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deniigi · 4 years

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I WOULD LOVE A DAVE FIC !!!

Excellent. Here’s for you and @dudewhereismy-tardis

I am putting most of it under the cut because it is LONG

Dave (Daredevil copycat from Inimitable Verse) POV. Reminder that Dave is not his real name, but one given to him disdainfully by Wade in this verse.

Title: rises in the east

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“Dad.”

What?

“Dad.”

What time was it?

“Your phone’s ringing,” Charlie said. “It’s the boss.”

Oh, for fuck’s sake.

“Give it here,” Dave rasped, throwing an arm over his eyes.

“Mom said you’re gonna hurt your back sleepin’ on the couch,” Charlie reported as she shoved his phone into his palm.

“My couch, my rules,” Dave said. He crammed the phone to his ear. “Ansel here,” he said.

Charlie wanted to stay home and if she was a year older, Dave would have let her. But alas. The last time he’d let her stay home, she’d texted her friend Jesse who had become unspeakably jealous and had appealed to her own parents for such freedoms, and now the whole block thought that Dave recklessly abandoned his daughter when he went to the goddamn grocery store.

All that for a can of Sprite, man.

This neighborhood was off the fuckin’ charts sometimes.

Case in point: Dani standing in front of him in the lobby with her hands on her hips, telling him that he needed to wear a tighter t-shirt or to start flexing because they were losing business.

“Dani, I’m an instructor,” he reminded her. “I’m hired to do classes.”

“It’s two hours,” Dani said. “Take the damn fliers.”

But he didn’t want to?

Dani blinked at him slowly from under her headband.

Charlie was having a great time and Dave was glad for that because he was not. He was being stared at by every person in the street as if they’d never seen a dude with muscles before.

It was the shirt.

He knew it was the shirt.

And possibly his nipples. Smashing the brochures high enough against his chest to cover them wasn’t going well and the highlighter teal underarmor Dani had forced upon him left very little to the imagination here.

There wasn’t anything else to do but let the poor things live their best lives.

“Dad, gimme more,” Charlie said.

She tugged at the brochures covering what was left of his dignity.

Blessed child, who hurt you?

“Where did the others go?” he asked her.

Charlie pointed across the road to a gaggle of ladies leaning out from their stoop, smiling.

Ah.

Yes.

Them.

“Let’s try for someone who looks more like a bro,” he told his offspring.

Charlie blinked up at him.

“Why?” she asked.

Oh, baby.

“Because they’re an easy mark,” he said. “Go up and say ‘my dad can take you’ and send ‘em my way, okay?”

Charlie’s face went from confused to ready to kill instantly.

This was her game face. This was her ‘I’m gonna wreck this goalee’s teeth’ face.

Dave shouldn’t have been proud of her, really; her teachers said that she was becoming argumentative and obstinate in the classroom. But there was just something there in the fact that his kid sure as shit wasn’t no sheep that made his chest feel big, wide, and full of hot air.

“I’m on it,” Charlie said.

He gave her three brochures and let her scramble off to the other side of the sidewalk and then turned to meet the eye of a family with a father with neat hair and the beginnings of triceps peeking out from under his sleeves.

“You lookin’ for a gym, sir?” he asked.

The guy looked his way and eyed him up.

He took a flier on his way past.

“Excuse me?”

“One second, man,” Dave said, doing the rock-shuffle to keep all the fliers on the table from blowing away.

“Excuse me.”

“Hey, I said just a sec,” Dave snapped.

He turned back and found himself staring into the dark eyes of a bald man with olive skin and deep wrinkles in his forehead.

And Dave knew him.

Holy shit.

Dave knew him.

Fuck.

God.

Jesus, Lord.

“I am so sorry,” he started.

“DAD.”

Ch—Charlie?

He looked down and sure enough, holding Rudolph ‘Diamond’ De Luca’s massive bearpaw was his very own daughter. De Luca made her wiry, suntanned limbs seem like unbaked pretzels.

He was so much bigger than he’d seemed on TV all those years ago.

“This your kid?” De Luca asked.

Jesus.

“She is. I’m so sorry,” Dave said, “Did she—she didn’t bite you or anything, did she?”

“Dad,” Charlie whined. “Don’t tell ‘im that.”

“I’ll pay for whatever damage—” Dave continued.

De Luca blinked at him impossibly slowly with long dark eye lashes. He turned his face slowly back down towards Charlie.

“You sure this is your old man?” he asked.

Wh—

Wait.

What the hell did that mean?

“That’s him,” Charlie moaned. “He’s just bein’ dumb. Dad. Stop bein’ dumb. This dude’s the real deal. He’ll fight you in a heartbeat.”

Dave grabbed his child before she could cause any more damage. She made a fuss, but let go of De Luca’s mitt. Dave shoved her behind him, just in case this situation got any more tense than it needed to be.

De Luca lifted an eyebrow at that and then brought his face back up to Dave’s.

“Who’s gym?” he asked.

What?

Oh.

“Spitfire,” Dave said. “We’re, uh, just about there, on the—”

“I know where you’re about,” De Luca said.

Dave didn’t know what to say. De Luca held his eye.

Oh, god.

This wasn’t going well.

“How old are you, son?” De Luca asked.

FFFFFFFFFFFffffffffffffuck.

“38,” Dave said.

“And your baby girl?” De Luca asked, gesturing with his chin down at Charlie.

“I’m 12,” Charlie told him brightly.

“Hm,” De Luca said.

He shifted his weight back and wrapped a few fingers around his chin, surveying Dave’s whole body like he was the statue of David with a knee injury.

Dave became intimately aware of his nipples again.

“Not bad,” De Luca said.

Oh, thank god.

“Thank you, sir,” Dave said. “Is there, uh, somethin’ I could help you with?”

“You got an accent,” De Luca noted.

Uh?

“A good accent,” De Luca said. “Whereabouts did you grow up?”

Oh.

Well.

Dave could actually just point to it from here. The condo was still standing, despite all building codes and actual alien invasions. At this point, the only thing that was gonna take it down were the rampant, rapidly mutating, borderline feral gangs of chickens that roamed its halls.

Not that anyone spoke about them.

No, that was inviting trouble to your doorstep.

“The chicken coop?” De Luca said.

The one and only.

“Bless you, you poor fuck.”

Yeah, that tended to be the usual reaction.

De Luca laughed.

“You’re a funny guy, uh,” he squinted at Dave’s nametag, “Ansel?”

How could a word sound so wrong in someone’s mouth?

Where had Dave’s life gone wrong that his own name sounded so foreign and distant to his ears?

