The real estate industry is getting smart, adding new technologies and collecting data that promise big advances. At the same time, critics are raising concerns that landlords and brokerages are crossing the line when it comes to privacy. Watch as reporters David Jeans and Rich Bockmann discuss The Real Deal‘s May cover story, “Inside Real […]
A staircase to nowhere or a Shawarma? Thomas Heatherwick responds to criticism of the Vessel
Architecture critics haven’t taken much of a shine to the artistic showpiece of Hudson Yards, the 15-story climbable sculpture called “The Vessel.” The New York Times’ Michael Kimmelman described it as “a 150-foot-high, $200 million, latticed, waste-basket-shaped stairway to nowhere, sheathed in a gaudy, copper-cladded steel.” Related Companies’ Stephen Ross, who worked closely with designer […]