“Chunks of the [1894 building] can fetch over half a million dollars each. On Tuesday Christie’s will auction seven fragments of the exchange’s elevators and staircases, which have leafy ironwork; canvas murals stenciled with vine stalks; and hexagonal skylight panes.”
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The Beautiful Ruin Is Empty
To many, Detroit has come to seem like the very model of urban decline. But the city still has some magnificent buildings that went up during the economic glory days. Witold Rybczynski takes us on a tour.
Bucharest To Get A Hadid Of Its Own – A Diamond Gherkin
The 200-meter-tall Dorobanti Tower – which looks something like a faceted version of Norman Foster’s Swiss Re building in London – will house luxury apartments, a five-star hotel, a convention center and a casino. Projected opening date is currently 2013.