What is it about Frank Gehry? When The Boston Globe reported this week that the architect (and a construction firm) is being sued by MIT, news organizations from Kansas City to Dublin reported the story. Does Gehry have a building in KC, too? Apparently, not, but he raised controversy there over an arena bid. Sound familiar?! The university filed a negligence and breach of contract suit, alleging design flaws in the $300 million Stata Center......

In this week's New Yorker, Lauren Collins has a funny bit on the popularity of "Fuck Frank Gehry" T-shirts. Popular, that is, with Frank Gehry himself! The T-shirts first were a hit with Europeans who opposed the Bilbao project. Then they were sought after by critics of the Atlantic Yards. Then Gehry's driver saw the T-shirt at a super bowl party and soon a sample batch landed at Gehry's office. The architect explained, "Somebody......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: suspicious package at City Hall Park, a crane collapse at the Battery Tunnel, and a 10-75 in Brooklyn Heights. The Tar Heel mascot for UNC's basketball team died today after being hit by an SUV on Route 4 in NJ on Friday. Jason Ray had left the hotel to go to a convenience store; he was scheduled to graduate this May. You know what we've always said the Broadway-Lafayette......

The NY Times has a glimmering review of Frank Gehry’s first New York structure to actually get built. Architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff calls the IAC building, the headquarters for Barry Diller's media empire, “elegant” and “a much-needed touch of lightness” to the city’s skyline. Gehry’s latest, writes Ouroussoff, reflects how developers are paying closer attention to design. Boasting “strangely chiseled forms that reflect the surrounding sky,” the IAC, one of several new towers along......

Uh-oh, missing City Council members, if you miss a meeting, you need a note from your doctor (or other documentation) Curbed's monitoring of Gehry's IAC Building pays off: The windows are properly lined up. Park Slopers are scared of raccoons, possibly to the point of not crossing the street for a non-fat latte The Goya stolen as it was being transported from Ohio to NYC was recovered in NJ! No word if it's going......