“Actually,” he said, swallowing, “My uh, my friends call me ‘Dave.’”

De Luca’s head snapped right up and slowly, a grin spread across his face.

“Oh, now, that’s a good name for ya,” he said. “You look like a Davy.”

Hng.

Diamond De Luca thought he looked like a ‘Davy.’

Welp.

Time to get that birth certificate changed.

“Listen, Davy,” De Luca said casually, “Your baby girl there was tellin’ me that your boss has you out here like dancin’ monkey; is that true?”

Fffffffffff.

Technically yes?

“It’s even his day off,” Charlie whispered.

Dave wrapped a hand over her face.

“It’s fine,” he said. “It happens. Folks’ve been sick lately. I don’t normally do this kinda thing.”

De Luca’s face said that that was real cute. Real, real cute, honey.

“Well,” he said, “Let’s just say it like this. Where you work don’t gotta be where you train.”

Oh.

Was he offering--?

“If you decide to drop by, tell the guy at the desk Rudy sent you,” De Luca said. “Your kid’s real sweet, Davy. She can come too, lord knows the damn place is a daycare at this point.”

“Thank? You?” Dave stuttered.

“Don’t mention it,” De Luca said.

He left. Dave watched him waltz down the block and wave at the gals collected on the stoop at the end of it and felt a little lightheaded.

“Dad?”

Not right now, champ.

“Dad? Is he famous or somethin’?”

HHHHHHHHHHNG.

Back when Dave had been 14 and scraping the tips of his fingers into callouses on the old guitar he’d found tossed into a dumpster in the Upper West Side, he’d had to compete with the sound of the couple fighting in the apartment next door and with the radio the old man downstairs always had playing on his fire-escape window.

The old man downstairs was a real hard-ass. Always slammed a broom into the ceiling, scaring the shit out of Mom and Dad and sister and auntie. Dave had never seen him not smoking, nor had he ever seen him without suspenders.

The man was a retired plumber, apparently. And while Jim Beam was his main vice, his passion was boxing.

To the tune of chords picked out of an out-of-tune guitar, Dave had listened to tinny commentators oohing and awing over match after match, until finally, when sleep wouldn’t come one night, Dave had snuck out of the room he’d shared with Flora. He’d settled down on the living room couch, next to his old man splayed out in the recliner.

Dad had lifted his eyes slowly his way and told him that he should have been in bed.

Dave had told him that he couldn’t sleep because the couple next door was makin’ up from their daily afternoon argument and Dad had just sighed.

He’d let Dave stay up with him and the TV in the living room had fuzzed and rattled away, making sounds really familiar to Dave at that point.

Boxing was a sport that he had, up until that night, left to his father. But for the lack of anything else to talk about that wouldn’t make his dad look at him with disappointment in his eyes for all that damn music-playin’ and eyeliner, he’d asked who the guy on the screen was.

And that was how he’d learned about Diamond De Luca.

About Kenny Varga. Bert ‘The Albatross’ Kleinfeld.

But there was one guy who Dad had mentioned was his favorite rookie and, now it felt both kind of silly and surreal that the name had been spoken so casually in Dave’s home growing up.

Dad had been puttin’ money on Battlin’ Jack Murdock back when Dave had been a little kid.

He told Dave, disappointedly, after a few weeks of Dave getting up at 12:30 to come out and watch boxing with him that he’d really thought that Murdock was gonna be the next big thing.

Guy was a wolf in sheep’s clothing, Dad had said, shaking his head. But wolves that got too wily got put down and Battlin’ Jack had been found in an alley, bled out in the arms of his reason for fighting.

Dad said it was a fuckin’ shame that Murdock had gone out with a slug in his head.

A fuckin’ shame, he said.

Dave didn’t remember him every saying that Murdock’s reason for fighting was a blind ten-year-old, but the thought was now merged with that memory.

That, in itself, was merged with the memory of Dave’s phone ringing one night was Addie’s name on the Caller ID. Her voice was shaking when she told Dave that the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen had just called her from an unknown number.

He had their baby.

He’d snatched her and Jesse out of the arms of two men looking for girls to be used in businesses Dave didn’t want to think about.

He’d saved them.

The devil had heard their screams when no one else had and he’d come flying out of the dark.

He’d held the girls in the light of a bodega and he’d coached Charlie through typing Addie’s number into his phone and then he’d taken it from there.

Addie was too scared to go meet the devil on her own. Mason hadn’t been around yet and so Dave had thrown on his shoes and had meet her on 46th.

The devil was on 48th, swinging his boots with both girls in his lap.

They were all singing. The devil had pretended like he didn’t know the words to Britney Spears’s ‘Toxic.’

Matt Murdock was under that mask.

Knowing that this whole time, he’d been the one dragging a stick against the fences and bricks of Hell’s Kitchen was almost impossible to digest.

And Dave had worked with him now.

He’d seen that smirk and that notorious jaw unwrapped from its red armor and that didn’t make reconciling the murdered boxer’s son with the man who’d saved his daughter any easier.

Charlie hadn’t remembered him.

She thought that Matt Murdock was a weird fuckin’ dude, and granted, he was a weird fuckin’ dude, but Dave had to say: he was grateful.

Matt Murdock not only brought home his baby, but he’d given Dave purpose in a life that had become consumed by the daily grind.

Matt Murdock had smiled in his direction, never quite into his eyes, and he’d passed along the baton with next to no fight.

Dave wasn’t him.

Dave would never be him.

Matt Murdock wasn’t just some poor murdered boxer’s blind son. He was the product of some serious poverty. Some serious violence. A whole fuckin’ cult induction, if he was to be believed. And Dave wasn’t so sure if he was always to be believed.

But he still appreciated Matt Murdock for what he’d done and what he’d made for this part of the city.

He’d made Daredevil.

And he shared that with Dave.

Dave’s own dad’s approval hadn’t felt like the honor that had come with Matt Murdock’s covered eyes and curled lip slowly relaxing as he’d lifted his face up from Dave’s knees.

He hadn’t been inspecting.

He’d been listening. Dipping his fingers into the blood in Dave’s heart and deciding if he was worth his salt.

Matt Murdock, son of Battlin’ Jack Murdock, was a product of Fogwell’s Gym in the Kitchen.

Diamond De Luca, retired heavyweight, was a product of Fogwell’s Gym.

The stars had aligned. And Dave had stood in their path.

And he wasn’t wasting the chance that they offered him.

Charlie was stoked to be allowed to come to the gym with him. She usually went to Jesse’s house, where Rubes would look after both girls for a few hours.

But De Luca had said that it was okay for her to come along, and so he figured, why not?

