Snow may have "paralyzed" Paris in a "catastrophe" (CNN's words, not mine) yesterday, but some lightheartedly took to the streets in the first ever snowboard ride down Montmartre!
Like a stereotypical architecture person, I visited the Rodin Museum and remembered nothing except how beautiful the building was. But for those more interested in Rodin, the gardens contain all of his most famous works: The Thinker, The Gates of Hell, The Kiss, Monument to Victor Hugo, Balzac and The Burghers of Calais.
Over the past six weeks, I've been teaching the Bill of Rights to 16-18 year old incarcerated juveniles in the Rikers Island Prison as part of the Rikers Island Project, an advocacy and legal workshop run by Fordham Law School. .
At stake in the East Village are two buildings with remarkably intact Greek Revival architectural details. But perhaps even more at risk are the rich histories embedded within. .
Political activist and lawyer Janos Marton documents his movements through his upliftingly-named website, LivingtheDream.org. As a long-standing friend of Untapped, Janos has kindly shared with us his experience inside Gracie Mansion, the home of New York's mayors.
Another one of my favorite Parisian passages is the Passage du Grand Cerf in the 2nd arrondisement, mostly because of the stark contrast between its beautiful interior and the reality of the sex shops just bordering the entrance on Rue Saint-Denis.
Add to these personalities singer Maria Callas and politician Jacob Javits, and you have a celebrity-studded alma-mater for this library in Washington Heights. The real treat of this library is the whimsical childrens floor, decorated with oversized lampshades.
New York City's Office of Emergency Management (OEM) looks like N.A.S.A.!
Walking by the catacombs in the 14th arrondisement, I discovered Madame Rana--a fortune teller operating out of a happily painted palm-tree decorated trailer.
This development is bound to make urban designers a little uncomfortable. "Betaville" is a new tool that lets you do anything to New York City--move buildings around, add structures, change the coastline.