Peter A. Sterling

psterling — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:38:40 +0000

Spannocchia summer
11"x14"
Oil on board

psterling — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:24:39 +0000

Morning, Freeport, Maine
9"x12"
Acrylic on board

psterling — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:57:24 +0000

Afternoon on the promenade
9"X12"
Acrylic on board

2010 MAS Year in Review

psterling — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:42:55 +0000

Here’s a year-end article I wrote for the Municipal Art Society that discusses a number of planning, preservation and livability developments that made headlines in 2010. View a screen shot below.

Happy Birthday to You, Penn Station

psterling — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:34:12 +0000

Here’s an article I wrote for the Municipal Art Society about the anniversary of Pennsylvania Station. View it here, or see the screen shot below.

MAS On NYU’s Decision Not To Build on Landmarked Site

psterling — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:28:09 +0000

There will be no changes to the Silver Towers complex after architect I. M. Pei voiced his preference for a site located elsewhere in Greenwich Village.

Fashion in the City: Bloomberg Takes Steps to Aid Designers

psterling — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:25:12 +0000

Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s recently announced fashion initiatives aim to bolster an important economic engine for the city, but do they protect the eclectic, energetic Garment District? Read about the future of fashion in the city here, or view a screen shot below.

Moynihan Station and the Far West Side

psterling — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:08:13 +0000

Here’s a post I did for the Municipal Art Society on the future of Manhattan’s west side. Visit mas.org or view a screen shot of the piece below.

Salzburg to Prague

psterling — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:39:26 +0000

These shots were taken somewhere in between Salzburg, Austria and Prague, Czech Republic. It being a day train, we had plenty of time to gaze out at the stark midwinter terrain that eventually gave way to the concrete slab apartment complexes of outer Prague. One of the more interesting aspects of rail travel is the access to societal borderlands - those private spaces often neglected, or forgotten, by a community turned in the opposite direction. Discarded traces of humanity - bulging trash bags, furniture, stripped cars - blurred at the base of the ravine we powered through on the way to Prague. Up the embankment, life continued as normal.

Mondsee, Austria (cont.)

psterling — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:01:25 +0000

The paths that crisscross the farmland below Drachenwand, near Mondsee, Austria, are widely used by cyclists, farmers and hikers.