Fogwell’s was an institution in the Kitchen. All kids deserved to know their own history.

“I’m gonna fight Fogwell himself,” Charlie announced halfway down the block.

“You will not,” Dave told her. “Because I’m not tryin’ to get thrown out before we even get started here, alright?”

Charlie whined.

He ignored it.

This wasn’t the first time he’d been to the gym. Matt Murdock slipped in and out of it when he was in the city and he’d taken the whole team there once or twice. But it was different to be there in the presence of the daytime crew.

Dave felt very small in their presence.

The whole place was full of people pounding bags and swearing and shouting at kids who were tumbling all over the rows of benches set off to the side of the bags.

It was not what Dave had been expecting.

He told the guy at the front that ‘Rudy’ had recommended that he stop by and got a nod and a wave.

“He’s probably upstairs,” the receptionist said. “Go pick a bag, I’ll give him a buzz.”

Charlie refused to join the kids on the benches because apparently that was ‘only for babies, Dad.’ She wanted to hold the bag.

She was not, in one thousand years, holding the bag.

Dave wrapped her hands and let her go at it first to ‘soften it up’ for him.

De Luca caught him adjusting the demon-child’s thumbs before they ended up at the hospital again and laughed.

“Davy-boy, you made it,” he said.

Dave snapped up straight to attention.

“I did,” he said.

De Luca laughed again.

“Relax, kid,” he said. “Damn, you’re tight wound. Don’t worry, we won’t tell no one you’re sleepin’ with the enemy.”

Ahahahaha.

Please don’t.

These people were jacked. Dave was but a kickboxing instructor.

“Here, bub, lemme see what your pops has got,” De Luca said, shooing Charlie out of the way.

And this was the moment of truth.

De Luca seemed surprised when Dave finally laid off the bag. And Dave couldn’t read his expression for a million bucks.

“Uh?” he tried. “Not good?”

De Luca blinked himself back to earth.

“Oh, no,” he said. “It’s just uh, you fight a little like someone I know.”

Please don’t say a mobster.

“Kid used to live around here; name’s Matt Murdock,” De Luca said. “You know him?”

Did—

Did he know him?

QUICK. Answer the question.

You’re takin’ too long.

He’s gonna—

“S’alright if you don’t,” De Luca said. “I was just sayin’. Kid was like one of my own.”

He—

What?

“Yeah, boy fought like the devil like his daddy before ‘im,” De Luca said. “He’s the only one Fogwell lets call him ‘Grandpa.’ He’s about your age, actually. God, I’m old.”

AHAHAHAHAHA.

Please change the subject.

“You’re not that old,” Dave said. “I think I might have heard the name.”

Charlie looked up at him, baffled at the hedging.

He pleaded with her with his eyes not to say a damn word.

“Yeah, he’s somethin’, left here for San Francisco. Didn’t even say good-bye, the little shit,” De Luca sniffed. “Came back last year all ‘I’m gettin’ married’ and I swear to god, he’s picked up some kid. Just between you and me, pal, the old guard here have been talkin’, and we think that someone missed out on the sex ed talk, if you know what I’m sayin’.”

Oh.

Poor Sam.

He wasn’t even there to scream from the mountaintops that Red was a last resort for him at best.

“I’m just sayin’,” De Luca said with a shrug that spoke far more of supreme irritation than nonchalance, “He coulda just told us. I’m just sayin’.”

Any more ‘just sayin’s’ and Diamond De Luca was gonna go find a wall to bury them in.

“Did you, uh, have any feedback?” Dave blurted out as the guy started mumbling.

“Hm?”

“Feedback,” Dave repeated, waving a gloved hand at the bag.

“Oh. Yeah, loads, kid. You got all the muscles and not a damn lick of memory, here, lemme show you.”

Crisis averted.

Thank god.

D2: hey uh, DD?

SM: DAVE

S2: DAVEEEE

S3: DAVE

SM: what’s up man?

D2: nothing I was just trying to get ahold of DD?

BT: He’s trying to get Kirsten to give up her dreams of an indoor office pond rn. Can I help?

SM: I want an indoor office pond

S3: omg same

D2: uh yeah actually could you just tell him I met a guy named De Luca the other day and he might want to give him a call?

BT: de Luca?

D2: yeah

BT: okay sure thing

D2: thanks

BT: I’ll go see if I can get a word in edgewise.

SM: good fucking luck

S2: I hate fish

S3: leave this place and never return

S2: I HATE FISH

DD: WHAT

SM: oh shit that was quick

D2: oh. I was just saying that I met Diamond De Luca the other day?

SM: ?? Who’s that?

DD: oh no

S2: ??????????????

DP (´｡✪ω✪｡´): who the fuck is that?

DD: are you still with him?

D2: no?

D2: he caught me out fliering and invited me to Fogwell’s

D2: and when I got there he mentioned my stance was like yours and he uh

D2: got a little distracted

DD: what kind of distracted?

D2: He thinks Sam’s your bastard kid

BT: GODDAMNIT

DD: FOR FUCKS SAKE

BT: First Mrs. Jones, now this guy?? TEACH.

DD: These people have zero faith in me I swear to god.

DD: like come ON man. I did sex ed in the same class as Angie he knows I’m too catholic for that shit

DP (´｡✪ω✪｡´): I looked this man up and he looks like an Italian nate with less hair

SM: wh

DP (´｡✪ω✪｡´): okay you’re right he looks nothing like nate

SM: that

SM: that’s not even slightly helpful, wade, thanks not at all. Hey who’s angie?

DD: long story. Rudy’s daughter

S2: RED YOU FUCKED A BOXERS DAUGHTER?? That’s a million dollar baby man

DD: I

DD: what?

DD: no? Why would I fuck angie she’s like my sister?

S2: oh nvm

SM: 😬😬😬

S3: I am confused ❤

D2: you should probably call him, friend

DD: on it. thanks for the notice

DD: hey what’s your fuckin name again?

S2: f

S3: f

SM: f

D2: It’s Ansel

DD: Adams?

D2: not the photographer. Ansel West.

SM: WEST

S2: OMG

S3: guys don’t

SM: I BET YOURE A SUNSET DAVE

S2: YOU EVER FEEL CALLED TO THE PRAIRIE DAVE???

SM: YOU’RE A&W, DAVE!!

S2: ROOT BEER ROOT BEER

D2: ah yes. Middle school. I remember this feeling.

Dave laid his phone on his chest and stared back up at the ceiling.

It was never dull, this new life he’d settled into.

He said a prayer for Murdock and rolled onto his side.

