Jon Anderson
I’ve been in Hawaii for about a month and it’s interesting. Oahu and Waikiki are very quiet. There are zero tour busses trundling around Diamond Head. Traffic on Waikiki roads, sidewalks, and beaches is exceptionally light. I would estimate that roughly a third to half of Waikiki businesses are temporarily or permanently shut. The restaurant…
Read MoreHawaii has been effectively closed to tourists since March 26th. I say “effectively” because while you could visit, all visitors had to quarantine for 14-days – in your room for two weeks, food and toilet paper had to be delivered (here). And even if you could go out, most businesses and recreational activities (e.g. beaches)…
Read MoreLake Point Tower was completed in 1968 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe protégés George Schipporeit and John Heinrich. It’s based on an unbuilt Mies design from 1922 that was much shorter than Lake Point Tower’s 70-story, 645-foot height. Originally 875 apartments, the building now contains 758 residential condos – maybe soon to be 759.…
Read MoreEverything seems higher in Chicago, but when I saw the NEMA Chicago, I realized the sky was also for rent. Usually the highest of the highest residential skyscrapers are condos. This new building changes that. First of all, it’s 896 feet tall and the tallest rental building in the city. It has an indoor/outdoor Skyline…
Read MoreWinter is the season for stillness and quiet in northern climates. Walking down a freshly snow-covered street in a major urban center is an exercise in contrasts. A road that should be humming with hundreds of cars is vacant almost as far as the eye can see. You’re temporarily alone in what should be the…
Read MoreTo anyone who’s visited New York City in recent years, a glut of high-rises featuring equally sky-high prices is no surprise. Every section of the city has been inundated with luxury development since the real estate market upticked in 2013. From the pencil skyscrapers jacked up over rivals to secure a Central Park view to…
Read More