Theodore Grunewald
@tedgrunewald.bsky.social
🍉 • art • architecture • historic preservation • urbanism • ecology • advocacy • NYC Landmarks whisperer • wit wry and champagne dry
Distractedly commencing a dilatory relocation from that other place.
Distractedly commencing a dilatory relocation from that other place.
Mike Bloomberg leads by example.
November 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Mike Bloomberg leads by example.
Mike Bloomberg leads by example.
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Mike Bloomberg leads by example.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social appears to have charmed a snake.
What was in that snowglobe, anyway?
#MayorSnakecharmer #MayorSnowglobe
What was in that snowglobe, anyway?
#MayorSnakecharmer #MayorSnowglobe
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social appears to have charmed a snake.
What was in that snowglobe, anyway?
#MayorSnakecharmer #MayorSnowglobe
What was in that snowglobe, anyway?
#MayorSnakecharmer #MayorSnowglobe
Was Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unavailable?
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Was Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unavailable?
This is my favorite from that same post-Sandy presser.
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This is my favorite from that same post-Sandy presser.
The bronze-doré urns acquired for the White House by James Monroe in 1817 need to be returned to the Green Room mantelpiece where Jacqueline Kennedy originally put them.
November 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The bronze-doré urns acquired for the White House by James Monroe in 1817 need to be returned to the Green Room mantelpiece where Jacqueline Kennedy originally put them.
This line from "All About Eve" (1950) gets a lot of use in our household.
November 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This line from "All About Eve" (1950) gets a lot of use in our household.
Frederiksbag Garden Scene
still from: "Last Year at Marienbad" / "L’Année dernière à Marienbad" (1961)
directed by Alain Resnais
starring: Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff
still from: "Last Year at Marienbad" / "L’Année dernière à Marienbad" (1961)
directed by Alain Resnais
starring: Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Frederiksbag Garden Scene
still from: "Last Year at Marienbad" / "L’Année dernière à Marienbad" (1961)
directed by Alain Resnais
starring: Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff
still from: "Last Year at Marienbad" / "L’Année dernière à Marienbad" (1961)
directed by Alain Resnais
starring: Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff
Did women ruin the workplace, @nytimes.com?
November 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Did women ruin the workplace, @nytimes.com?
Last month's cutting down of a nearly-200 year old magnolia—believed to have been planted by Andrew Jackson, natch—should have sufficed as an early warning that should have galvanized DC's #HistoricPreservation community and the public alike of the gravity of the impending #EastWing demolition.
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Last month's cutting down of a nearly-200 year old magnolia—believed to have been planted by Andrew Jackson, natch—should have sufficed as an early warning that should have galvanized DC's #HistoricPreservation community and the public alike of the gravity of the impending #EastWing demolition.
This literal troll deserves to have his Harvard degree revoked together with his NYC citizenship.
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This literal troll deserves to have his Harvard degree revoked together with his NYC citizenship.
Douthat deserves to have his NYC citizenship revoked.
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Douthat deserves to have his NYC citizenship revoked.
With its new, branded commercial signage, the transactional character of Trump's Oval Office couldn't be more obvious.
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
With its new, branded commercial signage, the transactional character of Trump's Oval Office couldn't be more obvious.
And just like that...
A Smashing #MamdaniVictory!
With 75% of votes counted—the @apnews.com calls it for #MayorMamdani!
Time to hit the streets and celebrate!
A Smashing #MamdaniVictory!
With 75% of votes counted—the @apnews.com calls it for #MayorMamdani!
Time to hit the streets and celebrate!
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
And just like that...
A Smashing #MamdaniVictory!
With 75% of votes counted—the @apnews.com calls it for #MayorMamdani!
Time to hit the streets and celebrate!
A Smashing #MamdaniVictory!
With 75% of votes counted—the @apnews.com calls it for #MayorMamdani!
Time to hit the streets and celebrate!
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Made it home from the 🏥 just in time to vote.
Encouraging sign: My polling place ran out of "I voted" stickers —which means record-breaking #NYCMayoralElection turnout!
So, an old "I voted" picture will have to do.
You still have 15 mins. left!
Find your polling place: findmypollsite.vote.nyc
Encouraging sign: My polling place ran out of "I voted" stickers —which means record-breaking #NYCMayoralElection turnout!
So, an old "I voted" picture will have to do.
You still have 15 mins. left!
