Kick it to the Curbed

One of my responsibilities at work is to check news available on the highly irreverent Curbed, a self-described interior design, decor and real estate blog. Reading the blog is my favorite way to start the work day; the witty and informative posts provide an extra jolt of energy while I sip my chai tea. The National site features major stories and is worth a visit, but I prefer the regional sites -- LA, NY, Boston, Detroit, etc. -- which highlight local architectural treasures and human interest stories.

Here's a list of articles I've culled from Curbed in the past month:

1.   The end of the relationship between architecture and analogue photography.

 

2. Twelve famous chairs

3. Twenty-six national parks that no longer exist.

4. Iconic houses comic (buy your poster here)

 

5. Ansel Adams' photos of LA from 1940 

6. Jeff Brouws' photo essay, "It Don't Exist: The Impact of Sprawl and Suburban Build-out on Inner City America"

7. Reopening America's oldest aquarium: the Bell Isle Aquarium in Detroit

8. Homes of famous fashion designers.

9. Hudson Valley Ruins

10. A FLW storefront

11. The City of the Future

12.  A FLW doghouse

13. North Korean architecture

14. China's city of ice

15. New Year's Eve in LA: Smoking Deaths

16. Heat-reactive sculpture

17. The Rebecca Minkoff Story

...and more. Part Two is on its way!