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Gary Silverberg: part 2
This is the second of our blog-talks with Art Condos developer, Gary Silverberg. We spoke with Gary a few days ago–in the construction trailer across the street from the quickly rising Art Condos building.
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Arthur Condo’s first video
We’re rather proud of Arthur Condo. Although he loves to make photographs, he’d never, until now, tried his hand at video. We lent him a video recorder and this is the result–a simple, clean, economical sweep of the Art Condos…
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Design we love: Herman Miller meets Julie Jenkinson
Here’s a charming example of revitalization. For her sprightly reimagining of classic Herman Miller seating designs from the 1970s (by Don Chadwick), Toronto-based designer Julie Jenkinson has reupholstered the chairs in her crisp Animaze fabric, silkscreening her drawings onto 100%…
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The French Line at Lafayette Bistro
Great French food is not all that easy to find—nor is it easy to find a warm, comfortable, persuasively French provincial bistro that can provide it. Our answer is the snug little Lafayette Bistro in the Queen West village area,…
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Photos by Arthur Condo
Arthur Condo dropped by the Art Condos site again last week. He seemed quite excited.
We asked him why. “Balconies!” he said, sounding as pleased as a kid at Christmas.
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Photos by Arthur Condo
“I wish they’d leave the orange stuff there,” thought Arthur, as he made yet another photograph of the rising Art Condos building. “Makes the place look gift-wrapped!”
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“It seems to me that architecture is radiated by the building and does not clothe it, that it is an aroma rather than a drapery; an integral party of it and not a shell.”
Le Corbusier
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Green thumb: spring blooms
We dropped in recently, on impulse, to see Peter Demarco of Demarci-Perpich on Queen West and were immediately engulfed by flowers of the most opulent sort–tulips and roses. At Demarco-Perpich, it was already both spring and high summer. First we encountered…
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Green thumb: eucalyptus
The eucalyptus, a member of the myrtle family, is a gift to busy condo dwellers because a) it looks great, given its severe architectural growth pattern and b) because it doesn’t need any care. We bought this solitary frond at…
