connecticut things

this tree they just put in Rockefeller Center is from Connecticut. In reverse news, Kylie and Ms. Dangles, and a whole host of your favorite 2pz Brooklynites are all going to Connecticut this weekend to peep leaves and play games and make crafts. Keep your eyes glued to instagram and make sure to like all our instaglams. #wigwamandwhiskers

nErD aLeRt!

some of you may remember sticia tooth's 5th year studio project to design a relocated (or not?) barnes foundation in philadelphia. well, that project happened irl, and the design, by architects william + tsien, has been completed. check out the nytimes review and slideshow featuring some pretty poopy renderings of this controversial project.

"A few years back, the decision to move the Barnes, a revered American art institution, from its current location in the suburban town of Merion, Pa., to a site in Philadelphia’s museum district caused an uproar — not only because it brazenly went against the will of the founder, Albert C. Barnes, but also because it threatened to dismantle a relationship among art, architecture and landscape that was critical to the Barnes’s success as a museum."

joel, you should post your propsal. thx sj.