Claire Wilson writes for Oculus magazine about Perkins Eastman’s LPC-approved restoration and redesign of the O’Toole building. http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/naylor/ARCQ0113/index.php?startid=30

The Tall Elephants in the Room Building additions that don’t disappear into their surroundings shouldn’t be done. By Aaron Betsky There seem to be a lot of elephants hiding in plain sight these days. Now that we are coming out of the five-year recession that stymied large-scale construction, cranes are swinging into action and developers are dusting off their laser-cut

Updates from the HDC blog about recent LPC designation hearings. Two long-sought-after historic districts finally got public hearings at the Landmarks Preservation Commission yesterday.   The two districts, both of which community members have been advocating for years for consideration, were originally scheduled for an October hearing at LPC, but that meeting was cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy.   Since 1976,