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Audrey Wachs @gridwachs

I write about new buildings, old buildings, and cities. Formerly @archpaper, currently @CornellAAP for urban planning. Email: audrey@audreywachs.com

Joined April 2011
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Best fountain in New York
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Enjoy this photo of 14 Wall Street’s terminally stylish top
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Will a redevelopment plan for Prospect Park's Vale of Cashmere destroy a piece of queer New York history? My story:
The Architect's Newspaper@archpaper
28 Feb 2023
The Prospect Park Alliance wants to build a playground and outbuilding in Prospect Park’s Vale of Cashmere. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission discussed the plan to redevelop an area that is a popular cruising spot for the LGBT community. ow.ly/lfR050N5kMc
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cc @nyclgbtsites @TedGrunewald @VicSocietyNY @TCLFdotORG
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I’m loving the new super minimal subway signage. It’s all about the journey not the destination
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I finally made it to Piazza d'Italia
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It was an honor and a pleasure to cover White Castle and historic preservation, two of my favorite topics, in the same story archpaper.com/2023/02/white-…

White Castle will pay to move Kansas burger stand to a good home

White Castle has offered to fund the move for a person or group that will preserve the lookalike burger restaurant.

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A delightful portrait of the McGraw-Hill Building @nypl
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Zaera-Polo claimed a former colleague’s management style evinced an “evil will to power and outright corruption,” implied that another colleague was hired mainly because she is Black—then sued both of them! He’s representing himself! And tweeting about it! Lots to unpack here
The Architect's Newspaper@archpaper
11 Jan 2023
Alejandro Zaera-Polo, a former dean and architecture professor at the Princeton University School of Architecture (PSOA), has registered his distaste for contemporary academia in two different courts, as a civil case and via Twitter. ow.ly/Fxgg50Mo2Jp
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The Architect's Newspaper@archpaper
28 Dec 2022
From fast food chain makeovers to oversized Doritos and hot dog huts to a designer dog house, here are the architecture stories that made us smile (and laugh) in 2022. ow.ly/Gux150MetBM
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I had so much fun with this summer chair roundup for @dwell. Many thanks to @jackbaldmo @theinitialsGG and the Dwell edit team for the opportunity
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30 Dec 2022
Replying to @dwell @NewYorker @TombstoneStint @nthnashma
Magazine market sections can be dry, but I loved the history that @gridwachs brought to this roundup of new chairs with interviews with Aric Chen and @emily_m_orr dwell.com/article/2022-best-…
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Charles 🎉 Frye
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1 Dec 2022
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Curbed@Curbed
30 Nov 2022
With just one casino license up for grabs, will Hudson Yards' bid win? @gridwachs reports bit.ly/3VALsaV

The Six-Way Race for One Casino License

And a closer look at the Hudson Yards option.

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Are casinos really dens of depravity and a drain on communities? Can NYC support a Las Vegas–style casino? My latest for @Curbed:
Curbed@Curbed
28 Nov 2022
Given the enormous potential for profit, New York State is attaching a $1 million fee to each application and a $500 million fee to each casino license. With just one license up for grabs, will Hudson Yards' bid win? @gridwachs reports bit.ly/3XCKjAQ
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This Sunday’s crossword has a ton of urban planning–related clues ☺️
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Rap Game Ina Garten@KaraBTweets
22 Nov 2022
Y'all I'm dead because why would someone hire the original O'Reilly Auto Parts singers to perform at their WEDDING
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I’ve wondered what happens when you fill your COVID vaccine card. Turns out, they just staple a new card to your old one!
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And you get a post-immunization Keith Haring mural, as a treat
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I spoke with ODA’s Eran Chen and Christian Bailey about Bevel, their playful apartment complex in Long Island City. Via @MetropolisMag: metropolismag.com/projects/a…

A Long Island City Apartment Puts the "Fun" in Functional

With its stepped terraces and bold art, ODA's Bevel apartment building in Long Island City aims to keep tenants and neighbors alike delighted.

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