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Anish Kapoor completes 'mini-Bean' at Herzog & de Meuron's 56 Leonard

Archinect

After years of delays, New York City finally has a shiny silver bean of its own. The $8 million freestanding sculpture has been teased since 2008 when renderings for Herzog & de Meuron ’s domineering 56 Leonard Street tower were first revealed to the public. Y O U N G (@mchlanglo793)

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A Timeline of Sonja Morgan’s Many, Many Attempts to Sell Her New York City Townhouse

Dwell

Back in November at BravoCon, the ultimate fan conference for all things Bravo reality television, former Real Housewives of New York City star Sonja Morgan shared an update on a piece of property that has become famous in its own right: her longtime Upper East Side townhouse. 2008: Morgan puts the home on the market for $12 million.

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Event: CNU30.Oklahoma City | Resilient Together

Bustler

Event Date: Mar 23, 2022 - Mar 26, 2022; Event City: Oklahoma City, OK, US The story of Oklahoma City is one of self determination, of overcoming obstacles, and of investing together - again and again. Join us in Oklahoma City for the 30th annual Congress for the New Urbanism. Join us at CNU 30.OKC.

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Reinvestment without displacement: North Avenue Market

Community Architect Daily

Ever since artists revived New York's SOHO they have become the target of revitalization strategies, in Baltimore's Station North District probably more so than in the three other "Arts and Entertainment Districts" in the City. Almost a city block: Floorplan of the market in the current "chopped up" state.

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The Citadel effect

Brandon Donnelly

I remember visiting family in Miami in and around the GFC of 2007-2008. So I think this story is less about the Citadel effect and more about Miami’s continued rise as a global city and global financial center. Notwithstanding the whole climate risk thing, this city region has some pretty powerful tailwinds.

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How to Keep New York’s Floating Swimming Pool From Being an Island for the Rich

Dwell

I had left my job in the beginning of 2008 and then the recession hit. We’re trained to respond to a brief and to a client, or a city need; we’re not really trained to just come up with s**t out of thin air. And increased property values were so high that the tax revenues were very tempting, I suppose, to the city.

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BDP Architects Practice Information + News

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The newly opened Wren Urban Nest, based in the heart of Dublin, is a 137-room, nine floor hotel designed and built using the most advanced carbon reduction technologies, making it one of Europe’s most sustainable hotels in a major city centre. There is no greater proof that People Make Glasgow than to see the city without its crowds.