Strangers often told me how wonderful my father was. “Wait, my father?” I’d think. They met a different man, the handsome polymath with the much stamped passport. The earnest charmer. At conference dinners, he’d linger over the Sauternes to draw out his tablemate’s knowledge of Persian poetry; once, with a […]
Apartment Decorating
A mir Locke’s room in Dallas was full of things that felt out of place in a young man’s space, his aunt Linda Tyler thought as she helped Amir’s mother pack the remnants of his life. It had been full of mementos — family photos from the mall, elephant figures […]
“Real estate,” Claudia Steinberg said, “in a way, it determines your life.” Ms. Steinberg began navigating this reality in 1980 as a 24-year-old immigrant from Germany. It was her first time in New York; most of her life had been spent in Essen, an industrial city near the Dutch border. […]
High above Fifth Avenue floats a dream of New York rendered in black, white and chrome otherwise known as the living room of Ralph Lauren. It is a setting of Gatsby aspiration and storybook achievement, below which spreads Central Park and the city, all twinkling lights and Frank Sinatra promise. […]
‘Pride Place’ in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood will include 118 apartment units for LGBTQIA+ seniors, a clinic, GenPRIDE offices and more. SEATTLE — A new development on Broadway between Pike and Pine in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood hopes to serve as a cornerstone for intergenerational care and education among members […]
Over the course of his 50-year career, Jacques Grange has designed homes for the world’s most respected collectors, artists, designers and taste-makers, from Yves Saint Laurent to François Pinault. In his new book, collector and Galerie du Passage founder Pierre Passebon examines Grange’s wide-ranging inspirations and exquisite taste. Excerpted from Jacques […]