Heartland20d
A review of A City Cannot Be a Work of Art by Sanford Ikeda, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024
Jacob Riis addressed the problem of urban tenement buildings ... In A City Cannot be a Work of Art, Sanford Ikeda reinvigorates Jacobs’ vision of the city informed by the insights of the modern ...
The New York Times14d
M. Paul Friedberg, Landscape Architect Who Celebrated the City, Dies at 93
The Jacob Riis playground had a low amphitheater that ... He went on to study ornamental horticulture and art at Cornell University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1954.
The New York Times25d
The Street Photographer Who Captured New York’s Fabulous Unknowns
For about a decade, until she died in 2017 at age 66 of breast cancer, she lived in Westbeth, the subsidized artist residence ... onto a nudist beach at Jacob Riis Park, in Queens, only to be ...
City Limits25d
Tenants at NYCHA’s Riis Houses Will Vote on Whether to Shift to Private Management
Unlike other developments where NYCHA has held votes in recent years, residents at the Jacob Riis Houses will choose between only two options: the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) ...
Artnet20d
Artnet CEO Jacob Pabst’s Bold Blueprint for the Future of Art Journalism
Shortly after Jacob Pabst took the helm of Artnet ... Artnet in 1989 as one of the earliest digital disruptors in the art market—before most people had even heard of the internet.
6sqft9d
JetBlue’s flagship terminal at JFK Airport set for major NYC-themed makeover
The revamp of JetBlue's flagship terminal at JFK Airport will include over 40 new vendors, new public spaces inspired by NYC ...
New York Post13d
Timing could mean everything for Jacob deGrom’s unconventional Hall of Fame chances
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Jacob deGrom has 84 career wins, fewer career innings than Marcus Stroman and a shot at the Hall of Fame. Before every baseball purist begins to build a moat around Cooperstown ...
Al Jazeera English29d
Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo smashes half-marathon world record
Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo has become the first person to break the 57-minute barrier for the half-marathon, clocking a stunning new world record time of 56 minutes, 42 seconds in Barcelona.
CNN29d
Ugandan runner Jacob Kiplimo completes first ever sub-57 minute half marathon, smashing world record
Jacob Kiplimo shattered the half marathon world record with a blistering run on Sunday. The 24-year-old Ugandan was competing in the Barcelona half marathon where he became the first person ever ...
The New York Times20d
At This Architectural Gem, an Artist Was Present. Horses, Too.
The performance artist Marina Abramovic celebrated the announcement of a new cultural center in a private home designed by the famed Mexican architect Luis Barragán. Marina Abramovic, seated ...
MIT Technology Review28d
This artist collaborates with AI and robots
For artist Sougwen Chung, AI is an opportunity to embrace uncertainty. Many artists worry about the encroachment of artificial intelligence on artistic creation. But Sougwen Chung, a nonbinary ...