curbed posting

One of my favorite blogs is called Curbed. They blog about real estate in New York City. While they often discuss uber-expensive condos, most of the entries are about new architecture in the city. They also discuss changing neighborhoods, for better or worse. (Williamsburg is in the thick of good/bad gentrification).
A couple of months ago, on my way to work, I noticed an old building beginning the condo conversion. The interesting thing about the building was that it featured amazing graffiti and artwork on its outside walls. The building was an ever-changing canvas with art in spray paint, paper, and mosaic forms. Well, when Erik and I were walking to the subway in Soho a week ago, we noticed a new add on the outside of the condo. I submitted the picture to Curbed and they posted it today!

some pre-renovation pictures of the building I took this spring:

fire island

Erik and I had a great Labor Day weekend. We had a BBQ on Friday night. It turned into a mini-Chicago ex-patriot party with four of my friends who used to live in Chicago. On Saturday we recovered from the previous night and took the Long Island Rail Road out to the Fire Island ferry. Fire Island was amazing! After a quick lunch, we met up with our friend Josh, dropped our stuff off at the room he was renting and then hit the beach. After a couple hours (and a nap) we went back to Josh's place and got ready for afternoon tea. (Tea on Fire Island = drinking) We slept in on Sunday and headed to the beach after breakfast. The beach was so beautiful. We ran into some of our friends who have had a share on Fire Island this summer. We spent Sunday night drinking (with a quick dinner break). We woke up Sunday and had breakfast with Josh and our friend Reto who showed up Sunday evening. We took the ferry back around one and spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing at home.