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Parents and students at P.S. 110 in Greenpoint are breathing a little easier, knowing that federal environmental regulators found the air inside the school is clean - putting to rest the worries that students were inhaling toxic chemicals from a federal Superfund site underneath the school grounds.P.S. 110 The Monitor School sits atop the Meeker Avenue Plume, which sparked fears that hazardous materials could be seeping through the ground and into the building near McGolrick Park, which would pose a risk to the air quality inside the school.

On a recent Wednesday afternoon, as the sun turned the stained-glass skylight of a Midtown penthouse into a dazzling display of jewel tones, Prosecco was poured into flutes.A saxophonist and a violinist who had met moments earlier decided to play a Charlie Parker tune together.When they finished, a small, international and impeccably dressed crowd cheered.

Philadelphia may be best known nationally for its hearty cheesesteaks and technicolor water ice, but there's so much more to eat in the City of Brotherly Love.To get the full picture, read through Eater's City Guide.But if one day in Philly is all that you've got, consider forgoing the city's famous foodstuffs in favor of some other classics for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Paris could satisfy any diner's hunger and curiosity pretty much forever, but it's a mistake to limit yourself to eating in the capital exclusively.You'd miss out on some truly compelling food experiences only a short drive or train ride away.So if you're planning to launch from Paris to check out the cultural highlights, monuments, and natural landscapes that lay beyond city limits, make sure to include stops - for a day, an overnight stay, or a full weekend - at some of France's most stunning restaurants and guesthouses.

A new lobby and sculpture terrace are among the final additions to a Los Angeles art museum that was strategically revamped over a 23-year period by local studio Michael Maltzan Architecture.Located in the city's Westwood neighbourhood, the Hammer Museum is housed in a rectilinear, stone-clad building designed by American architect Edward Larrabee Barnes and completed in 1990.

Architecture studio Brown & Brown has married stone salvaged from a dilapidated farmstead with timber and board-marked concrete to create The Arbor House in Scotland.Located in a conservation area in Aberdeen, the home nestles in a dipped area at the north of its site and comprises cantilevering volumes clad in timber battens.

Architecture firm Make and interior design practice BAR Studio have converted Sydney's heritage-listed Department of Education building into the latest outpost from Capella Hotels.The adaptive reuse project involved adding a modern extension with curved glass corners to the building's roof, set back from its sandstone facade to respect the original Edwardian Baroque architecture.

The Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a Catholic house of worship on West 14th Street, is a grandly inventive architectural oddity and the mother of all Hispanic storefront churches in New York City.Manhattan's first church created for a Spanish-speaking congregation, it was cobbled together out of two adjacent rowhouses in 1902 and 1917.

A sweeping roof inspired by the mountain skyline of the Alps defines a hillside extension to the Olympic Spa Hotel by Network of Architecture.Designed to be "in symbiosis" with the landscape, the addition to the hotel in the Dolomites in Val di Fassa, Italy, houses ten new guest suites and a gym.

London design studio Pirajean Lees referenced Mayfair's pastoral past and created a series of spaces that nod to the idea of a Georgian manor house when designing restaurant 20 Berkeley.Pirajean Lees aimed to build a story around the space and its sequence of many small rooms, while tapping into the restaurant' s British produce-led culinary approach.

SAN JOSE A downtown San Jose food hall proposed by an Uber co-founder is slated to include a dining center, coffee bar and dozens of kitchens, city planning documents show.The unusual project is being built inside a historic building constructed around 1885 that has addresses ranging from 82 through 96 East Santa Clara Street in San Jose.

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A sweeping, grass-topped concrete roof creates an artificial hill to conceal the Gurdau Winery in the Czech Republic, which has been designed by local practice Aleš Fiala Studio.The winery is located in a rolling green landscape of fields and vineyards outside the village of Kurdějov, which has historically been one of the region's most important wine-growing sites and subject to a recent growth in wine tourism.

In 1905, a labor contractor named Mosaburo Matsushima opened up the Teikoku Co. mercantile on the ground floor of the Merchant Hotel on what is now Northwest Davis and 2nd Avenue.It was located in the 10 or so blocks of downtown beginning to go by Japantown, or "Nihonmachi," at the time.Hundreds of young Japanese immigrants were arriving in Oregon to work on the railroads, lumber mills, and fish canneries, and Matsushima was keenly aware of their need for a place to find Japanese ingredients and household goods for their growing families.