It was still his goddamn couch.

#fic #inimitable verse #ficlet #team red

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poppunkkylo · 6 years

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I Hope This Reaches Her In Time

A/N: I’ve literally been working on this for weeks. It was the first story I started writing and I’ve been toying with the concept for a while. Towards the end, I started getting really tired so sorry about that. More to come at some point. Also! The poem* mentioned in this is not mine at all. It’s from r.h. sin. He’s amazing and you should all check him out. The title is also the title of one of his books and will come into play later. As always, feedback welcome. But remember, be kind.

Chapter 1 Words: 2.7k "Sweetie, it's time to wake up," you gently nudged your daughter. It was early Monday morning which meant it was time to get her ready for preschool and yourself ready for work. She slowly sat up, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. "Mommy, I don't want to go today. I wanna stay home and watch princesses with you!" she said putting on her best puppy eyes. You lightly laughed and pulled her out of bed. "I know, sweetie, we can watch princesses tonight and wear our tiaras and eat popcorn, ok?" You started to pull out some clothes for her to wear as she smiled and nodded at the promise of princess movies. You continued through the motions of the morning, getting your daughters snacks ready for daycare, getting yourself dressed and a light amount of makeup on. Once you both were ready, your hair in loose curls and your daughters in her favorite space buns, you grabbed your keys and purse and headed for the train. You dropped your daughter off at her school and making your way to work. Mondays were always your favorite day of the week because that meant new works for you to read. Being a publishing reader meant you get to read unpublished works and decide if it's in the company's best interest to publish them. It was exciting holding someone's hard work in your hands. This week's list included two murder mysteries, a book of poems, and a self-help book. Your boss will positively add more on, but for now you were content with the list. Picking up each manuscript, you contemplated which one to start with as you sipped your hot coffee. You carried on with your day, writing reports on market research for the manuscripts you decided to push through. The end of the day finally comes around, you gather your things and make your way outside. In your purse, your phone vibrates. Thinking it was your neighbor, a sweet older lady named Linda, you pulled the phone out only to be surprised. "Ben Solo," you stated. "Y/N Y/L/N it's been too long," he replied. His voice making your heart flutter. Stop it, you told yourself. "It's been what? 4 years since grad school? That's entirely too long not seeing my little sunshine," he continued. "Uh, yeah about 4 almost 5 years," you bit your lip. "Well what are you doing tonight? Let's catch up, get a drink," he offered. You contemplated, but then remembered you had promised your daughter you would watch princess movies. "Well, tonight isn't the best," you hesitated, "I have plans actually". He was silent for a moment, then he spoke, "Oh, well that's ok. I actually just moved back to the city so I'm around. Maybe tomorrow?" "Yeah tomorrow would be good. I'll text you?" you asked. "Yeah, sounds good. Bye, little sunshine," he smiled. You smiled into the phone as you said your goodbyes. You finished walking home while thinking about seeing Ben tomorrow. He was your best friend all through college and grad school. You thought it had all changed once you graduated and went your separate ways when Ben had moved across the country to Salem, Oregon to start writing. You picked up your daughter from Linda's apartment, held her hand and walked down the hall to yours. As soon as you two were inside, your daughter ran over to the movies and pulled out her favorite one, Princess and the Frog. "Mommy, mommy! Princess time!" she ran to her room, grabbed your tiaras and plopped herself on the couch. "Ok honey, I'll start the movie, you put your tiara on and get comfy," you smiled as her eyes grew wider in anticipation. "Mommy, you need your tiara!" she exclaimed. You laughed and put yours on. You watched as she listened to Tiana's father tell her about reaching her dreams. Your daughter never knew who her father was, she never asked so you never explained. You figured as she got older she would start to wonder where he was, maybe then you would tell her. But for now, it was just the two of you. The next morning was much like the previous morning. There was one thing different though; a text from Ben. "Hey sunshine. Can we get dinner tonight?" Looking at the message again, you thought it sounded like a good idea. When you and your daughter were ready, you headed out the door, making a quick stop at Linda's. She opened the door when you knocked coffee cup in hand and apron on, "Oh hi, sweetie!" she greeted. "Hey, Linda. I need a favor," you nervously looked at her. You didn't want to go into too much detail, but you really wanted her to watch your daughter longer. "You have a hot date tonight, don't you?" she asked, your daughter looked at you with a wrinkled nose. "No, no, lord no. I'm meeting an old friend for dinner. Can you watch Lilly a little later than normal? I can give you cash for dinner," she put her hand up to stop you. "I'm more than happy to watch her, but you don't need to give me anything. Enjoy your non-date, and you little one," she looked at your daughter, "I'll see you for our date!" They both giggled, and you thanked her. You grabbed your daughters hand and carried on with your day. She was more than happy to go to school today, if it meant she got to spend a night at her "Aunt" Linda's. You arrived at work and started your day. Focusing on new manuscripts was difficult when you were anxious for dinner with Ben. Nevertheless, you managed to make it through the day. Five o'clock came and you took a breath. You had been texting with Ben all day about where to meet. You both decided a little Italian restaurant in the Upper East Side that you used to go to every Friday night while you were in school. Heading to the subway station, you ran through what could possibly happen in your head. Before you and Ben graduated, you were dating a guy named Jerry and Ben was always your shoulder to cry on when thing went wrong. Shortly after Ben moved to Oregon, things went really wrong with Jerry. You lost all train of thought when you saw Ben standing outside. He wore a simple button up, sleeves rolled up and tucked into his slacks. But damn, he looked good. He saw you walk in and stood up, smiling wide. As you approached, you bit your lip and fiddled with your purse strap. "Hi," you said, bashfully. "Hi," he replied. You both stood there, awkwardly for a moment. He pulled you into a hug. "I've missed you," he said with his face in the crook of your neck. It felt like it had been a millennium since you hugged him. You hugged him tighter, as if trying to make up for lost time. "I missed you too, Benny boy," you pulled away, "we have so much to catch up on!" You smiled and followed him in to the restaurant. They sat you at a table near the street, in your old familiar place. This place held so many memories, the two of you would come here and catch up or vent about the week or simply just enjoy a nice dinner. There had always been a weird chemistry between the two of you, both having small crushes on the other but no