December 04, 2007
More NY: Skyscraper debris, NYPL channels Christo
Debris falls from new NY Times skyscraper during winds (New York Times)
A spokeswoman for The Times, Catherine Mathis, said she had a report that the man was taken to a hospital. “Glass did fall from a window on the 17th floor,” she said. The window had been cracked, she said.
NY Public Library gets a Christo-like cocoon (Curbed)
The purpose of this tasteful wrap-job is to keep brittle bits of marble from falling off the facade. It's part of a $15 Million dollar facelift which will be completed by the Library's 100th birthday in 2011.
Strike!, A Boxing and Chamber Music Concert on Dec. 15 (press release)
The event, involving players from Orpheus, The Orchestra of St Luke's, Absolut Ensemble, Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra and the ST-X Ensemble of Xenakis, commingles boxing and contemporary chamber music, and will take place at the historic Gleason's Gym, training home of 127 world champions, among them Mohammed Ali, George Foreman, Larry Holmes and Roberto Duran.
Brooklyn Museum to lose 5,000-year-old Elamite figure (CultureGrrl)
It's not surprising that even some experts thought it belonged to that institution: It's been there for almost 60 years. But it was, in fact, on loan from a former chairman of the museum, Alastair Bradley Martin, and his wife. And now it's left the museum, to be sold tomorrow at Sotheby's by a charitable trust established by the Martin family. Sotheby's has called it "one of the last known masterworks from the dawn of civilization remaining in private hands." And this is not just auction-house hype.
Bohemian Beer Hall owners open Radegast in Williamsburg (Eater)
It's a cross between an Old Homestead and Medieval Times.
Astoria Village - a neighborhood at risk(Forgotten NY)
Some of its streets are mid-seventeenth century – with homes and buildings dating back to the eighteenth century. Every year we lose a few 150 year old homes. Even eroded, it still has dozens of buildings worth saving. Most of its structure remains intact. It is a unique antebellum Long Island community just across the river from Gracie Mansion. --Bob Singleton, Greater Astoria Historical Society.
December 4, 2007 08:19 PM in Etceterology
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