Back in 2020, the Oregonian noticed something: Benjamin Weprin, once described as a "brotelier" by the New York Times, had purchased a full city block in Buckman.Weprin is the man behind Soho House Chicago, a location of the ultra-luxe, multi-city "members club" with amenities like private pools, restaurants, and saunas.

Local studio Naturehumaine has completed a two-family housing block located in the Côte-des-Neiges borough of Montreal that draws on 1930s architectural styles.The project comprises 297 square metres of housing on a narrow urban strip, which formerly served as a large swimming pool site for a neighbouring building.

Realtor.comPerhaps unsurprisingly, it didn't take long for a castle in Georgia to find a buyer.The fanciful space is currently pending sale.In fact, the first person who saw the Oakhurst Castle in Decatur, GA, put in an offer on the 116-year-old property.The home-a real standout in its suburban Atlanta neighborhood-is listed for $1,335,000
"It's in an area that's full of 1920s bungalows interspersed with new construction, and then you've got this castle-looking building on a corner lot that just doesn't look like anything else," says listing agent Kathleen Sickeler, with Coldwell Banker Realty.

Realtor.comAn architectural marvel on a mountaintop in Laporte, CO, is this week's most popular listing on Realtor.com®.Designed by architect Marc Gerritsen in 2017, the contemporary home features an open floor plan with a sleek wood interior and industrial-style kitchen.Glass walls throughout open the home up to breathtaking views.

The penthouse in a former downtown San Francisco firehouse is for sale.The building at 6 Mint Plaza was converted into a luxury condo building in 2007.Nestled inside, commanding the entire top floor all to itself, the unit is on the market for $4.5 million.The original structure at 6 Mint Plaza was built in 1900 as part of the Hale Brothers department store.

Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has completed the restoration and conversion of a power plant on a decontaminated industrial site along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn.After an extensive decontamination project launched by the state government, Herzog & de Meuron was charged with converting the remains of a 115-year-old power plant into an art manufacturing hub, now called Powerhouse Arts.

The Toronto Raptors' head coaching search has gone in all sorts of zany directions, with experienced stalwart ( Monty Williams), top assistants (David Adelman), and media figures ( JJ Redick) all getting consideration.Even Becky Hammon was mentioned as someone who could step into that role.Hammon, who spent years as one of Gregg Popovich's top assistants with the San Antonio Spurs, is currently the head coach of the WNBA's Las Vegas Aces.

The Toronto Raptors' coaching search after the firing of Nick Nurse has been anything but conventional.Not only have names like Becky Hammon managed to wiggle their way into the collective consciousness of this fanbase, but JJ Redick has become one of the most discussed names in Canadian sports today.

The Toronto Raptors are in the mood for a scorer in the NBA Draft, as the roster is clearly in need of a dynamic young player that can give a moribund, milquetoast offense the injection of life that it needs so badly.Names like Keyonte George and Cason Wallace have been thrown around quite frequently, with both of them looking like long-term answers at the point guard spot.

At the intersection of history and modernity, D.C.'s vibrant Shaw neighborhood celebrates the daily rhythms weaving together the lives of residents past and present.As one of D.C.'s oldest neighborhoods, Shaw is the heart and soul of culture in the city.Today, the area honors its rich heritage by welcoming artists, musicians and trendsetters alike, putting Shaw at the cutting-edge of creativity.

Atelier Kaiser Shen has used straw bale-construction to create an interlocking semi-detached house in the village of Pfaffenhofen, Germany.Appropriately named Straw Bale House, the dwelling near Heilbronn uses the material as insulation to improve the building's thermal performance.Clad in silver fir wood with a steeply pitched roof, the building subtly adopts both the grain and the roof shape of its village setting.

Our bedroom is our haven, our safe space, to which we rush after a bad day at work, or simply a bad day in general!I love cozying up in my bed, snacking, and watching some Netflix, with my favorite PJs on!So, making my bedroom as comfortable as possible is a major priority for me.And one way of doing this is by filling it up with innovative designs, that just help make our lives easier and more comfortable.

Timber battens and mullions cover the facade of Spruce House in Walthamstow, London, which was completed in 2021 and is the first built project by local practice Ao-ft.Located in a conservation area on an infill site between terraced houses, Ao-ft referenced the area's history as a village high street by creating a glazed "shop front" for the facade of the three-bedroom home, shielded by a screen of wooden battens.

