4 p.m. 8) A WRIGHT CORNUCOPIA Not only is the Dana-Thomas House (301 East Lawrence Street, 217-782-6776; www.orga-themas.org) the best preserved of Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie houses, it is also the most complete; it has more than 100 pieces of Wright-designed furniture and 450 of his glass-art doors, windows and light fixtures.
Brooklyn Street Art: Doors flew open.
"And this week, we're building a wall with an Art Deco door to separate the two spaces".
Angels or Gargoyles, Probably Permanent IMAGINE living in a town house with the busts of Sigmund Freud and Franklin Delano Roosevelt staring at each other on the second floor, above your Beaux-Arts front door.
What I think is, "Huh?" But that odd affectation is forgiven as I enter through a three-panel Judson Art glass door depicting Torrey pines leaning toward the sea.
Built in 1950, the Midcentury Modern-style home incorporates splashes of bold color, an art glass door using yellows and oranges and built-in cabinetry to retain its period vibe.
E.B White's is one of 96 plaques in the pavement featuring quotations from literature and poetry brought to life by urban sculptural artist Greg LeFevre on Library Way -- a GCP initiative in 2004 -- a promenade along East 41st between Fifth Avenue and Park Avenue leading to the Schwarzman's fabulous Beaux-Arts front door on 42nd.
Another young volunteer, who was canvassing over the weekend at a public arts fair and door to door, in the city of Daphne, told me that she was "inspired" by the reception.
Think open kitchen, the refrigerator as art (glass doors), rustic wood décor (très farm-to-table), indirect halogen lighting, casual comfy chairs, a six-foot-long bar and a cooking area "that looks less like a kitchen".
Mangia!" Huge international hits in their time, these films played the useful role of keeping the art-house doors open between more audacious and difficult work by Antonioni, Pasolini, Olmi and others.
When the Art Deco doors of Claridge's hotel reopened to the world's well-to-do in 1929 – oblivious to the looming Great Depression – they revealed a refurbishment that set the gold standard for Mayfair luxury which endures to this day.
