mayor bloomberg is grumpy with new mayor de blasio

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usually i am a big fan of any design that comes from the netherlands, but this redesign of the delegates lounge at the united nation seems like a wasted opportunity. there are two beautiful hand crafted window treatments by Hella Jongerius on either end, then they just piled in an array of dutch furniture in between. all this for 3.5 million dollars. not good enough.

more pictures and a description of the design process here

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Scheduled for completion in 2016, this tall thin skyscraper by SHoP is just a few doors down from the supertall clunker by Christian de Portzamparc about to be finished on 57th street. This one looks pretty good to my eye. It would be as tall as the Empire State Building (excluding the mooring mast) and one of the skinniest tall buildings in the world at about 58 feet at its widest point.

a really interesting nymag interview with composer Hans Zimmer

basically he has scored every movie you have seen in the past decade. Read it HERE

btw its stevie nicks tuesday

never forget.

mayor kitty de kitty-o

CONGRATULATIONZ MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO

2Pz is projecting that he's our next mayor. just like we already told you.

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this nymag feature will most likely change the way you think about robert (a.m.) stern:

The architect Robert A.M. Stern occupies a physically impossible position in his profession. As the widely respected dean of the Yale School of ­Architecture, he sits atop an ­academic world that treats his buildings with condescension, which means that the people who look up to him also look down on him at the same time. A typical remark, from Alexander Gorlin, one of Stern’s former students and principal of his own firm: “A whole article just about Bob Stern? Does he merit that?” Stern has been called the Martha Stewart of architecture, a comparison suggesting that he’s selling a lifestyle rather than making art. (via)

sesame street does homeland

this is kind of old but i just forgot to tell you about it until now so get off my back ok?

a long read for you.

nymag published an excerpt from john heilemann's new barack obama book. it is absolutely riveting and i recommend it to you personally.

central park zoo has some new baby big kittens

The Wildlife Conservation Society has some good news: The snow leopard cubs above are the first snow leopard cubs ever born in the NYC Central Park Zoo. The brother and sister, which were born earlier this summer but kept away from prying eyes, now weigh about 30 pounds, but are expected to reach between 65-120 pounds. Their parents are Zoe, the mother (7), and Askai (6), a male sent to the Central Park Zoo from the Bronx Zoo. Both adults are first-time parents. LETS GO VISIT IVE NEVER BEEN TO THE CENTRAL PARK ZOO MS DANGLES IS GOING TO TAKE ME.

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i lol'd

the nuggets mascot passed out just before being lowered by harness to the floor.

throwing shade : hallowqueen episode

the video is pretty helpful in this latest episode because there are several costumez.

jicydak...

...you should have this puppy live cam open at all times. erin macbeth showed it to me.