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Jul 13 10 tweets 9 min read
Terrible 💔 news...
#HistoricPreservationAlert #DemolitionAlert #NYC

The Aalto Rooms—a.k.a. the Edgar J. Kaufman Conference Center—designed by Alvar and Elissa Aalto (1964) have been COMPLETELY DESTROYED for a redecoration—by the building's new owner, the government of Qatar.


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For over 20 years, #HistoricPreservation advocates called for landmark designation of NYC's sole existing work of Alvar and Elissa Aalto.

Uncompromised by alterations, and retaining all of their original fittings and furnishings, the rooms were in perfect shape and fully intact.


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Apr 13, 2022 11 tweets 4 min read
My hardware store—Saifee Hardware & Garden on First Av. at 7th St. in the #EastVillage—is the best hardware store in #NYC.

So proud of Zack Tahhan & Saifee employee Francisco Puebla—immigrants both—who spotted the shooter as NYPD was harassing Tompkins Sq. homeless a block away!
Feb 10, 2022 10 tweets 24 min read
@elektrodeko @C20Society @WendysCity @dieterknickbock @PreservationTV @kimmelman @alanhait @w42st @wtb6chiny @cityblimp The battle to save the #StreamlineModern lobby of Raymond Hood's 1933 McGraw Hill Building lobby with its harmonious 1980 #PoMo ceiling by Valerian Rybar consumed months of my life—and tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees—and can be summarized in the following six tweets: Image @elektrodeko @C20Society @WendysCity @dieterknickbock @PreservationTV @kimmelman @alanhait @w42st @wtb6chiny @cityblimp 1) The plea: