Humour me. This week's H&H gets all funny with itself, and it is truly interesting to watch how much this section changes week to week. In a way, it's a good thing. It is a little unpredictable... like fashion. Especially when the lead story is written by Lockhart Steele of Curbed. The barbarians are at the gate!

2004_11_11_coop.jpgBiggest news is that Cooperative Village, the housing project on the Lower East Side (at Grand St.) has become a hip new residence. These were not available on the open market until 2000. Over the past few years, more and more young, design-oriented folk have been snapping up apartments here, stripping them down and making them modern beauties. Prices have ranged from $290,000 for a two-bedroom in 2002 to $$230,000 for a studio last year.

2004_11_11_ice.jpgCurrents: The new Icebar in Milan is a trip (everything is made of ice, including the cups) and the War Bowl is sad/cool/funny.

  • Horrifying is the new roof garden at the MoMA, which is being designed by Ken Smith. The 17,000 square foot territory - on two roofs - will be entirely made up of plastic box ferns, rubber mulch and fake rocks.

  • Funny and poignant is Charles Grodin's new play. "The Right Kind Of People" is about the antics and predjudices of a Manhattan co-op board.

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  • People, People: Louis Nichole buys a country club in Connecticut, and furnishes it with his extended Italian family of 200... then develops it for reality television.

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  • Personal Shopper: Gives us a good run down on the now open MoMA design store and others on 54th street

  • Resdential Sales

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