The project is expected to cost $400 million, with $250 million to renovate the pyramid Redwood Park and the Mark Twain Street located on the block. - SF YIMBY
Baryshnikov, the actor and ballet star, launched a fundraising drive to support Ukraine. But he also said Russian stars who do not speak out should not be targeted by the west. In contrast, Ratmansky, an admirer and friend of Baryshnikov, believes there is no excuse for not actively opposing the war. - The Guardian
"In a noisy, high-tech society, it’s no wonder they’re all the craze, but it appears mid-century modernism’s cultish popularity has all but blinded us to the basic needs it was initially meant to address." - The Atlantic
"That this undeniably unusual show found an audience when it launched ... made a certain kind of sense for the era. But its lasting success has surprised no one more than the founders themselves." - Vulture
And yet: "After years of Netflix and Amazon trying to produce and acquire their way to the top—despite the Hollywood old-schoolers who looked down their noses at it—Apple swooped in thanks to a movie it just picked up at Sundance." - Wired
Timing (and a relentless campaign): "After the bombast of awards season, it seemed fresh and fulfilling: a movie that told its story with a minimum of fuss and a maximum of heart. A movie that wanted only to move you." - Slate
Fourteen miles of fiber optic cable, 1500 lighting instruments, 14,000 PCR tests ... and a longer broadcast despite having fewer awards presented in full. - NPR
Truly, the first video games were silent. Can you imagine? But: "The hup, as it’s sometimes known, is the onomatopoetic vocalization of effort given by the player-character when initiating a jump." - Wired
"If Monster’s Ball is still the only movie in which a performance from a Black actress is recognized as superlative, does that mean that Leticia Musgrove is the best portrayal of a Black woman in the award show’s history?" (Hint: No.) - Vice
Kelmscott Manor "was a place of huge inspiration for an artist who dramatically influenced fashions and ideologies with fabrics and furniture, stained glass and wallpaper still produced today." - The Guardian (UK)
Mostly. "The Sackler name would remain on a list of donors to the museum’s Great Court, because the museum 'has always recognized the important relationships we have with each of our benefactors.'" - The New York Times
Two weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, artist George Butler took flights, busses, and other paths "to Odesa in southern Ukraine, where he stayed for a few days before continuing on an overnight train to Kyiv, at the heart of the conflict." - The Guardian (UK)
They're part of a nonprofit that helps provide NY artists "with places where they can work, a signature need for artists in a real estate market that has long pushed them to live in cavernous, defunct industrial spaces." - The New York Times