In 2023 biophilic architecture has bloomed on Pinterest.We round up 10 projects from our plant-covered buildings board which feature an abundance of nature.The current climate crisis has prompted an increase in buildings that incorporate natural elements such as non-artificial light, water and plants in hopes to increase our human connection to nature and reach net-zero targets.

Shanghai-based interior studio Linehouse used natural materials and a muted colour palette to give the Ying'nFlo hotel in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, the feel of an inviting home.The hotel occupies the podium of a 24-story tower on a hilly street in Hong Kong.Its ground floor holds a series of communal spaces that Linehouse designed to provide "home comfort" for guests.

No expense was spared or detail overlooked when chef Evan Funke and real estate mogul Kurt Rappaport dreamed up Funke.Together, the first-time partners (with a shared "passion for exquisite things," says Rappaport) wanted to build a legacy restaurant that delivered peerless fare and service inside a sumptuously appointed Beverly Hills address.

It's spring in New York, and the trees are vibrantly green which can mean only one thing: time for my annual week-long obsession with exercise.My history in this area is completely consistent, in that it is reliably unimpressive and rooted in delusion.Over the past 10 years, I have leaned heavily on the phrase structural exercise to prop up my belief that I'm in good shape.

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Here's what you need to know if you want to get in on one of these new Pixels on the ground floor.If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission.See our ethics statement.After the rumors, leaks, and an early tease, Google has now properly introduced both its new flagship foldable and midrange slab phone offerings: the Pixel Fold and the Pixel 7A.

E aling Council has scrapped plans for a 26-storey tower scheme at its council offices which would have provided 477 homes.The council had previously approved the scheme for the site of its headquarters in Uxbridge Road, west London, which would have seen six buildings ranging from six to 26 storeys constructed.

Located in the Hlubocepy district in Prague, Czech Republic is a family home alongside a wildlife corridor.Designed by RO_AR architecture studio, the home features a concrete roof topped with grass, and is intended to be a "bridge between the urban and the natural".The home is meant to be a "clash of two geometries" and features a rectilinear form clad in thin oak slats.

Restaurants "We wanted to bring what the Fours was about into 2023."Good news, Celtics fans.The much-anticipated opening of Scores is set for 4 p.m. Tuesday.It's right on time to grab a drink and a bite ahead of Game 5 of the Conference Semifinals between the Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers.

An electrical fault in the fridge caused the blaze, London Fire Brigade said (Image: London Fire Brigade) A house in Harold Hill was damaged in a fire caused by a faulty fridge, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said.Crews were called at 12.08pm to reports of the fire in Sevenoaks Close yesterday (April 27).

Four people have been taken to hospital after the blaze - which started at a hairdressers inside Parkview care home on Woolwich Road (Image: NQ) London Fire Brigade has released further details following a fire at a care home in Bexleyheath.Four people have been taken to hospital after the blaze - which started at a hairdressers inside Parkview care home on Woolwich Road.

A flat has been left damaged after a fire in New Cross.(Image: London Fire Brigade) A flat has been left damaged after a fire in New Cross.The fire broke out in Billington Road just before 3pm yesterday (March 28).A part of a two-roomed flat on the ground floor was damaged by the fire.Two people left the property before the arrival of the brigade.

May 5, 2023
Each Friday, we compile South Florida food-related news and events that we couldn't fit on the site earlier in the week, as well as other local news that piques our interest.Want to be included in our next roundup?Shoot us an email at bark@miamifoodpug.com.KAO Bar & Grill Comes to HallandaleNovikov Revamps Brunch ServiceNew Spring Dishes at North ItaliaNow Open: El Vecino
KAO Bar & Grill Comes to Hallandale
Experienced restaurateur Matias Pagano and The KAO Group - the minds behind South America's renowned Sushi Club concepts, as well as KAO Sushi & Grill in Coral Gables and J&J Fresh Kitchen in Boca Raton - are set to open the first KAO Bar & Grill concept in the heart of Hallandale Beach this May.

ACLA Architecture director Laura Narayansingh has designed the compact Bush House on the Caribbean island of Trinidad for her family.Narayansingh designed the 100-square-metre, two-bedroom house as a compact home for her family that incorporates elements found in Trinidad and Tobago's colonial architecture.

