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Jul 22

A Rake’s Revisionist Regress; Nancy N. Memorial Sticks Scatttered; an Assortment of Effective Remedies; Buffalo Fashion: Christmas Presents for Nuns; She Had Any Number of Lines; and a colored Picture, 1980

A Jewish Vase; and a Chinese Torture, 1980

Ten, Dark, Sweet Ponds, 1980

ALL IMAGES BY LES KRIMS, TAKEN FROM TEXASNYC.COM

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Jul 21

“LARGE INTERIOR, LOS ANGELES”, 1988, BY DAVID HOCKNEY

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“Painters can wind up looking like what they paint. It can be a sign of genius, or inflexibility. Like David Hockney in his striped ties and brightly mismatched hearing aids, Elizabeth Peyton, too, looks like her pictures. She paints the young, dreamy, and successful. In photos, she gives the camera that soft, almondeyed, and loving look she so often paints onto her models.

Both painters are now famous painters, and they’ve been hung across from each other in the same room of the Whitney Biennial. Peyton is young and chose Hockney as her master. Hockney is old, and his greatness shows how little the disciple has learned. When you come to resemble what you paint, maybe it matters that Hockney paints swimming pools, interiors, streets, and gardens, so looking like them proves his negative capability. Peyton paints rock stars, celebrities, and her friends, who look like they wish they were rock stars and celebrities.

Peyton’s best picture at the Whitney depicts an awkward human seated on a chair, wearing patterns, slightly lazy and good-looking. Beautiful, actually; a beautiful human. It seems appropriate to our time. It recalls good Hockney-astute, honest, and witty with the patterns. It lacks the astonishing talent, though, the indefinable addition. The beautiful young person is not the occasion for wonder that he is in Ingres, Parmigianino, or Matisse. We start to feel that it’s unimportant to paint beautiful people, and that’s an awful feeling.

The curator confirms this by wildly including a da Vinci copy Peyton made. It is a painting of a beautiful painting, and it shows you what you find in the pictures of the beautiful people: nothing. Nothing, that is, you didn’t already know from seeing beautiful people in life, beautiful paintings in the museum.”[1]

“It’s women like Elizabeth who inspire me,” Jacobs told me, “women who are alive today and play a creative role in the world.”[2]

IMAGE TAKEN FROM W MAGAZINE, NOVEMBER 2007; TEXT TAKEN FROM [1]ART CHRONICLE; OR, THE ICON EMERGING, N+1 JOURNAL, JULY 2005; AND [2]PAYTON’S PLACE, VOGUE MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 2004

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Jul 17

BEVERLY HILLS: 90210

THE DREW CAREY SHOW

SIX FEET UNDER

THE FLINTSTONES

MARRIED WITH CHILDREN

“In Sitcom Style: Inside America’s Favorite TV Homes, Diana Friedman (Clarkson Potter, 189 pp., $29.95) rummages around classic sitcom homes, decoding their decorative signifiers and searching for cultural resonance amid the faux hominess. Bill Cosby wanted his ersatz Brooklyn Heights brownstone to “reflect class,” selecting paintings by up-and-coming black artists to hang on the walls. The moldering decor of All in the Family’s Queens row house, on the other hand, was crammed with ceramic animals and tatty chairs, instantly sucking us into Archie Bunker’s time-warp mentality. Friedman points out differences between two Upper East Side pads, the bachelor slouch of The Odd Couple and the upwardly mobile glitz of The Jeffersons, complete with leather dining chairs and a gold drinks cart.”[1]

“Posted by Valentin Tarin at June 01. 2006

Hi Guys, I just registered but been coming to this site for several months.
I’m building a new house and would like to use interior doors similar to the ones that appear in the tv series Frasier, the entry door to his apartment. Do you know who makes a similar door? Or does it have to be built by a Carpenter? Anyone have a picture of it? I searched the web but had no success.

Thanks… Valentin”[2]

ALL IMAGES BY SANDRA STARK, FROM THE “TV SITCOM HOUSES” SERIES; TEXT VIA [1] THE NEW YORK TIMES AND [2] THE LIVE MODERN FORUMS; IMPETUS VIA BRAD TROEMEL

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IMAGE BY DANA LAUREN GOLDSTEIN; SHOWER CURTAIN VIA SHOWER-CURTAINS.COM

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Jul 15

IMAGES TAKEN FROM “WILL SELF’S WRITING ROOM: A 306 DEGREE VIEW IN 70 PHOTOS BY PHIL GREY”

