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Zero Motorcycles
Going to a Manhattan hotel to see the private unveiling of a pair of secret motorcycles is a not so unusual thing to do in New York City as I found out. Zero Motorcycles, a pioneer in the electric motorcycle industry brought two new models to the East Coast for a stealthy media preview. The…
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Adaptation(s) | Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute’s Adaptation(s) brought together four exhibitions to highlight ideas around the intersection of architecture and climate at the Pratt house on Governors Island in New York City. Three of them are recapped below. The work presented spanned conceptual ideas to real world projects. From a purely visual experience, it was enjoyable to wander around…
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Worksite | Caroline Monnet
Caroline Monnet‘s solo show at Arsenal Gallery was coincidentally timed with NYC’s month long focus on architecture, Archtober. Worksite is the title of the Montreal based artist’s exhibition that included new work created in the twelve months prior. Worksite explores altering common building materials to create two and three dimensional artworks the reflect Monnet’s heritage…
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CarPark | 28 Liberty NYC
CarPark‘s outdoor 2023 season wrapped up with a fall event at Fosun Plaza in downtown Manhattan. Unfortunately, forecasted rain made the morning wet and chilly and likely deterred some vehicle owners from showing up. However, in typical CarPark fashion, those that did turn up represented a wide enough spectrum of historic and collectible vehicles to…
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Design Pavilion | Archtober
Design Pavilion was an annual staple of the May NYCxDesign festival. Debuting in Astor Place and then finding a home in Times Square, the always ambitions event staged large outdoor installations and programming equally accessible to the design community and the general public. The event returns post pandemic with a few installations coinciding with Archtober,…
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Porschella 2023 | CarPark
CarPark‘s annual events in NYC have always happened on good weather days, except somehow when Porsche is the focus. The late August Porschella event at Brooklyn’s Industry City started off with heavy showers greeting the cars for roll in. Later, the sun came out and so did the crowds. It was almost an exact copy…