Relative Space

Reading the Meanings of Gardens, edited by Francis and Hester provided some food for thought.  Design of space is relative... regardless of size and dimension the same factors apply: faith, power, ordering, cultural and personal expressions, etc.  Which lead me to look at Kurt Schwitters and Joseph Cornell's work.

Here's a wonderful interactive site on Cornell: if you go there, don't just read the splash page...LAUNCH THE SITE!

PEM | Joseph Cornell: Navigating The Imagination Launch Page

Gramercy Park - An underutilized piece of Manhattan

Gramercy Park is one of only two remaining private parks in New York City.  The park seems to serve it's neighborhood as eye-candy, nothing more since it is barely used.

It is patroled by a "park-nazi". Read on...

The Guardian and Conservator of a Gated Urban Park - NYTimes.com

Renting keys to Gramercy Park - New access rules for Gramercy Park

Gramercy Park: Gramercy Park, Bastion of Manhattan Snobbery, Just Got a Little More Nauseating

Giardino Torrigiani

Diane Von Furstenberg hosts her latest fashion show here. Check it out.

COLLECTION | Diane von Furstenberg

Does Michael Dirr Have One?

Boutonnieres in the City’s Lapel

Found this article on small public gardens in Manhattan in the NYTimes.

It feature Jefferson Market Park.  Of note.... Amanda from "Sex and the City" was married here. But more important to me is that the gardens were created by a hero of mine... Lynden Miller.

Weekend In New York|Small Gardens: Boutonnieres in the City's Lapel

Future Bronx Sculpture Garden

Went up to the Boogie-down Bronx on Puerto Rican Day... a great day to people watch... perhaps the finest party in NYC.  However my agenda was to location scout a potential garden in the South Bronx... wish I were salsa dancing w. my wife.  Location is on Southern Boulevard, SE side of street between Barretto and Tiffany (a block from the Bruckner).