Hrag Vartanian

Critic, Curator, Editor-in-chief and co-founder, Hyperallergic

Critic, Curator, Editor-in-chief and co-founder, Hyperallergic

About / Blog / Newsletter

 

*    *    *

Art / Collections
Literature / Curation

Talks

*   *   *


Press / Contact

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Flickr
  • Tumblr

Powered by Genesis

Caught My Eye

November 11, 2008 by hv

  • New York Daily Photo – History of The New Yorker hotel
    The New Yorker was the largest hotel in New York when it was built with 2,500 rooms. In addition to ballrooms there were 10 private dining salons and five restaurants employing 35 master cooks. The barber shop had 42 chairs and twenty manicurists. There were 92 telephone operators with 3200 phones and 150 laundry staff washing as many as 350,000 pieces daily. There was a ten-room hospital, a theater ticket office, a transportation department. Some of the rooms had private sky terraces or roof gardens.
    (tags: nyc architecture)
  • The Art of the Prank – Billboard Liberation Front
    "This campaign emphasizes the silver lining in the economic storm front now threatening to swamp our economy as well as our individual fiscal inner tubes."
    (tags: streetart design)

Share this:

  • Email
  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Filed Under: art news

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.