#TBT of the Day:
The steel frame of CPW's Majestic apartment building on display during construction in 1931. (MCNY) #tbt pic.twitter.com/WHcl7T6JEn
— Landmarks Commission (@nyclandmarks)
July 31, 2014
Instagram of the Day:
Check out more renderings of Bjarke Ingels Group's Zootopia. [ARCHITECT]
Infographic of the Day: San Francisco parking by the numbers. [The Bold Italic]
6 More Stories for Thursday:
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has asked a shop to stop selling china with the NYC skyline on it. [The Wire]
Renderings of the interior of condos by Zaha Hadid, Hon. FAIA, near the High Line. [Curbed; h/t Realty Today]
Critic Michael Kimmelman offers other options for the Frick Collection instead of the proposed expansion project. [The New York Times]
A defense of the Brutalist J. Edgar Hoover building in Washington, D.C., which the FBI is vacating for a TBD spot outside the district. [CityLab]
A Chinese marketing group acquires three-quarters of the San Francisco design firm Fuseproject, led by Yves Béhar. The designer talks about what's coming. [Fast Co.Design]
Man-on-the-street interviews with Philadelphia seniors. [Next City]
Step Up, Step Down:
The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) has named Amanda Sturgeon, FAIA, as its executive director, effective Aug. 1. She is currently the vice president and Living Building Challenge program director. [ILFI]
Gregory Norris joins ILFI as its chief scientist. He is the co-director of the Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise at the Harvard School of Public Health. [ILFI]
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