Isolation’s tough. For 11 months and counting, virtual arts programs have kept me going.
2020 has been a real piece of work. Before COVID-19 arrived on the scene, some of my greatest joy came …
Architecture
Video vignettes from Baltimore Heritage are showcasing the city’s rich and colorful history.
In this time of pandemic-related work-from-home days, Baltimore Heritage (BH) has created a clever and smart way to engage with …
Taking WFH breaks: The Met—100 curators talk about 100 works, 2 minutes at a time.
Before I joined T. Rowe Price as a writer eight years ago, I’d worked as a freelance or contract …
Discover a structure: Architecture and Design Month in New York City, October 2017
Archtober (ärk’tôbər), New York City’s annual Architecture and Design Month, is now in its seventh year! For 2017, the festival …
New York, springtime 2017. Our view from the 44th floor of the Park Lane Hotel, 36 Central Park South.
There are only a handful of hotels in Manhattan that have completely unobstructed views of Central Park. Only one or …
Spring 2017: Frank Gehry is teaching an online MasterClass in design & architecture & his creative process
When Jacob and I bought a condo in Baltimore a couple of years ago, the fact that it was in a …
Jane Fonda and long-time, man-friend list their contemporary in Trousdale Estates. $12.9 Mil.
1575 Carla Ridge is in one of Beverly Hills’ toniest sections and has two of the toniest owners around: Fonda and music …
Big news from the Peabody: All 2016-17 season concerts are free to the public.
Each year, Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University stages nearly 100 major concerts and performances that range from classical to …
Brutalist Architecture. A new book is in the works.
Reyner Banham defined Brutalist buildings as being “1, Formal legibility of a plan; 2, Clear exhibition of Structure; and 3, Valuation …
You never know what to expect. Especially from Don Imus.
If you saw a real estate listing for a penthouse apartment facing Central Park—with a wrap-around terrace featuring three exposures—in …
New art museums being constructed at a record pace. One of them gives me pause.
ArtNews: It has been a huge year for museum construction, with many institutions—public and private, established and upstart—spending, in total, hundreds …
July 4th, the Washington Monument, and a Baltimore celebration.
I received a note from The Historic Charles Street that I though you’d enjoy: With its cornerstone laid on July …
A grand old building has just entered Baltimore’s rental market. With apartments at New York City prices.
If you’ve known me for more than fifteen minutes, you know that I’m a fan of urban living, a supporter of …
Ramon Novarro: Remembering a silent film star, a song, and an architectural drive-by
From the song, Tango: He was a collector of beautiful strangers And life was a party right up to the …
Baltimore. Monument Lighting. December 4th. Party.
It’s about that time again—let’s all gather around our newly restored Washington Monument, raise a glass and a cheer, and wish …
News from our friends at the Jewish Museum of Maryland
Lloyd Street Synagogue Anniversary Sunday, November 9, 10:00am to 5:00pm 1:00 pm Lecture: Mendes’ Baltimore: The Industries That Built a City …
Baltimore is losing a brutialist work of art
It’s a sad day for admirers of functional expressionism in architecture—the wrecking ball has finally arrived. John M. Johansen‘s brutalist Morris …
