A billionaire investor spearheads an reasonably priced housing venture in Colorado, how Frank Gehry turned a family identify, and extra.
Netflix is betting that immersive, in-person fan experiences can assist revive struggling malls, rolling out huge sights inside shuttered malls. The technique is just like escape rooms or themed bars in that it strives to get viewers off their couches and into the actual world. (Bloomberg)
A Colorado billionaire purchased a 104-unit condominium complicated in Steamboat Springs for $95 million and listed its models at costs properly beneath market price. Right here’s how the acquisition, backed by tech investor and philanthropist Mark Stevens, turned present luxurious flats into reasonably priced workforce housing seemingly in a single day. (Colorado Solar)
The primary accomplished constructing on the Obama Presidential Middle in Chicago is Dwelling Court docket, a 60,000-square-foot, all-electric facility anchored by an NBA-size basketball courtroom with views of Jackson Park. The house was designed by Black-owned agency Moody Nolan with enter from Barack Obama himself. (Chicago Solar Occasions)
The New York transit system’s chief accessibility officer, Quemuel Arroyo, is aware of the subway’s failures firsthand—his personal commute from Harlem requires a number of buses simply to achieve an elevator-equipped subway station accessible for his wheelchair. Now he’s lobbying for billions to repair a system the place practically two-thirds of stations stay inaccessible. (The New York Occasions)
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Frank Gehry, who died this month at 96, reshaped Los Angeles and cities world wide by treating buildings as playful, people-first experiments, from his radical Santa Monica dwelling to Bilbao’s Guggenheim. Right here’s how he turned the primary true “starchitect.” (Dwell)
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