1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (580+ words) Architect: Herzog and DeMeuron: "56 Leonard" New York City. Alchemists sweep into the chambers: Mozart descends:The Magic Fluteis heard. The genius is followed as in tow: A dozen draped in drab transparency: There is a pause: The cabal of mystics…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (519+ words) Here we go again. It's time for another performance of American politicians' favorite off-Broadway play, "Shutdown Panic." "Congress only has a few weeks to avoid a government shutdown," Mitchell Hill reports at WTOP, "but leaders of both parties are still…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (195+ words) New York Madison Avenue Church: Influenced by Pedro Almodovar. My first time a bit more subtle: My first'was more than exhilarating- -more than joy: It was a beginning filled with so many meanings- " to be learned in so little time:…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (361+ words) Architect Thomas Heatherwick sits across from Architect Bjarke Ingles: New York City. The architectural history I seek is not for a mere capture- -it is intended for my camera to recognize the living past in a real moment: A belief…...