one acting on it. When you started dating Jerry, you kept the Friday dinner ritual going. You ordered a glass of pinot noir and your favorite Italian dish. Looking at Ben, you noticed how he had aged. Taking a sip of your wine, you smiled at how comfortable you were. "So, what's going on with you? What's new?" your smile still lingered. Ben had a way of making you smile just by being around you. "Well, as you know I just moved back from Oregon, which is incredibly beautiful by the way. While I was there I wrote a lot. But that's really it, nothing too exciting. I missed the city and it felt like time to come back," he shrugged and took a sip of his own wine, "what about you?" Your food arrived, and you thanked the waitress. "Oh, me? Well a lot has changed since school. I work in publishing, uh," you paused, contemplating if you wanted to tell him, deciding to be honest you continued, "I have a daughter, Lilly." His eyes widened as his mouth was full of spaghetti. He was obviously shocked, "with Jerry?" he asked. "I mean technically, Jerry flipped when I told him I was pregnant and said he didn't want anything to do with me or the baby then he left. I haven't heard from him since the summer you moved," you put your hands in your lap and started fidgeting. "Well Jerry is an ass, you're obviously doing very well for yourself and I'm sure Lilly is a lovely lady," there he goes again, making you smile just by being himself. You pulled your phone out of your purse and pulled up a picture of you and Lilly in the park a few weeks ago. "Here, this is her," you handed him your phone. He smiled as he looked at the two of you. "I'd love to meet her, I mean that is if you're ok with that," he handed you your phone and briefly your hands touched. Your cheeks started to heat up, "of course I would be ok with that. If you want, you can come meet her tonight." You both smiled and continued catching up over dinner. Your heart felt 20 times lighter now that he knew the truth. An hour passed, Ben picked up the check. It was a nice, early summer night so you decided to walk across the park to your apartment. As you walked, you talked of old memories and experiences you've had being a mom. When you arrived at your building, you stopped at Linda's to pick up Lilly. When Linda opened the door and Lilly ran out and into your arms. "Hi sweetie!" you hugged her and gave her a kiss. "Mommy, who's that?" she noticed Ben and started to act shy, hiding her face in your neck. "It's ok honey, this is mommy's friend, Ben. Can you say hi?" she unburied her face just long enough to smile and say hi. You thanked Linda for watching her and told her you would catch up tomorrow morning. Walking down the hallway to your apartment, you felt Ben's eyes on you. Since arriving at your apartment building, he had been silent. You figured it was the shock of seeing you as a mom but in reality, he was stopping himself from shouting out how much he loved seeing you in a motherly role. You opened the door, putting Lilly down and inviting Ben in. "Do you want some coffee?" you offered trying to make him feel comfortable. He nodded and took a seat on the couch. He looked around the apartment and noticed all the pictures of you and Lilly. You looked happy in all of them, despite the struggles of being a single mom. He saw Lilly digging in her toy bin for something. When she finally found what she was looking for, she brought it over to him. "Here, I have a tiara if you want to wear it. You have to wear it if we watch princess movies," she handed him an all pink tiara. He chuckled and took it, placing it on his head. "Ok, I'll wear mine, but you have to wear yours too. A princess should never be without her tiara." She ran and grabbed hers from her bedroom. She ran back into the living room giggling about mommy's friend in a tiara. Your kitchen had a breakfast bar that allowed you to see everything that was happening in the living room. You grabbed the two coffee mugs and headed to the living room. "Well don't you look beautiful," you said to Ben as you handed him his coffee. He chuckled as he watched as you opened the DVD player. You normally fell into your nightly routine of cleaning up around the apartment while Lilly watched a princess movie and fell asleep. With Ben here, the routine changed just a little. You placed the movie in the player and plopped down on the couch. Lilly brought you your tiara. You noticed Ben watching you. "We do this a lot. She's on a Princess and the Frog kick right now, so hope you don't mind," you smiled as you placed the tiara on your head. As the movie started, Lilly made herself comfortable sitting in between you and Ben. You sipped your coffee and sang a long lightly. After having watched this movie with Lilly about 100 times, you had most of the lines memorized. Around 8 o'clock you noticed Lilly wasn't singing or saying the lines. Instead, she was asleep and leaning on Ben. You started to get up and went to grab her, but Ben stopped you. "It's ok, I can put her to bed," he picked her up gently, "which way to her room?" You pointed him in the direction of her room. Grabbing your coffee, you tried hiding the smile growing on your face. When Ben came back, you thanked him for putting her to bed. He sat back down and looked at you with such care in his eyes. "They threw her into the lion's den and instead of feeling fearful, she tamed the beasts*," he said. "That's beautiful, Ben. Did you write it?" He nodded in response. There was that look again. He looked like he wanted to say something more but let it go. "I'm really sorry Jerry left you. You're a great mom and he's missing the chance of a lifetime raising Lilly with you," he took your hand and gently rubbed his thumb on the back of your hand. "It was hard getting over heartbreak and being pregnant, but now I'm over it. He was a crappy boyfriend and sometimes I wish I'd never been with him, but then I wouldn't have Lilly. She's never asked me about her dad or why she doesn't have one, so I've just never told her." "You could've told me, I would have moved back in a heartbeat," he moved a little closer. He pulled you in for a hug and you rested your head on his shoulder. "Ben, it wasn't your burden to bare. Not that she's a burden, but the situation was mine to deal with. I wasn't going to make you give up your dream to help me adult," you looked down not wanting to meet his gaze. He let out a sigh and place his hand on your thigh, "Well, I'm here now. I never got around to telling you my good news," you turned and raised your eyebrows signaling him to go on. "I'm being published," he smiled. "What!" you quietly yelled, "Benny that's amazing!" You pulled him into a sideways hug. His dream was coming true, for as long as you had known him all he's wanted was to be a published poet. "I want the first copy, you hear me? Signed and everything!" You pointed at him as you spoke. "Of course, sunshine, whatever you want," he laughed. The two of you sat on the couch and chatted for a little while longer. Close to midnight, Ben stood up and stretched. "I should get going, but I'd love to see you again. Tomorrow maybe?" You followed suit and nodded in agreement. Walking with Ben to the door, you rubbed your eyes. He pulled you into a hug and rested his chin on the top of your head. The two of you stood there for longer than either of you realized, just holding each other. "Goodnight, Y/N" Ben placed a kiss on your forehead. "Goodnight, Benny boy." You let go of his torso and watched him leave. Maybe things would be different between the two of you this time.

