“This shiny, glass-sheathed tower — the seventh tallest building in the world, the tallest in America since the 1974 completion of Sears Tower and the tallest structure its height-obsessed developer has ever built — meets the ground superbly and touches the sky weakly.”
Author: Laura Collins Hughes
Wilshire Blvd.’s Berlin Wall To Be Erected, Toppled At Night
The organizer of the Nov. 8 installation, commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall and originally slated for daytime, “said that the time was changed for the ‘Wall Across Wilshire’ … because the event was beginning to take on a ‘block party, street event’ quality rather than a historical one.”
Daily Beast Imprint To Publish Books At Breakneck Speed
“At Beast Books, writers would be expected to spend one to three months writing a book, and the publisher would take another month to produce an e-book edition,” followed by a paperback.
Next To Normal‘s Twitter Campaign Wins Online Award
The Broadway show’s winning campaign “involved a retelling of the show’s narrative in tweets attributed to the tuner’s characters (as penned by book writer Brian Yorkey).”
The Vermonter Who Left His $10 Million Estate To MoMA
Michael H. Dunn, “a lifelong bachelor and a low-level member of the museum,” is remembered in his hometown “as a convivial, gregarious fellow.” No one saw his MoMA gift coming.
UK Libraries Unite In Huge Lending Network
“More than 4,000 libraries in England, Wales and Northern Ireland” have banded together to allow people to borrow from them, no matter where they live. “Existing membership cards or a proof of address will allow people to use any library in the scheme, although books have to be returned to the same area.”
Spanish Actor With Down Syndrome Wins Film Prize
“Pablo Pineda won the prize for his portrayal of a man with Down’s syndrome who gets a university degree and falls in love in Yo Tambien (Me Too).”
For CEOs Of Big Nonprofits, 2008 Pay Echoed The Boom
“[A] new study by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, released Monday, shows that the top pay at the nation’s largest nonprofits rose again last year, with some eye-popping results. But the survey also found signs that these high-dollar salaries may be starting to turn around.”
US Poet Laureate Kay Ryan On The Benefits Of Her Job
“I was at a festival recently at Yosemite, and I was standing in line to use the bathroom. This was up in the Tuolumne Meadows, and the people said, You go first! And I said, Oh I couldn’t possibly. They said, You must!”
At London Auctions, Expectations Are Low — Very
“Sales at Sotheby’s, Christie’s International and Phillips de Pury of ‘Part I’ works during the week of the Frieze Art Fair are estimated to fetch at least 20.8 million pounds ($33.1 million),” down 81 percent from last year.