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$“Co-op City is the largest cooperative housing development in the world.[1] It is located in the Baychester section of the Borough of the Bronx in northeast New York City. Situated at the intersection of Interstate 95 and the Hutchinson River Parkway, the community is part of Bronx Community Board 10. If it were a distinct municipality, instead of part of Bronx county, it would be the 10th largest “city” in New York State.”[1] “Construction began in 1968 and was completed in 1971. Its 15,372 residential units, in 35 high rise buildings and seven clusters of townhouses, make it the largest single residential development in the United States.[2] It sits on 320 acres but only 20% of the land was developed, leaving many green spaces. The apartment buildings, referred to by number, range from 24 floors to as high as 33. The 236 townhouses, referred to by their street-name cluster, are three stories high and have a separate garden apartment and upper duplex three-bedroom apartment. This “city within a city” also has eight parking garages, three shopping centers, a 25-acre educational park (including a high school, two middle schools and three grade schools), power plant, a 4-story air conditioning generator and a firehouse. More than 40 offices within the development are rented by doctors, lawyers, and other professionals and there are at least 15 houses of worship. Spread throughout the community are six nursery schools and day care centers, four basketball courts and five baseball diamonds. The adjacent Bay Plaza Shopping Center has a 13-plex movie theater, department stores, and a supermarket. The development was built on landfill; the original marshland still surrounds it. The building foundations extend down to bedrock through 50,000 pilings, but the land surrounding Co-op’s structures settles and sinks a fraction of an inch each year, creating cracks in sidewalks and entrances to buildings.”[2] “ Because Co-op City wasn’t built yesterday, you’ll enjoy spaciousness unknown by today’s standards. And it will be complemented by a host of pre-restored amenities: hardwood parquet flooring, wall to wall carpeting in the bedrooms, textured ceilings, vinyl tiles in the kitchen & dining areas, gleaming white ceramic bathroom tiles, new smoke detectors and a master TV hookup. For an additional cost, purchasers will have the opportunity to select designer options to enhance the quality finish of their new home. Speak to your sales representative for further details.”[3] “Every single window needs to be replaced in each of Co-op City’s 35 high-rise towers. Each building’s cement terraces are crumbling — wooden fences were installed to protect walkers-by from falling chunks of cement. The elevators need to be overhauled, the brick facades need work and the roofs are in disrepair. The complex’s backup generator, which should have kicked in to keep Co-op City running during August’s blackout, is broken. Co-op City’s many needed repairs won’t be made until the cooperative refinances its debt with the state and gets the money to pay for them. Co-op City stopped making mortgage interest payments in July, saying it simply didn’t have the money. Meanwhile, in August the complex’s maintenance staff threatened to go on strike, complaining that they are underpaid.”[4] “Co-op City is a secure community that offers residents a variety of services. Co-op City has it’s own private police force in addition to the coverage provided by the 45th Police Precinct. There are churches and houses of worship of many different faiths. In addition, there are day-care facilities, tot-lot play areas, and Little League fields within Co-op City. Community agencies and organizations offer special services to the children and senior residents. Subway and bus service make travel between Co-op City and Manhattan quick and convenient. Co-op City is home to approximately 50,000 residents.”[5] TEXT AND IMAGES TAKEN FROM [1][2] WIKIPEDIA, [3][5] THE RIVER BAY CORP., AND [4] GOTHAM GAZETTE.$

“Co-op City is the largest cooperative housing development in the world.^[1] It is located in the Baychester section of the Borough of the Bronx in northeast New York City. Situated at the intersection of Interstate 95 and the Hutchinson River Parkway, the community is part of Bronx Community Board 10. If it were a distinct municipality, instead of part of Bronx county, it would be the 10th largest “city” in New York State.”[1]

“Construction began in 1968 and was completed in 1971. Its 15,372 residential units, in 35 high rise buildings and seven clusters of townhouses, make it the largest single residential development in the United States.^[2] It sits on 320 acres but only 20% of the land was developed, leaving many green spaces. The apartment buildings, referred to by number, range from 24 floors to as high as 33. The 236 townhouses, referred to by their street-name cluster, are three stories high and have a separate garden apartment and upper duplex three-bedroom apartment.

This “city within a city” also has eight parking garages, three shopping centers, a 25-acre educational park (including a high school, two middle schools and three grade schools), power plant, a 4-story air conditioning generator and a firehouse. More than 40 offices within the development are rented by doctors, lawyers, and other professionals and there are at least 15 houses of worship. Spread throughout the community are six nursery schools and day care centers, four basketball courts and five baseball diamonds. The adjacent Bay Plaza Shopping Center has a 13-plex movie theater, department stores, and a supermarket.

The development was built on landfill; the original marshland still surrounds it. The building foundations extend down to bedrock through 50,000 pilings, but the land surrounding Co-op’s structures settles and sinks a fraction of an inch each year, creating cracks in sidewalks and entrances to buildings.”[2]

“ Because Co-op City wasn’t built yesterday, you’ll enjoy spaciousness unknown by today’s standards. And it will be complemented by a host of pre-restored amenities: hardwood parquet flooring, wall to wall carpeting in the bedrooms, textured ceilings, vinyl tiles in the kitchen & dining areas, gleaming white ceramic bathroom tiles, new smoke detectors and a master TV hookup. For an additional cost, purchasers will have the opportunity to select designer options to enhance the quality finish of their new home. Speak to your sales representative for further details.”[3]

“Every single window needs to be replaced in each of Co-op City’s 35 high-rise towers. Each building’s cement terraces are crumbling — wooden fences were installed to protect walkers-by from falling chunks of cement. The elevators need to be overhauled, the brick facades need work and the roofs are in disrepair. The complex’s backup generator, which should have kicked in to keep Co-op City running during August’s blackout, is broken.

Co-op City’s many needed repairs won’t be made until the cooperative refinances its debt with the state and gets the money to pay for them. Co-op City stopped making mortgage interest payments in July, saying it simply didn’t have the money. Meanwhile, in August the complex’s maintenance staff threatened to go on strike, complaining that they are underpaid.”[4]

“Co-op City is a secure community that offers residents a variety of services. Co-op City has it’s own private police force in addition to the coverage provided by the 45th Police Precinct. There are churches and houses of worship of many different faiths. In addition, there are day-care facilities, tot-lot play areas, and Little League fields within Co-op City. Community agencies and organizations offer special services to the children and senior residents. Subway and bus service make travel between Co-op City and Manhattan quick and convenient.

Co-op City is home to approximately 50,000 residents.”[5]

TEXT AND IMAGES TAKEN FROM [1][2] WIKIPEDIA, [3][5] THE RIVER BAY CORP., AND [4] GOTHAM GAZETTE.

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Jul 13