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I was commissioned to paint a mural in Manhattan- and at a dog daycare 🐕 🐶 On to the next project! Some clips of the final mural finished this week together with @kingbeeuw 🙏 and a little time lapse some of the process.. final shots to come when construction is complete! 🚧 @howiesnyc #anotherdayintheoffice #ilovemyjob #cantstopwontstop #mural #streetart #muralismo #artist #positivevibes #nyc #uppereastside #manhattan #yorkville #dogdaycare #entrepreneur #startup #believeinyourself #yorkie #bulldog #rhodesianridgeback #husky #poodle #shitzu #englishbulldog #pomeranian #chihuahua #timelapse #sprayallday #graffitisavedmylife #process #landscape #dogportrait (at Upper East Side)

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Anupama Kundoo

Bhandari Marble Group Congratulate Miss Anupama Kundoo for her Achievement

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About Anupama Kundoo by BHANDARI MARBLE GROUP

Anupama Kundoo studied architecture at Sir J. J. College of Architecture, University of Bombay, and received her degree in 1989. Kundoo established herself as an architect in Auroville in 1990 where she designed and built many buildings with “energy and water-efficient infrastructure” adaptations.

Her approach to building design is based on material research that minimizes environmental effects. Another of her theme is “Liberty” which presents a reading place as a free library, a creation built with three types of trees fixed in the Centre of square space. The trees’ trunks and branches are made from steel and the leaves are made of salvaged books, with the floor made of concrete.

Presenting 10 Top Key Projects Did by Anupama Kundoo

Wall House, 2000, Auroville, India

Residence Kranti Kanade, 2003, Pune, India

Shah Houses, 2003, Brahmangarh, India

Creativity, An Urban Eco-Community, 2003, Auroville, India

Multipurpose Hall SAWCHU, 2000, Auroville, India

Town Hall Complex, 2005, Auroville, India

Mitra Youth Hostel, 2005, Auroville, India

Voluntariat Homes for Homeless Children, 2008, Pondicherry, India

Full Fill Homes, 2015, Auroville, India

Sharana Daycare Facility, 2019, Pondicherry, India

“Time is Our Most Valuable Asset”: In Conversation with Anupama Kundoo

The style icon was one of the first designers to ever “brand” herself, by using bright colors, developing her own line of furniture, and writing books. Draper set the standard for future classes of decorators, and today, we see many following in her footsteps by creating their own lines of furnishings and partnering with famed brands like Currey and company.

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the Jencks Foundation announced renowned Indian architect ANUPAMA KUNDOO as the winner of this year’s RIBA CHARLES JENCKS AWARD. The accolade given in recognition of significant contributions to the theory and practice of architecture acknowledges Kundoo’s holistic practice that marries theoretical investigations, material research, and sustainable building methods.

Having trained as an architect in Mumbai, Anupama Kundoo developed a practice around sustainable and low-impact building technologies, with a strong focus on material reuse, while at the same time prioritizing adequate responses to the social and economic context. Kundoo is currently a Professor at the FH Potsdam and has taught at various universities over the years, including Persons the New School for Design, the University of Queensland, or Yale University.

Balancing theory and practice, her work spans multiple areas and scales, from residential and public buildings to installations and urban planning.

Time to celebrate the talent of Designers and Architects

Elsie de Wolfe; 1865-1950

Elsie de Wolfe is the mother of interior design as a concept and a career. A fan of animal prints? That all began with de Wolfe. As a product of Victorian insipidity, de Wolfe invented light-hued walls, slim furniture, and pared-down simplicity. She was a fearless dissentient for traditional decorating rules and opened the doors for later aesthetics such as modernism.

Alberto Pinto; 1943-2012

Alberto Pinto described his own style as “a mix of cultures.” Born in Casablanca and schooled in France at the École du Louvre, Pinto left to start a photography agency in New York City. He quickly discovered a passion for interiors and eventually began designing himself.

Jean-Michel Frank; 1895-1941

Jean-Michel Frank’s designs were the essence of expensive simplicity, characterized by subtle textures and luxurious details that were championed by the wealthy elite of France and America. His pared-back aesthetic and neutral color palette began an envoy of modernist fanfare that to this day is still one of the most popular muses for interior designers.

Mario Buatta; 1935-2018

Mario Buatta is the maker of that special brand of English Country loved by the Upper East Side in the 1980s. We all know it—and we all secretly love it. He was an enthusiastic designer and socialite with a bad designer pun always at the ready.

These are some Interior Designer who gave our world unforgettable memories in the form of art.

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Kita Parkstraße Daycare Centre, Stuttgart

Kita Parkstraße Daycare Centre, Stuttgart Development, German Kindergarten Building, Architecture, Images

Kita Parkstraße Daycare Centre in Stuttgart

18 May 2021

Kita Parkstraße Daycare Centre

Design: Birk Heilmeyer und Frenzel Architekten

Location: Stuttgart, Germany

In the east of Stuttgart, the four-group daycare center Kita Parkstraße was completed according to plans by Birk Heilmeyer and Frenzel Architects and handed over to the users. The wooden structure was erected on an underground bunker. Shortly before the building was handed over, the day care center received a Hugo Häring award from the BDA.

The property of the KiTa Parkstrasse is located in the vicinity of the Berg Cultural Park in the east of Stuttgart. The new two-storey building of the fourgroup nursery school is part of the green corridor with historic trees on the site of the previous building. The positioning, building dimensions, construction and materials of the building are based on the special characteristics of the premises: The local building code specifies a building depth of twelve metres.

Its position and orientation result from the construction line and the terrain sloping from west to east. The foundation on an existing underground bunker makes a lightweight timber construction the only alternative.

The main entrance is located on the north side and is easy to distinguish within the façade. The foyer, which also serves as a parents’ meeting place, runs from north to south and opens towards the garden. From here the multipurpose room is accessed, and a corridor leads to the group areas in the south and the adjoining rooms in the north. All common rooms on the upper floor feature a loggia in front of them. Two external staircases, which stand out vividly against the building structure, lead directly from the upper floor down to the garden with open-air play areas.

The clear segmentation of the building into a group space and an ancillary room area is reflected in the design of the façades and the shape of the roof. Skylights in the roof above the corridor enhance this impression and allow for good lighting and ventilation of the building. Due to the internal organisation of the building, the sanitary and ventilation installations can be restricted to the ancillary room partition. This means that the room heights in the common rooms can be increased, whilst the amount of ceiling suspensions is reduced.

The nursery is designed as a structural timber construction with a high degree of prefabrication. The lower weight of the timber construction allows the building to be erected on the air-raid shelter below. The rising construction of the nursery consists of flat timber elements. The exterior walls benefit from all the advantages of a timber frame construction with ventilated facade cladding.

Through the red colour of the vertical timber cladding the building stands out against the green of the surrounding park.

