http://www.psterling.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:38:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Spannocchia summer11"x14"Oil on board http://www.psterling.com/81/ Morning, Freeport, Maine9"x12"Acrylic on board http://www.psterling.com/79/                 Afternoon on the promenade9"X12"Acrylic on board http://www.psterling.com/77/ 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.      http://www.psterling.com/2010-mas-year-in-review/ 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.    http://www.psterling.com/happy-birthday-to-you-penn-station/ 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.  http://www.psterling.com/mas-on-nyu%e2%80%99s-decision-not-to-build-on-landmarked-site/ 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.     http://www.psterling.com/fashion-in-the-city-bloomberg-takes-steps-to-aid-designers/ 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.      http://www.psterling.com/moynihan-station-and-the-far-west-side/  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 ... http://www.psterling.com/salzburg-to-prague/ The paths that crisscross the farmland below Drachenwand, near Mondsee, Austria, are widely used by cyclists, farmers and hikers. http://www.psterling.com/mondsee-austria-cont/