HBD Teddy Bear

Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, was born on this day in 1858: http://t.co/XhwFyVo3gH http://t.co/vcOMlOy7Cd

— AMNH (@AMNH) October 27, 2014

just in time for halloween

the nytimes has a feature on louis kahn's FDR memorial which comes to roosevelt island from BEYOND THE GRAVE. it opens october 24th.

what's rosie doing?

 

 being bummed she doesn't get to play donut fetch with me anymore. 

i'll be back rosie, don't fret.

NYC getting Kahn'ed

It's about time they broke ground on the FDR Memorial that Louis Kahn designed for the southern tip of Roosevelt Island. Here is an article with some info.

rueeeenz.

for you, john.

When we last left the haunting Gothic ruin of the old Smallpox Hospital on Roosevelt Island, it was more ruined than ever.

While the abandoned, roofless, 153-year-old building was awaiting structural stabilization in late 2007, a large section of its north facade collapsed spontaneously, apparently the victim of moisture-filled interior walls expanding and contracting through endless cycles of freezing and thawing.

Preservationists were especially dismayed, having long urged that some measures be taken to protect the structure, which was designed by James Renwick Jr., the architect of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. (nytimes)