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Metal & Concrete Minimalist Home
The New York Times 6.19.08

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Mircea Marinescu and his wife, Silvia, built a modern home of metal, concrete and glass in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The New York Times shares pictures of the stark, clean-lined design and tells the Marinsecu's story of leaving Romania in 1981...

 
 

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The complete story and pictures: Realizing a Dream Deferred.

(Pics: Richard Perry)

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“The neighbors are Asians — they don’t complain about anything,”

WTF??? What a weird article. I dig the house, though.

posted by Anna at D16 on June 19th 2008 at 8:01am
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I love the house! I find the simpleness soothing and relaxing. I also love large glass expanses for natural light. Yes, I could live here (with different furnishings).

posted by williamsweyr on June 19th 2008 at 8:07am
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Anna, I think that it was a little (positive)comments about their Asian neighbors. It's like a culture characteristic. Asians tend to complain less and they don't bother others' business.
The house is really nice. The story coming with the house is even more touching. Love it.

posted by imcaffeine on June 19th 2008 at 9:07am
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Koreans do complain, we just keep it to ourselves. You know Koreans in general don't get modern, but I could totally live there.

posted by ENTENZA on June 19th 2008 at 9:13am
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By definition, it's racist to make such sweeping statements about an ethnic group. Complaining has everything to do with personality and nothing to do with ethnicity. As for culture, what if this guy's Asian neighbors were third generation American? Then what does their Asian background have to do with anything? Sure there are cultural differences, but not all Asians are fresh off the boat.

imcaffeine, nice promotion of a stereotype. The ignorance of some people never ceases to amaze me: "Asians tend to complain less and they don't bother others' business."
WTF???

posted by lightspeed on June 19th 2008 at 11:54am
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there is house that looks similar to this down the street from me. i didn't like it at first, but now i love it.

posted by little flower on June 19th 2008 at 12:17pm
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I quite like it. I am always amazed at how many homes are still built almost entirely of wood in this day and age.

posted by charlenemcbride on June 19th 2008 at 2:49pm
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As an Asian I have to say this that generally it's pretty true. And on the other side of the fence, Asians tend to find white generally complain too much.

posted by redshirt on February 1st 2009 at 12:48pm
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