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DEMOLITION THREAT AT CONEY ISLAND Coney Island, New York, an area once known for its vibrant and exciting rides, restaurants, and games, is today marred by blocks of blighted buildings. Although some important revitalization has created the new Luna Park and the Brooklyn Cyclones MCU Park and saved landmarks such as the Parachute Jump and Child's Restaurant on the boardwalk, the landscape is still dotted with fast food joints and convenience stores that are a far cry from what Coney Island once was.
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There are countless marketing and public relations-related books, web sites, and articles online and in print that can help the individual interior-design business owner approach marketing, from something as simple as Public Relations for Dummies to more design-oriented sources. Likewise, there are hundreds of ways — some free, some reasonably inexpensive, and some extremely expensive — to promote a brand or business. Finally, there are many independent consultants to assist in the PR process.
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Dear ArchitectureWeek, It was a hot day and a long bus ride from Midtown Manhattan to Ewing Township, New Jersey, to get a sneak peek of the restoration in progress of Louis Kahn's Bath House, forever geographically misplaced near Trenton. Two dozen or so intrepid architecture and design journalists, including yours truly, munched on box lunches and watched My Architect on the bus's overhead TV monitors as we rumbled down the Jersey Turnpike toward one of Kahn's pivotal projects from the early 1950s.
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In May 1895, landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, best known for Central Park in New York, wrote in Engineering Magazine about city parks, or "pleasure-grounds." In How to Create a Park, Olmsted offered suggestions on park siting and organization. Here, he continues with more detailed discussion of park design. — Editor
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More Building Culture Re-Imagining Marina City — Marina City Online, 2010.0922Suburbs: Residential Crop Circles? — TAXI, 2010.0920 Tradition Meets Modernity in New York's Sukkah City Competition — Haaretz Daily Newspaper, 2010.0920 A Look Back at the Mouth That Roared: As Tigerman Turns 80, Here's a Profile of Him from the Heyday of Post-Modernism — Chicago Tribune (Blog), 2010.0920 Toronto City Hall: How Finnish Architecture Rebranded a City — The Globe and Mail, 2010.0920 BDP Wins Chinese Masterplan — BD, 2010.0920 John Pawson: Plain Space — Guardian, 2010.0919 Farmhouse Fancy: Couple Finds Joy in Nature on 27-Acre Horse Farm — Baltimore Sun, 2010.0919 Critic's Notebook: Museums Building on a Renewed Civic Life — Los Angeles Times, 2010.0919 The Heart That Beats, Heats, Chills and Whips — New York Times, 2010.0919 Views from Every Angle in San Pedro — Los Angeles Times, 2010.0919 Owner Delights in Modern Home's Looks and Utility — Washington Post, 2010.0918 Concerns Rise about Continuing-Care Enclaves — New York Times, 2010.0918 Toronto City Hall: How Finnish Architecture Rebranded a City — Globe and Mail, 2010.0918 Museum Addition Finalist for Architecture Prize — Anchorage Daily News, 2010.0918 Chinese Investors Flock to London to Buy Real Estate — New York Times, 2010.0917 Lawrence Tech Students Lend a Hand in New Orleans Rebuilding — Detroit News, 2010.0917 Floor Plans: Laying It All Out — Chicago Tribune, 2010.0917 The Bungalow Has Been Reinvented — Telegraph, 2010.0917 Concerns Rise about Continuing-Care Enclaves — New York Times, 2010.0915 A Kitchen Design That Continues to Influence Domestic Architecture — Metropolis, 2010.0915 Demolition Threat at Coney Island — ArchitectureWeek, 2010.0915 Kahn's Four Freedoms Park Finally Breaks Ground — Architect's Newspaper, 2010.0914 The Ikea Revolution — Sydney Morning Herald, 2010.0914 Home Mortgage Modification Snags Spark Lawsuits — USA Today, 2010.0913 Report Examines Private-Sector Lending in Housing Boom — Mortgage Latest News, 2010.0913 No VAT Costs, and Bigger Profits - Why It Makes Sense to Build Your Own House to Boost Your Pension — Mail Online, 2010.0913 Minneapolis Grows Up — Minneapolis Downtown Journal, 2010.0913 Housing Market: Architects Get Lean, Green and Senior — Housing Watch, 2010.0913 Humanitarian Design Rises in MoMA's Upcoming 'Small Scale, Big Change' — Los Angeles Times, 2010.0912 Tips for Avoiding Conflict in the Workplace — Careerealism, 2010.0910 Suburbs Shape Up to Compete with City Centres — Financial Times, 2010.0907 Dramatic, Historic and Prices Slashed, yet No Buyers Are Biting — Los Angeles Times, 2010.0904
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