Shortly after the construction was completed, the day-care center received a Hugo Häring Award 2020 from the Association of German Architects (BDA). The jury judges:“It is the simplicity that makes this building so powerful. Its position in the urban fabric. Its clear form, organisation, and structure. The reduction to few materials. The use of two striking colours. And it is precisely the red of the shell that creates the effect of the building as if it were an apparition in the park, raising it from pure functionality to a poetic level. Strangely aloof and at the same time very present. The contrasting green on the inside, which conjures up the colour of the leaves on the floor like a reflection on water, creates a strong connection between inside and outside. This is a decidedly successful building, planned down to the last detail – consistently simple, but never simplistic“.Birk Heilmeyer und Frenzel Architekte

Client: Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart, Hochbauamt, Eva Farkas, Johannes Meinke Architects: Birk Heilmeyer und Frenzel Architekten, Stuttgart Stephan Birk, Liza Heilmeyer, Martin Frenzel, Felix Fritz, Jochen Günzler (Projektleitung), Mykola Holoviznin, Hanna Münzenmaier, Sophia Riehl, Marc Holtschmidt, Daniel Eichele

Structural planning: Tragwerkeplus Ingenieurgesellschaft, Reutlingen M&E: Paul+Gampe+Partner Beratende Ingenieure, Esslingen Building physics: Brüssau Bauphysik, Fellbach Landscape architecture: Prof. Jörg Stötzer, Stuttgart Completion: Winter 2020 GFA and GV: 965 m² / 4.020 m³

Pruducts Metal roof Prefa, Prefalz P.10 OXYDROT Sun screen Roma Serge 600 / Leinen Bordeaux Wooden facade Holz-Brettschalung norwegische Fichte, sägerau Lasur Rote Grütze, Adler Pullex Floor covering Forbo Marmoleum Walton Rosemary Green Interior wooden ceiling LIGNO Akustik, Lignotrend

Photography: Zooey Braun

Kita Parkstraße Daycare Centre, Stuttgart information / images received 180521

Location: Stuttgart, Germany, western Europe

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THE MAP OF CHAPLIN COUNTY

Although the town of Chaplin Cove, itself, is pretty small, it—as well as its surrounding regions—makes up all of Chaplin County (though, people often refer to anything within it simply as “Chaplin”). You can find it on Long Island between Queens and Nassau County. Here you can find a breakdown of the area and some tidbits about each of its locations!

CHAPLIN COVE

Founded in the early 1950′s and named after the classic actor, Charlie Chaplin, Chaplin Cove was one of the first North America suburbs, and to this day still acts as one. While its neighborhoods consist mostly of middle-class housing and apartment complexes, it also has plenty of shops and businesses (many of which have been around almost as long as the town has) along with parks, pools, a community center, and several other means of social interaction! It’s an “everybody knows everybody” sort of place with lots of community involvement and town pride, and is the first (and probably most famous!) of the county’s districts.

LAKE CHAPLIN

The heart of the county, Lake Chaplin was named alongside the town of Chaplin Cove. Being that each area of the county rests somewhere on its edges, it serves many purposes; from casual activities like fishing, boating, and swimming, to businesses based in or around it, it plays a very active role in a lot of Chaplin lifestyle, no matter where you live.

MARILYN PASS

When Chaplin Cove began to gain interest, its previously-rural surroundings started to become urbanized, the biggest (and wealthiest) of them being Marilyn Pass (named after the iconic Marilyn Monroe). Despite its geographic advantage over the rest of the county, it homes the least amount of residents due to each of its mansions claiming wide expanses of private land. There are some high-end stores in the area, but most of it is occupied by personal, upper-class residences.

LITTLE VENICE

On the southern border of Chaplin Cove is a village known as Little Venice. Modeled after Venice, Italy, it centers around a man-made river carved out from Lake Chaplin. Within it, you’ll find multi-story architecture of businesses, restaurants, and houseboats, as well as bridges and gondola rides reminiscent of the town’s European inspiration. While serving as a tourist trap, as well as a popular hangout and date spot for locals, owning or renting a home there is possible with an upper-middle class income.

HEPBURN HAVEN

Named after actress Audrey Hepburn, Hepburn Haven rests in the middle of the county, and is home to several gated communities. Popular also among the upper-middle class, its neighborhoods pride themselves on both quality and community, exclusive to its residences and their guests. Each complex in the area can have houses or apartments, depending on the price range, and guarantee services such as private pools, gyms, and daycare centers, as well as personal ferry rides across the lake to the other end of the township, all with 24/7 security. Like Marilyn Pass, it also has a few businesses, but is mostly known for its home properties.

DEANBOROUGH

The “south side” of Chaplin County, named after actor James Dean, is Deanborough. Notorious for being lower class, its inhabitants have reputations for being poor, improper, and often dangerous. While this isn’t always the case and much of the area is simply made up of small businesses, trailer parks, and lower-income housing, the presence of gang conflict doesn’t help—the two leading groups being the Hellhounds, of West Deanborough, and the Goblins, of East Deanborough. Close geographic distance, moral differences, and even dominance over Lake Chaplin are only a few of the issues that cause terf wars amongst the two, but both of their attraction to members throughout Chaplin County give all of Deanborough a bad name.

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Best Neighborhoods in NYC for Dogs

Backyards are just about non-existent in NYC and the Big Apple seems like a tough environment to raise our beloved pups. However, if there is one thing all New Yorkers can agree on, it’s our love for dogs. According to pet service, Rover, around 425,000 dogs live in NYC, which is more than the human population of Oakland, California! Taking this into consideration, we understand your dog will stay by your side no matter the circumstances. Although, every neighborhood in NYC has more than its share of pet owners of all kinds, some communities just make having a dog easier, more comfortable, and more fun. So, here’s what we recommend as the best neighborhoods for your high-spirited pets to call home. Just maybe you can get a jump start on training for the Westminster Dog Show next month.

Battery Park City

This small, contained community in Lower Manhattan has lots of communal lawns and walkways, which make even quick walks pleasant for both dog and owner. Even better, Battery Park City is located right next to Hudson River Park and Rockefeller Park, which offer wide promenades and terrific views of the Hudson River and the New Jersey skyline.

DUMBO

Park Slope and Bay Ridge are two Brooklyn neighborhoods with plenty of park space, which make both areas great places to bring your dog. However, last year StreetEasy reported that 39% of all DUMBO listings were dog-friendly. In addition, the neighborhood offers plenty of pet shops and dog runs. Cheeky Dog Doggie Daycare is a trendy spot that will keep you and your dog smiling. Just under the Brooklyn Bridge is a dog run at Main Street, and another one further south at Pier 6.

