Globus Cork
Such a fun and interesting visit to Globus Cork! A renewable material from the bark of the cork oak,…
Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility
What a breathtaking site! We arrived to the Sims MRF in Sunset Park just before dusk and were treated…
Mana + Richard Meier Model Museum
To think that the mundane world of storage would lead to such a great example of adaptive…
Maison de Verre
Seeing in person la Maison de Verre, Pierre Chareau’s Modernist masterpiece, was a thrill. The house, which…
101 Spring Street
In August we had a great visit to 101 Spring Street, Donald Judd’s former home and studio….
Green Manhattan
Our May diversion included two recent green building projects that offer a nice counterpoint to each other:…
Brooklyn Navy Yard
The Brooklyn Navy Yard, at 300 acres, is a neighbourhood unto itself. A fantastic example of adaptive…
Long Island Art
We had an absolutely lovely Saturday. The Dan Flavin Art Institute is an unassuming converted church off…
TWA Flight Center
We had the incredible fortune of seeing Eero Saarinen’s masterpiece, the old Terminal 5 at JFK—and we had…
New York Times Printing Plant
Have you ever noticed the CMYK dots on the left side of the Times? Not the simply small…
Via Verde
The team behind Via Verde took on a challenging (in shape, grade, easements, etc.) brownfield site and…
Hats at BGC
Oh dear, it was so pleasant when I didn’t have to wear hats. Jackie Kennedy Onassis wrote that…
Jane’s Carousel
The verdict is in: we love Jane’s Carousel. Between the detail of this carefully restored piece of…
Bannerman Castle
Well, the leaves hadn’t yet peaked, but we had a stunning day. Bannerman Castle is located on…
New York by Gehry
Belated write-up of 8 Spruce Street, where we had a great set of tours. After starting in…
Open House Sunday
As any of the thousands of cyclists in the five boro bike tour could attest, it was…
Mast Brothers Chocolate
The intense and overwhelming smell of chocolate hits you hard upon opening the door to the Mast Brothers…
Austrian Cultural Forum
We braved last night’s snowstorm to visit the Austrian Cultural Forum New York. This tiny tower (25′ wide, 81′…
Kings County Distillery
Just before the holidays an intrepid group went out to Bushwick to visit the Kings County Distillery*, New…
Marcel Breuer Guest House
On a beautiful fall day we took a tour of the Marcel Breuer Guest House, part of the…
Sixpoint Craft Ales
In the middle of summer we stopped by Sixpoint Craft Ales* to learn about the brewing process and sample…
Freshkills Park
Many modes of transportation for this one. We took the ferry over to Staten Island, where Doug…
Fisher-Landau Center for Art
In April we visited the Fisher-Landau Center for Art out in Queens to see the exhibits Five Decades of Passion…
Modulightor Building
Our inaugural event was at Paul Rudolph’s Modulightor Building. Coinciding with their regular open house, we had…
Brant Foundation Art Study Center
While not technically a Design Diversion, it was the Brant Foundation Art Study Center in Greenwich, CT…
