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CONTENTS OCTOBER 2022
VOLUME 93 NUMBER 12
ON THE COVER For the renovation of 1740 Broadway, a 1950 office building in Midtown, INC Architecture & Design con ceived a custom switchback stairway fabricated by M Cohen and Sons with balustrades of steel plates that have been water-jet cut and treated to an Art Moderneesque patina, earning the firm a NYCxDesign Award in the staircase category. Photography: Joshua McHugh.
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features 92 LITTLE ITALY by Jane Margolies
Verona Carpenter Architects transforms a SoHo loft into a stunning home for a Milanese curator and collector. 100 A WORK OF ART by Dan Howarth
For 53, a new restaurant adjoining the MoMA in Midtown, ICrave’s palette tastefully blends Asian, custom, and contemporary sensibilities. 108 STRONG PORTFOLIO by Rebecca Dalzell
LSM brings its expertise in modernizing 1960’s office-tower interiors to a financial firm’s multilevel workplace in Midtown.
116 EASY LIVING by Peter Webster
Five amenities-rich residential developments showcase New York apartment-building design at its coolest. 128 NETWORK NEWS by Michael Lassell
For the Chelsea headquarters of Guidepoint, which links global companies with subjectmatter experts, Neal Beckstedt Studio creates an office that privileges interaction. 136 OPEN FOR BUSINESS by Annie Block and Helene Oberman
From libraries and shops to offices and restaurants, the annual NYCxDesign Awards— and the hundreds of entries from every borough—prove that the Big Apple is back and beautiful.
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city living 45 EAST SIDE STORY by Edie Cohen 53 METRO MODERN
by Peter Webster
In Manhattan and Brooklyn, bold and contemporary rule the residential roost.
departments 17 HEADLINERS 23 DESIGNWIRE by Annie Block, Edie Cohen, and Georgina McWhirter 30 BLIPS by Annie Block 32 PINUPS by Lisa Di Venuta 39 CREATIVE VOICES The Wonder Factory by Monica Khemsurov
From their Brooklyn studio, the copartners of Chiaozza dream up fantastical, nature-inspired works— small and large, artistic and functional— that delight and awe.
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87 CENTERFOLD By the Book by Nicholas Tamarin
Integrated Conservation Resources and Todd Longstaffe-Gowan’s restoration of the Morgan Library & Museum’s facade and garden in Murray Hill is letter perfect. 154 BOOKS by Stanley Abercrombie 156 CONTACTS 159 INTERVENTION by Wilson Barlow
THOMAS LOOF; STYLING: MIEKE TEN HAVE
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67 MARKET edited by Rebecca Thienes text by Wilson Barlow, Lisa Di Venuta, Georgina McWhirter, and Rebecca Thienes
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e d i t o r ’s welcome
new york… once again! Would you believe that I have, to date, sent 21 of these babies to press? This New York issue right in front of me—all set and rearing to go—will make my tidy number 22. And the 22nd volume in the year 2022 fits famously well with my bad case of numerology… my personal brand of silly, in case you were wondering. Yep, with me, it’s all personal. Even though I try as hard as convention requires, I never really succeed at being just a professional in this biz; I have to pour all of myself in it. I suppose it goes with the design zealot makeup. Yet there are great benefits to making everything personal: self-reward, awareness, and growth, to name a quick few. To my point, however, mixing professional and personal lives can, and more often than not does, lead to breakthroughs, mini miracles, or at least good insights. Take my extra-special Sunday event yesterday, a trip to the local Walgreens. The happily accomplished mission was to receive the B4/B5 Omicron strains–specific booster shot, courtesy of the good folks at Moderna. Now that bankable protection is widely available, are we actually—once again—on?! My little trip yesterday truly does, in fact, mean that without a) ignoring what’s going on, b) endangering others, and/or c) being a bloody chancer, I can finally catch a cab, sneak out for a cup of java, and dine leisurely uptown or downtown with little worry. I can once again catch a show on or off Broadway, frequent MoMA or the Met, and safely visit one of the countless NYCxDesign Award–earning projects seen in this issue. How about doing some laps at the local Bronx YMCA by Marvel Architects (Social Impact category winner), shopping for some kids’ frocks at Roller Rabbit in Carnegie Hill by Jansonscuro (Retail), and then eating aplenty at the Jacx&Co. in Long Island City by INC Architecture & Design (Food Hall)?! All that fun minus the oppressive, omnipresent dark cloud of the past two years, that is. Immensely more important yet is that all my fellow New Yorkers can now enjoy this, and sundries, safely too. And personally, I intend to join them pronto, with my uniquely individual celebration: a trip to the office. See ya soon!
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