A Capital anticipations list: Applewood Orchard, John Carter, Maritime Parc, The Las:
Each week, Capital's editors and writers will offer a list of the events, activities, releases and personal obsessions that we are looking forward to during the next week. Here is a list of our anticipations.
Bio: Katharine Jose is a writer and editor at Capital. She previously edited politics and wrote for the The New York Observer.
Each week, Capital's editors and writers will offer a list of the events, activities, releases and personal obsessions that we are looking forward to during the next week. Here is a list of our anticipations. More
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on March 8th, 2012 5:24pmEach week, Capital's editors and writers will offer a list of the events, activities, releases and personal obsessions that we are looking forward to during the next week. Here is a list of our anticipations. More
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on March 1st, 2012 4:25pmAll of these critics said that the idea that the entire architectural press had become caught up with the star architects, and object architecture, was not accurate; but that to the extent it was true, it was a monster the Times created over the last decade or more. The Times, the panelists seemed to agree, had the most influence over how the public perceived what was happening in architecture. And hiring Michael Kimmelman may make the pendulum swing too far the other way. More
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on March 1st, 2012 11:26amIf the story author Anne Sebba tells in her new book, That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, is true, then the story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor that has been passed down is very much a myth. The story Sebba tells is more like this: an emotionally and morally stunted prince, who never wanted to be king, and becomes a poor one, becomes so obsessed with a woman who—although she enjoys his attention, the jewelry, and the lifestyle—he essentially corners into marriage. More
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on February 17th, 2012 11:35amA “net-zero” residence is a house, or a building, that produces as much energy as it uses.
It may sound like the sort of thing environmentalists or young architects like to talk about that's actually a distant goal, to be realized once the right technology comes along, or at least one that requires wealthy liberal clients who are willing to put their money where their mouths are. More
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on February 14th, 2012 5:49pmOne photograph from this period depicts a group of people looking at the sky during an eclipse; it manages to look both communal and creepy, as if they were all waiting to be lifted off the earth. It was that image that Man Ray put on the cover of La Révolution surréaliste, but Atget was not credited, nor was he credited for the several images Man Ray put inside the journal. Atget wouldn't allow it. Though the Surrealists were interested in his work, it meant something to Atget not to be associated with avant-garde artists. More
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on February 9th, 2012 10:04amRecent efforts from the Bloomberg administration will significantly reduce the city's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change in the future. What they won't do—can't do—is reverse what may be very real dangers the city faces as a result of environmental changes already well underway. Specifically: Sea-level rise. More
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on February 3rd, 2012 8:47amEach week, Capital's editors and writers will offer a list of the events, activities, releases and personal obsessions that we are looking forward to during the next week. Here is a list of our anticipations. More
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on February 2nd, 2012 6:05pmFrancesconi went to Russia first in 1989 (and twice again in years following), when the government was falling apart, to try to find material he could borrow for the opening of the museum.
“It was a little tense,” he said, “You didn’t know who was in charge from one day to the next. And the museums were scared to death, and I was more scared than they were.”
There was one thing in particular Francesconi wanted to see.
“At one point , Francesconi said, “I said, ‘Do you have his Bible?’ And she said, ‘Bible?’ and I said, Yes, the one he took to Niagara Falls.” More
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on January 31st, 2012 4:54pmSay you own an apartment building in New York City and would like to make it more energy-efficient.
One way to do this, in theory, would be to add insulation to the outside walls, which generally adds about four inches. But that would violate the zoning law that regulates floor-area ratio, which determines the maximum floor area allowed on the size of the lot. More
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on January 30th, 2012 2:04pm
