Photo via Elle Decor/ Pinterest NYC — Sofia Coppola is Curbed NY’s gal of the moment this week. The screenwriter and director has not only bought a pretty new townhouse, but she’s listed her loft in Manhattan for $2.75M as well. [ previously ; The Real Estalker via Curbed NY ] NYC —Opening at the Museum of Modern Art in mid Feb: Foreclosed, Rehousing the American Dream. The exhibition brings together five architect-led teams who have re-imagined five particularly foreclosure-prone sites across the country, taking into account land, housing, and infrastructure. Jeanne Gang, one of this year’s winners of the MacArthur Genius Grant, is among the contributors. [Editor at Large; previously ] NEW CANAAN, CONN. — Philip Johnson’s Glass House, a National Historic Landmark, has a new director: Henry Urbach. He was formerly curator of Architecture and Design at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. [UnBeige]
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CurbedWire: Sofia Coppola Lists in NYC; New Leadership at Glass House
Here it is, Mayor Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Menino’s ad about gun control reform that will run during the Super Bowl . They make lots of NYC and Boston jokes, as well as Giants and Patriots puns! [ more › ]
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Video: Bloomberg Talking Gun Law Reform In Super Bowl Ad
Sofa Coppola her husband, Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars, have just dropped $9.85M on a lovely townhouse in NYC’s West Village. Amazingly, the property had been on the market for just 10 days before the couple swooped in; must have been that 2,000-square-foot urban garden that was the selling point. [WSJ via Curbed NY ]
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Click here to view the full photogallery. While most listings of this world feature walls that lie perfectly perpendicular to floors, certain architectural marvels take the UFO-like shape of a perfect half-sphere. Often these “dome homes” come with promises of energy efficiency, and nearly all are modestly sized yet manage to make the most of their 360-degree circular views. For example, somewhere between Vegas and L.A. in Newberry Springs, Calif., is this, a home designed by prolific and versatile Southern California architect Harold Bissner, Jr. and completed in 1968. Inspired by the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station nuclear plant in northwestern San Diego county, the property now belongs to local semi-celebrity Huell Howser, who’s hosted a TV travel show for the past two decades. The two-bedroom, two-bathroom main house features a dome formed from concrete and bent-fir beams and grounded by glass walls; inside, a conversation pit keeps things centered around a fireplace. There’s also a one-bedroom guest house, a lake, 60 acres of untarnished land, a three-car carport, a rooftop observation deck on top of that dome. The property has been lingering on the market at its initial $750K ask. Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ Sited on a hillside on the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Croix, this five-bedroom, four-bathroom, 4,600-square-foot dome home enjoys breathtakingly uninterrupted water views. A nice deviation from the Mediterranean mega-casa, the place is asking $1.7M. Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ Here now, a 2,400-square-foot, three-bedroom residence in the central-Arizona town of Dewey. Built in 2004, the home is asking $185K (with discounts for cash buyers), and, according to the listing, it’s not only “unusual” but energy efficient, as well. Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ Nestled in the dense woods of New Paltz in upstate New York, this house, dubbed “Domespace,” is a 2,300-square-foot, three-bedroom escape and the only French kit home of its kind to be constructed in the country. The entire structure, set on a 28-acre lot, rotates at the push of a button and boasts 40-foot ceilings at the peak, a spiral staircase, and eco-friendly bamboo flooring. It’s listed for $1.2M. ↑ Finally, a much smaller sight to behold: a 320-square-foot stucco dome house in dusty Taos, N.M. Constructed from a kit akin to a Tinkertoy set, it’s entirely solar powered and boasts sweeping views of the mountains. Even the brokerbabble manages to emphasize the positives: “Full length double-paned glass doors. Finish interior plaster and exterior stucco to your tastes.” It has, until relatively recently, been asking a meager $74K but it seems to have been delisted. · A Dome Home That Wasn’t Inspired By a Nuclear Plant [Curbed National] · Buy a House at the Very Top of a Volcano For Less Than $1M [Curbed National] · Here, Buy a Dome Home Smack in the Middle of the Desert [Curbed National] · Upstate New York’s Out-of-This-World Spinning Saucer House [Curbed National] · Minuscule Desert Dome Home With a Justly Minuscule Price [Curbed National]
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On the Market: No Right Angles: Otherworldly Dome Homes Here On Earth
Of the plethora of pedigreed properties popping up in SoCal recently, here’s a bit of starchitecture in Pasadena. Specifically: a new-to-market 6,000-square-foot Wallace Neff -designed Mediterranean that’s got oodles of marble. Ask is $4.995M. [Curbed LA]
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Apparently the Supreme Court’s decision is not good enough to the NY State Legislature when it comes to allowing religious groups to worship in city schools. Last June, the U.S. Second Circuit of Appeals ruled that NYC public schools can prohibit religious services , and the Supreme Court refused to hear the case , letting the Second Circuit’s decision stand. But, still, the State Senate will consider a bill to allow religious services in schools . And the NYCLU wants to remind lawmakers why it’s a terrible idea. [ more › ]
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NYCLU Explains Why Churches Shouldn’t Worship In Schools
Loree Rodkin has not only had the pleasure of being Michelle Obama’s jeweler, but now she has the good fortune of calling a swank NYC condo home. Rodkin paid $1.7M for a 940-square-foot studio that’s a jewel in its own right. [Curbed NY]
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Ever find Sesame Street to be a little too happy? Well artist Tim Doyle has recreated it, and other television show landscapes, with a dark twist. Click through for some of his “Unreal Estate” pieces, where you’ll see Hooper’s Store, Seinfeld , and even All in the Family spots like you’ve never seen them before. More of his work can be seen right here , and hopefully he’ll bring his show (currently in San Francisco) to New York, along with some more NYC-based pieces . [via Buzzfeed ] [ more › ]
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Seinfeld And Sesame Street Hot Spots Get Twisted Treatment
[Update, more videos below] A van burst into flames in front of Foley Square earlier this afternoon, directly in front of the courthouse at 1 Federal Plaza. According to the FDNY the van caught fire at 1:52 p.m. and was put out quickly with no injuries reported. [ more › ]
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Video: Van Goes Up In Flames Outside 1 Federal Plaza
After news that leading breast cancer charity, The Susan G. Komen Foundation, was stopping its funding to Planned Parenthood’ s breast screening and health initiatives, Planned Parenthood supporters donated over $400,000 in 24 hours . And a grant from a Texas couple will raise the total to $650,000. Update : Now, according to NYTMetro , Mayor Bloomberg says he’ll donate $250,000 to Planned Parenthood, which would raise the total to $900,000. [ more › ]
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UPDATE: Actually, Planned Parenthood Raised $650,000 In 24 Hours