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• Commented on Brooklyn Navy Yard Going Green
  Actually, the Navy Yard already has adopted many green practices. I went on a tour sponsored by the Municipal Art Society last spring, and we saw street lights powered by small wind turbines and solar panels, a company that produces...
• Commented on Should This Monster Building Overshadow MoMA?
  I don't usually object to well-designed towers in midtown, but this one seems out of scale for a mid-block address. True, for the fifth time, MoMA will use the zoning laws to expand their endowment and exhibition space. And the...
• Commented on Reality TV Contestants Tortured By Producers
  Count on the TIMES to lag behind the times. NEW YORK magazine carried a far more detailed and informative story nearly two years ago, keyed to the fact that the first winner of OPERATION RUNWAY refused the $100,000 prize in...
• Commented on NYPD Defends a Photographer's Rights
  In a fit of post-9/11 paranoia, the TA did, at one point, propose banning all photography anywhere in the subway. After a storm of protest from both pols and the public, the authority realized the idea is both over-reaching and...
• Commented on NYC May Be Bidding Farewell to a Movable Hype
  I've lived in New York for four decades and I've lost count of the times New York, or some aspect of its life, has been "over." This city has so many lives that it can easily outlive all nine lives...