by Bennat Berger | Jul 25, 2017 | Culture, Technology, Urban Planning
Obtaining an apartment in New York City has been covered in many movies and TV shows as a triumph to be celebrated, and rightly so. A prime living space can change the entire experience of the city. So once people have a home, they’re reluctant to let it go, even when...
by Bennat Berger | Jul 18, 2017 | Culture, Current Events, Urban Planning
Whether you consider it “a powerful beacon” or “incredibly stupid,” “corporate feminism” or “revolutionary art,” Kirsten Visbal’s “Fearless Girl” statue has been impossible to ignore since it popped up overnight this past March. Placed in a defiant stance before the...
by Bennat Berger | Jul 18, 2017 | Culture, Technology, Urban Planning
The nonprofit art center the Shed will open in Spring 2019 at the High Line next to 15 Hudson Yards, at the edge of the Public Square and Gardens. While it has come under some fire for its price tag, lack of clear programming, and even its original name (the Culture...
by Bennat Berger | Jul 18, 2017 | Culture, Urban Planning
From Brooklyn to the Bronx, and all the brownstone and mansion studded boroughs in between, owners of historic homes know they need a little help when it comes to renovations and upkeep of their historic properties. Especially if their home is officially designated...
by Bennat Berger | Jun 22, 2017 | Culture, Current Events, Urban Planning
More than 20 Years After the “Bigger is Better” Building Trend Began, are These Odd Monuments to Excess on their Way Out? It began—like parachute pants, shoulder pads and “supersized” fast food meals—in the 1980s and became full-blown in the early 90s: McMansions....
by Bennat Berger | May 16, 2017 | Culture, Technology, Urban Planning
Virtually, Amazon is as daunting as the river it shares a name with: by total sales and market capitalization, it’s the largest Internet retailer in the world. Having begun its run in 1994 as a modest online bookstore, the tech giant has expanded rapidly to offer...
