Losing that quirky, artistic edge would be bad for business, so design is closely monitored by historic preservation commissions and the alliance.
He had the idea of looking at how gender, race, politics and genetics impact on sporting performance, in a book that draws on scientific research but is written with a quirky, humorous edge.
Möhammed Choudhery of Consequence of Sound analysed the use of Björk's voice in the album, stating: Her unique utility of the English language gives her words a quirky, idiosyncratic edge, allowing lines like "if you forget my name, you'll go astray/ like a killer whale" to ring somehow striking.
Cook's set-ups are always quirky, often edged with menace and danger; in the horrifying Somebody's Baby, a mysterious man abducts a woman's newborn and then returns, years later, when she has a second child, the truly awful moment coming when she realises that her case is not an anomaly.
But it remains a little quirky round the edges (perhaps part of its appeal).
Although she is generally perceived to be the reigning Empress of Edge, whose quirky individual point of view has enabled many a designer to push the envelope to the point of paper cuts, Grand is at pains to point out that the last thing she wants to produce is a marginal magazine.
ABV This quirky wine bar at the edge of Spanish Harlem has ended its run.