Find your polling place: findmypollsite.vote.nyc
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Made it home from the 🏥 just in time to vote.
Encouraging sign: My polling place ran out of "I voted" stickers —which means record-breaking #NYCMayoralElection turnout!
So, an old "I voted" picture will have to do.
You still have 15 mins. left!
Find your polling place: findmypollsite.vote.nyc
Encouraging sign: My polling place ran out of "I voted" stickers —which means record-breaking #NYCMayoralElection turnout!
So, an old "I voted" picture will have to do.
You still have 15 mins. left!
Find your polling place: findmypollsite.vote.nyc
I really doubt it—Trump doesn't value Art Moderne whatsoever—and it's doubtful he made any effort to salvage the vitrolite. I'm positive that it all ended up in shards in a dumpster—just like the Bonwit Teller bas-reliefs of the same era which he destroyed in 1980.
placesjournal.org/article/post...
placesjournal.org/article/post...
November 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I really doubt it—Trump doesn't value Art Moderne whatsoever—and it's doubtful he made any effort to salvage the vitrolite. I'm positive that it all ended up in shards in a dumpster—just like the Bonwit Teller bas-reliefs of the same era which he destroyed in 1980.
placesjournal.org/article/post...
placesjournal.org/article/post...
In the early 1980s, when I was at Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, Hugh Hardy desperately tried to source a relatively small quantity of Vitrolite for his transformation of the old Elgin Theatre into the Joyce.
None could be found for love or money!
Ebonized wood had to be substituted instead.
None could be found for love or money!
Ebonized wood had to be substituted instead.
October 31, 2025 at 10:59 PM
In the early 1980s, when I was at Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, Hugh Hardy desperately tried to source a relatively small quantity of Vitrolite for his transformation of the old Elgin Theatre into the Joyce.
None could be found for love or money!
Ebonized wood had to be substituted instead.
None could be found for love or money!
Ebonized wood had to be substituted instead.
Considering its extreme scarcity, its provenance, and its immaculate condition, the Lincoln Bathroom's now-destroyed #Vitrolite walls—original to the 1949-51 Truman reconstruction—were considerably more valuable than Trump's common marble-by-the-yard.
#HistoricPreservation #20thCenturyPreservation
#HistoricPreservation #20thCenturyPreservation
October 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Considering its extreme scarcity, its provenance, and its immaculate condition, the Lincoln Bathroom's now-destroyed #Vitrolite walls—original to the 1949-51 Truman reconstruction—were considerably more valuable than Trump's common marble-by-the-yard.
#HistoricPreservation #20thCenturyPreservation
#HistoricPreservation #20thCenturyPreservation
That interior soffit just above your head looks to be the ideal width.
I've nabbed one of these gigantic, hand-painted wood monsters from the Second Ave. & Houston St. entrance back in the early 1980s when the MTA updated the 1930s signage, and left the discarded original sitting on the sidewalk!
I've nabbed one of these gigantic, hand-painted wood monsters from the Second Ave. & Houston St. entrance back in the early 1980s when the MTA updated the 1930s signage, and left the discarded original sitting on the sidewalk!
October 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
That interior soffit just above your head looks to be the ideal width.
I've nabbed one of these gigantic, hand-painted wood monsters from the Second Ave. & Houston St. entrance back in the early 1980s when the MTA updated the 1930s signage, and left the discarded original sitting on the sidewalk!
I've nabbed one of these gigantic, hand-painted wood monsters from the Second Ave. & Houston St. entrance back in the early 1980s when the MTA updated the 1930s signage, and left the discarded original sitting on the sidewalk!
I wish @nytimes.com reporters who cover areas outside their expertise would consult with #HistoricPreservation experts.
The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 doesn't exempt "many federal buildings, including the White House."
It exempts exactly 3: the White House, Capitol, & Supreme Ct.
The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 doesn't exempt "many federal buildings, including the White House."
It exempts exactly 3: the White House, Capitol, & Supreme Ct.
October 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I wish @nytimes.com reporters who cover areas outside their expertise would consult with #HistoricPreservation experts.
The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 doesn't exempt "many federal buildings, including the White House."
It exempts exactly 3: the White House, Capitol, & Supreme Ct.
The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 doesn't exempt "many federal buildings, including the White House."
It exempts exactly 3: the White House, Capitol, & Supreme Ct.