A five-story, six-unit building has been proposed for Mission Street: The owners of Mission Dolores Dental Care, at 2270-2272 Mission St. between 18th and 19th streets, have begun the application process to demolish the existing mixed-use building and erect a new building that will keep a ground-floor dentistry but add additional residential units on top.

Italian architecture studio Renzo Piano Building Workshop has completed the landmark Istanbul Modern museum, which is its first project in Turkey.Over 10,000 square metres in size, Istanbul Modern is an art museum on Karaköy waterfront, a historic area in Istanbul where the Bosphorus and Golden Horn waterways meet.

The post-NFL draft fallout in the betting market is always a fun one, as we can speculate about teams that brought in impact players (or so we think) and wager on them in the futures market.One of the best ways to do that is by taking teams to make or miss the playoffs in the 2023 season.Will Bryce Young turn the Panthers into a contender?

For the renovation of a house in Toronto's West End, local firm Studio Vaaro added minimally detailed millwork to form kitchen cabinetry, the staircase and a feature bookcase in the living room.Studio Vaaro's overhaul of House M, a three-storey detached property that had been renovated and extended multiple times over the years, involved reconfiguring the layout to remove the awkward subdivided spaces.

PHILADELPHIA Alexandra Auder was almost born in the lobby of the Chelsea Hotel, then a febrile bohemian enclave on Manhattan's West 23rd Street, but her mother, Viva, a Warhol superstar, managed to make it to the hospital as the staff egged her on.A girl!I want a girl! a bellman declared, helping her into a taxi.

Colleen Healey Architecture has renovated a 30-year-old home in Maryland, introducing large windows and a hybrid facade that mixes Corten steel with cedar shake.The Bethesda, Maryland home is called Corten Tree House and covers close to 5,000 square feet (464 square metres) on a lot that borders a wooded conservation area with a natural spring that empties into the Potomac River.

Italian studio Andrea Tognon Architecture has collaborated with former Moschino creative director Jeremy Scott to renovate the brand's flagship store in Milan.Located on Via della Spiga, one of Milan's famed shopping streets, the store sits within the 18th-century Palazzo Perusati, which was recently transformed by real estate company Hines into a luxury retail development.

Former prime minister Sir Winston Churchill's painting of the Italian gardens at Hever Castle in Kent has been returned as part of re-curation of the castle.The oil painting, titled View Through An Arch At Hever and dating back to the 1930s, was purchased by Hever Castle in a private sale from Christie's auction house.

Design studio Linehouse has used natural, tactile materials for the interiors of the Coast restaurant in Shanghai for China's casual dining brand Gaga.The restaurant is set inside a traditional mid-century Shikumen house - a blend of Western and Chinese architecture - with a renovated interior informed by its Mediterranean menu.

Walking into Ivy Hall - Waukegan's first cannabis dispensary - after clearing security, a potential customer passes a couch, lounge chair and small coffee table before approaching a wall displaying numerous products, including edibles, flower, oils and more.Greeted by an agent in charge, or budtender, equipped with a tablet to help assist people with additional product information, customers like Angel Boyd of Beach Park begin to peruse.

Movable curtains of translucent PVC mesh cover the facade of this block of offices and flats in Paris, which has been converted from a 1970s concrete structure by local practice Moussafir Architectes.The practice collaborated with Amsterdam-based design studio Inside Outside on the 10-metre-high curtain facade, introduced to complement the original building's concrete structure, which has been stripped back to create a "brutalist aesthetic".

Half the ground floor of the five-storey building in Craven Road, Paddington, is alight, London Fire Brigade said at 5.30pm on Thursday.The brigade was called to the scene at around 4.40pm.Ten fire engines are at the scene, including crews from Paddington, Kensington, North Kensington, Euston and surrounding fire stations.

Located in the De Biesbosch National Park in the Netherlands is a modular cabin called the Cabin Anna.Designed by architectural designer Caspar Schols, this cabin is the latest iteration of the flatpack Cabin Anna, which created waves in 2016.Schols had built it as a prototype garden room for his mother, in their home in Eindhoven.

Mexico City-based architect Ludwig Godefroy designed a brutalist concrete holiday home in a Mexican pine forest called Casa Alférez.Completed in 2023 in the Alférez region, about an hour outside of Mexico City, sits a stark two-bedroom weekend home with whimsical forms and details."The origin of the concept of Alferez house comes from the idea of a cabin in the woods and its romantic feeling of ​​a protective shelter in the middle of the forest," Godefroy said.