During an interview in his office this week, he demonstrated how it worked: Clicking on a title opens a window showcasing a book's cover.
On my way out of town, I stop about 35 miles west of Marfa, on the far side of the next (and much smaller) town of Valentine at a one-room adobe building with a sign that says Prada Marfa above a plate-glass window showcasing expensive shoes and handbags on Berber carpeting littered with dead moths.
But Google's online phone store will become an "online store window" showcasing Android phones available globally directly from the carriers.
Designed by London-based architect Claudio Silvestrin and co-owned by the property developer Peter Marano, it is all glass and gloss, accented by limestone floors and a stone and bronze wall, with peek-a-boo windows showcasing the vast, gleaming kitchen, like a Calvin Klein showroom with classy catering.
The Stanley's original MacGregor Ballroom, with its raised stage and large windows showcasing expansive mountain views, was reincarnated in the pages of The Shining.
The double windows showcased trays of cookies and hot cross buns.
At All That Is Coffee, a new coffeehouse and artisan showroom, the chicken-wire windows showcase an old bicycle.
Open house Sunday, 12- 4 p.m. COMMON CHARGE: $660 a month; taxes: $6 a month PROS: Floor-to-ceiling windows showcase a spectacular panorama of Brooklyn, Manhattan, water and bridge views.
The plate-glass windows showcase thoughtful displays of firehouse paraphernalia, from heavy yellow coats, boots and a firefighter's helmet to a colorful collection of shoulder patches representing fire departments all over the state.
Marilynn Gelfman Karp, the author of "In Flagrante Collecto (Caught in the Act of Collecting)," has given the subject some thought, since she and her husband, the gallerist Ivan Karp, have their own collection of some 45 make-do objects, which they keep on a dedicated shelf and window showcase in their SoHo loft.
From the outside, it's obvious this isn't an ordinary home: three large, shop-style window panels showcase Kitching's iconic prints – word-based images in big, bold type.
