Many people dont realize how much low tech wiring at home can slow down a connection," Marchand says.
Shipping lines and tech wires, motherboards and railroad tracks -- these and other kinds of grids are what Iverson grafts onto the natural landscapes that ground her compositions, representing the hybrid lifestyle of an environmentally active artist equally inhabiting wild nature and industrial commerce.
Digital evidence, from computer hard drives to high-tech wire taps, will increasingly be the stuff that cases are made of, and New York can lead the way in setting new standards.
The apartments will include washers and dryers, high-tech wiring and balconies or patios.
The buildings will offer high-tech wiring, including high-speed Internet access and two sources for telecommunications and electricity.
But many people seem to prefer new construction, which is better able to accommodate high-tech wiring and special needs.
The house has only a two-car garage, the laundry is in the basement, and there is no master bedroom on the first floor, or high-tech wiring.
"You would be at a disadvantage today, not doing high-tech wiring in a building," said Andrew Gerringer, managing director of the development marketing group at Douglas Elliman.
Mr. Silverstein said he also stressed amenities, including valet parking for 200 cars, 40,000 square feet of retail space, a cafe and high-tech wiring.
Amenities at the Portofino, designed by the Manhattan firm of Schuman Lichtenstein Claman & Efron, include a fitness room and a high-tech wiring system that provides interactive telephone, video, data and security features.
The apartments will have one or two bedrooms and sometimes a den as well and such features as nine-foot-high ceilings, washers and dryers and high-tech wiring, said Jack Englert, regional area managing partner for the developer, JPI.
