as well). Every signature did count, I was one among the … Continue reading I found this architecture book from St. Mark’s Bookshop
(TWA-terminal) I am proud to be Finnish appreciating our architectural roots. Finnish-American Eero Saarinen's father Eliel Saarinen was an architect visioning Finland's future together with the architect partners Herman Gesellius and Armas Lindgren (the firm was established 1896). Architect-trio designed Finnish Pavilion for the World Expo in Paris is 1900s (Exposition Universelle). Finland, The Grand Duchy … Continue reading Eero Saarinen’s TWA in Open House New York
The Unisphere of Flushing Meadows Park built for the 1964-1965 World's Fair. Signs of social activism around the world are coming forth through the social media. The old world representations for 'peace' and 'mutual understanding' are still visible in the landscape, and also preserved in the architecture, in monuments and even in parks. The Flushing Meadows Park … Continue reading The Unisphere of Flushing Meadows Park, New York
This is the day when we remember New York, the city with wounds, the city with radiant sparkle that lost so much of its future potential in one day, or did it start re-doing it? Dissonances are present in our memories, yet, we also recognize what our new futures might hold. Future is in people, … Continue reading Our memories and futures
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