July 19, 2010:
If you missed last week’s New York Times piece on the next steps for the Tavern on the Green building in Central Park, featuring our design ideas, here are some additional images that you won’t find online. PKSB Architects and Tavern on the Green proposed restoring the famed restaurant to connect it to Central Park. The iconic Crystal Room would be maintained but relocated, and the historic building’s original façade becomes a prominent feature. We are excited to hear that the Department of Parks and Recreation is considering re-opening the proposal process!
May 12, 2010:
Construction forges ahead at the Van Nest School, which will house both a public elementary school and the Carl C. Icahn Charter School 11.
March 29, 2010:
Times Square is going through some changes, not just physical, but psychological changes. These changes are positive and potentially important to the rethinking of Times Square that began several decades ago. The most recent changes are the closing of sections of Broadway in Times Square and the narrowing of Broadway both above and below it. The images posted here are attempts to rethink what Times Square could be. This process encourages your thoughts not only on what you think about the possible but the phenomenal, after all that is at the very nature of Times Square.
March 11, 2010:
Every February, the AIA leadership from across the country (plus some international representatives) convenes in Washington, DC to discuss Institute strategic plans and trek to Capitol Hill for meetings with elected representatives. This year, in addition, I met with the new GSA director of the Design Excellence program, Casey Jones, and enjoyed the opening of the CONTEXT/CONTRAST exhibition at the AIA national headquarters.
February 5, 2010:
The AIA has selected the 2010 recipients of the Institute Honor Awards, the profession’s highest recognition of works that exemplify excellence in architecture, interior architecture and urban design. TKTS Booth and the Revitalization of Duffy Square received the Institute Honor Award for Architecture with the jury comment, “With its elegant conception and realization, its refined design stands up to the cacophony of Times Square; this is as much a 21st Century art piece as a building.”
December 3, 2009:
We are pleased to see that dezeen has posted a review of Duffy Square and the TKTS Booth Renovation. It is inspiring to see the broad based support and recognition that the new Father Duffy Square has generated and we look to build on this work.
November 10, 2009:
We are so pleased to see that the red steps of Father Duffy Square in Times Square can be found in the newest music video by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys.
It is fast becoming one of New York City’s Icons. [...] See the video…