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A Spirited Game Of Musical Rooms
AS anyone who has ever been disappointed by the New York housing market knows, the experience can be something like a bad date: Drawn in by the promise of a handsome exterior, you make your way hopefully down a featureless corridor and persevere up a sagging stair, only to find a \"duplex\" of spaces that are sloppily renovated, bizarrely configured and so small...
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Frye : the boots that made history : one hundred and fifty years of craftsmanship
\"Jackie O. wore them, as did John Lennon. Icons as diverse as Bruce Springsteen, Julia Roberts, Sarah Jessica Parker, wear them today. They are the timeless Frye boots! In 1863, John A. Frye opened the doors of a small shoe shop in Marlboro, Massachusetts. The shoes he made were to ease the everyday life of factory workers in that small New England town. Over a century later, the Frye Company has become the oldest continuously operating footwear brand in America. The boots Frye made weren't meant to be icons of fashion, yet somewhere along the line, they became just that. Frye: The Boots that Made History is a 150-year anniversary album that celebrates the early history of the brand, its cultural takeover in the early 1970s, and the artisanal methods that make its craftsmanship unique. Frye boots are captured in all the ways they are worn: rocked out and urbanized, accessorized and envied, worked and roughed up, flaunting their inimitable style and all-American cool. This book takes the reader through the style and personality of the distinctive designs and handsome detailing of Frye's most popular products, from its tough, treasured and instantly recognizable Harness Boot to the exclusive line dedicated to the American flag debuting this fall. With the strongest leather -- enough to withstand 20 lbs. of pressure -- and dozens of designs, the quality of Frye has always remained the same, making the brand not just a business but a way of life\"--Amazon.com, viewed October 31, 2013.
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A Spirited Game Of Musical Rooms
AS anyone who has ever been disappointed by the New York housing market knows, the experience can be something like a bad date: Drawn in by the promise of a handsome exterior, you make your way hopefully down a featureless corridor and persevere up a sagging stair, only to find a \"duplex\" of spaces that are sloppily renovated, bizarrely configured and so small...
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A Spirited Game Of Musical Rooms
[...]I was doing property inspections,\" said Mr. Somerville, who is now 52 and a managing director at Fitch Ratings, where he is head of the commercial mortgage-backed securities division.
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Like Magic, a Pocket-Size Loft
Mr. [Hans Dorsinville], a graphic designer by training, showed the architects some rough sketches he had done -- ''seeds of ideas,'' he called them -- for a fluid space separated into distinct but connected living and sleeping areas. Mr. [Brian Messana] and Mr. [Toby O'Rorke] used them to develop a plan that accommodated their client's desire for extensive storage and high functionality. ''Hans loves design, but if it's not practical, he hates it,'' Mr. Messana said. ''If he thought something was great as an idea but would be a pain to use in reality, he'd reject it.'' Convinced again. ''After they gutted the place, I was standing here, and I called them and said, 'Change of plans: let's leave it all open and make it really feel like a loft,''' Mr. Dorsinville said. ''And they were laughing and said, 'Just let us do what we do.''' Despite his graphic design expertise Mr. Dorsinville was unable to think in three dimensions. ''Brian and Toby could see exactly what it was going to look like in their minds,''' he admitted. ''I wasn't sure.'' FLEXI-SPACE -- Prescription for a small, cramped apartment: a floating teak room divider that doubles as storage. The television swivels, allowing the owner, Hans Dorsinville, right, to watch from bed or beyond. (Photographs by Philip Greenberg for The New York Times)(pg. F1); NEATNIK -- Hans Dorsinville, above, wanted two things in his apartment, top left: lots of light and no clutter. Old walls came down, and a glass divider now illuminates the bath, far left. The deep cabinet, left, hides an entertainment center, and ebonized flooring pulls it all together. (Photographs by Philip Greenberg for The New York Times)(pg. F7)
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