Monday, October 24, 2016

Due to gentrification the Ear Inn now allows poodles

Due to gentrification the Ear Inn now allows poodles


I mentioned how much I loved Philip Johnsons Glass House a while back; I didnt know that Johnsons last commission was a NYC development called the "Urban Glass House," a glass and concrete condo loosely reinterpreting the original (right next to the historic Ear Inn, and not too far from Bill and Amys apt):


Turns out the developer whos responsible for the Urban Glass House is also building a hotel around the corner from our apt in the West Village (on a footprint that used to be the home of Mookies vet). Though its getting the usual NIBMY reaction from local critics (itll be the only hotel in the immediate vicinity, and I suppose that risks undermining the small-town feel of the WV a bit), the proposed version looks pretty cool to me from a design perspective. Rather than a glass and steel design that has become pretty popular in lower Manhattan, its going to mimic the brick facades that are more common in the neighborhood:




Due to gentrification the Ear Inn now allows poodles