Posted by Leonard Steinberg on December 4th, 2015 (excerpt from my daily COMPASS CONTEMPLATION) The debate between an open or closed off kitchen design has raged over the past two decades with almost evenly divided camps. Some feel an open kitchen is much more conducive to healthy interaction between the host (who may be cooking… [Read More]
ANNABELLE SELLDORF: ARCHITECTURE AT ITS BEST
Posted on June 7th, 2015 I love this article about Anna belle Selldorf: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-06-05/annabelle-selldorf-the-darling-of-the-design-world She is truly a rare architect in a sea of architecture screaming for attention. Living in one of her designs has made me a fan for life.
RELATED TO BUY THE MOST IMPORTANT SITE IN WEST CHELSEA?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on May 14th, 2014 I would argue that the site at 511-525 W. 18th St in West Chelsea that is about to be bought by RELATED is the most important build able site in the West Chelsea area. While some skeptics may argue that paying more than $700/sf for this site was absurd, and… [Read More]
ANNIE LIEBOVITZ SELLS HER WEST VILLAGE TOWNHOUSE COMPOUND
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 8th, 2014 Annie Liebovitz, the famous Vanity Fair photographer extraordinaire has just sold her ivy-clad West Village townhouse compound for $28.5 million after it sat on the market for many, many months. The compound consists of three unconnected homes: her home is at 757 Greenwich Street, her office at 755… [Read More]
CARCHITECTURE!
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 24, 2011 Have you noticed how cars have become more cleverly integrated into architecture recently? Two great examples: 1111 Lincoln Road in Miami beach designed by Herzog and de Meuron and developed by Robert Wennet…..and 200 Eleventh Avenue in New York City by Annabelle Selldorf, developed by Glauco Lolli… [Read More]
200 ELEVENTH AVENUE: BUILDING OF THE YEAR?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on December 31, 2010 Of course we are completely biased, as we were actively involved in the creation and marketing of 200 Eleventh Avenue. And while it may not be a huge compliment, we took it as one when CURBED.COM rated 200 Eleventh Avenue the BEST NEW BUILDING OF 2010. Kudo’s… [Read More]
THE WHITNEY: THE WEST SIDE DOWNTOWN CHANGES FOREVER
Posted on December 21st, 2010 by Leonard Steinberg With the recent announcement of the Whitney Museum’s new outpost planned for construction at the end of the Highline Park in the Meatpacking District, Downtown will be forever changed. The Renzo Piano (Think Pompidou, Paris)designed 55,000sf art museum will be a cultural anchor of historic significance that… [Read More]
200 ELEVENTH AVENUE COMES TO LIFE WITH ‘SNOB’.
Tonight, 200 Eleventh Avenue, the iconic new landmark in the West Chelsea Arts District designed by Annabelle Selldorf and built by Glauco Lolli-Ghetti of Urban Muse and Young Woo and Associates came to life with the launch of SNOB magazine, the Russian language magazine geared towards the growing Russian community in the USA. On one… [Read More]
200 ELEVENTH AVENUE EXPOSED
The scaffolding and netting are finally coming down on West Chelsea’s most eagerly anticipated building, the Annabelle Selldorf designed 200 Eleventh Avenue. Developed by Urban Muse and Young Woo & Associates, this is the first residential building to be completed facing Chelsea Cove, the new 9 acre park just north of Chelsea Piers. The building… [Read More]