Upper East Side

Yes, the opportunity to be a few blocks away from central Park is the perfect situation for your dog. But on the upper eastern end of the Upper East Side, you'll also find the often-overlooked Carl Schurz Park, with its popular dog run and pretty promenade overlooking the East River. You can’t forget all of the commercial strips on Lexington, Third, Second and First Avenues, which provide a plethora of pet stores and services.

Chelsea/Flatiron

Although they are not allowed on the celebrated High Line, dogs are happily welcomed on the miles of trails and parks that run alongside the Hudson River. In 2015, the Madison Square Park Dog Run was voted NYC’s Best Dog Park.

Kew Gardens

The tight-knit Queens community of Kew Gardens is known for its community spirit and privacy. This neighborhood offers dogs and their people an excellent expanse of green space with the Frederick Law Olmsted-designed Forest Park--with its pretty, private road for strolling, running or bike riding--all within easy walking distance of just about everywhere in the neighborhood.

Fieldston

In addition to its quiet, winding, shade-covered streets and gorgeous homes, Fieldston is a privately-owned neighborhood that happens to be right next door to NYC’s fourth largest park, the 1,000-acre Van Cortlandt Park, making dog walks for all purposes a pleasure.

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😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒If you guys don’t know who #JeffreyEpstein was then I’ll tell you. He was a predator who was arrested in July for allegedly sex trafficking young girls at his Upper East Side mansion and his home in Palm Beach, Florida. Jeffrey also secretly owned daycares and had a lot of access to young, impressionable children. He was facing federal charges and tried to kill him self a few weeks ago. I guess he succeeded today. It’s just irritating that he took the easy way out and now these victims won’t have any type of justice. No apology. Nothing. Fucking coward. I hope wherever his soul is doesn’t allow him to find peace, ever. https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Ak8u3Jxpk/?igshid=1i7b61ijatx4w

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Muslim Men Making History In Germany This Year

The true scale of Germany's honor crime problem is currently being swept under the rug. Empirical evidence indicates that honor violence, primarily the product of Muslim culture and Islamic law has metastasized since Angela Merkel allowed in some two million migrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

The typical response is to deny the link but what else could explain these findings: In the Max Planck Institute landmark study on honor killings in Germany, the study analyzed all crimes between 1996 and 2005 and found that there were two honor killings in 1998 and 12 in 2004. By 2016, however, the number had jumped to more than 60, an increase of 400%. Coincidence? Or are we just too afraid to tell the truth?

With the increased mass censorship by the police and the media, aimed at stemming anti-immigration sentiments makes it impossible to know the names and national origins of many victims or perpetrators or how many more Islamic honor murders are being downplayed as "domestic disputes." 2017 is nevertheless on track to be a record year for honor violence in Germany; in the first five months of this year alone, there have been at least 30 honor killings.

The trial of a Kurdish man who tied one of his three wives to the back of a car and dragged her through the streets of a town in Lower Saxony has drawn attention to an outbreak of Muslim honor violence in Germany. Honor violence, ranging from emotional abuse to physical and sexual violence to murder, is usually carried out by male family members against female family members who are perceived to have brought shame upon the family or religion. “Offenses” include refusing to agree to an arranged marriage, entering into a relationship with a non-Muslim, refusing to stay in an abusive marriage or living a Western lifestyle.

On May 22, a court in Hanover heard how a 39-year-old Turkish-born Kurd named Nurettin B. attempted to murder his second wife after she asked him to provide financial support for their two-year-old son. The State Prosecutor reconstructed Nurettin's actions: Nurettin had a knife, an ax and a rope in the trunk of his car. Sitting on the back seat of the car was their two-year-old son, who had spent the weekend with him. On the street, the former couple got into an argument and he begins hitting her. Then he takes the knife and plunges it into her chest. The 12.4 centimeter long blade penetrates the pericardium and heart muscle. A second stab opens the left abdominal cavity. He then pulls out the ax. With the blunt side he hits her head and upper body, cracking her skull. Then he grabs the rope. On one end he ties a gibbet knot around her neck, then he ties the other end to the trailer hitch on the back of his black VW Passat. He then steps on the gas. He races through the streets at 80 km/h (50 mph). After 208 meters (680 feet) the rope breaks. She is hurled against the curb. The child is still sitting in the back seat."

On May 9, a 35-year-old Turkish man shot his wife in both knees, permanently laming her, in the hope that she would be unattractive to other men. The court heard how the man took his wife to the back of a local mosque after Friday prayers, accused her of offending his honor and shot her, saying: "Now you can no longer walk. You will stay at home." In court, the woman was forced by her family and her mosque to tell the court that the couple had reconciled and would attend marriage counselling. The German court allowed the man to return home with his wife, awaiting his sentence.

In Münster, a 36-year-old Lebanese man named Amer K stabbed his wife to death. The court heard how he stabbed 26-year-old Fatima, the mother of his three children, in the chest and neck more than twenty times with a large kitchen knife because he thought she wanted to divorce him. Meanwhile, a court in Hanau sentenced a 22-year-old Syrian refugee to prison for stabbing to death his 30-year-old sister with a kitchen knife. She was 23 weeks pregnant and was accused of having brought shame to her family. Her unborn child also died in the attack.

May 18. In Berlin, a 32-year-old Bosnian man murdered his girlfriend, a 35-year-old German woman after she ended their abusive relationship. He also abducted and tortured her 12-year-old son, who was forced to watch his mother's murder. Neighbors said they had repeatedly alerted the police about the man’s violent behavior, but of course when a Muslim is involved, the police did nothing as that would be Islamophobic.

May 17. In Pforzheim, a 53-year-old Tajik man stabbed to death his 50-year-old wife at her place of employment, a Christian daycare center.

May 17. In Wardenburg, a 37-year-old Iraqi man stabbed to death his 37-year-old wife while she was asleep in her bed. The couple's five children, between the ages of four and 15, were at home at the time of the murder and are now living with relatives.

May 8. In Neuendettelsau, a 24-year-old Ethiopian asylum seeker, Mohammed, stabbed his 22-year-old girlfriend in the stomach at a restaurant after she allegedly "provoked" him. The woman was five months pregnant; the unborn baby died in the attack.

May 4. In Freiburg, a 33-year-old Syrian asylum seeker stabbed his 24-year-old wife, a Kurdish Christian who had moved out of the couple's apartment, but had returned to collect some personal belongings. The couple's three children, aged six, three and ten months, are now in protective custody.

April 29. In Prien am Chiemsee, a 29-year-old Afghan man stabbed to death a 38-year-old Afghan woman who had converted to Christianity. The attacker ambushed the woman as she was exiting a grocery store with her two children.

April 23. In Syke, a 32-year-old Iraqi man strangled his 32-year-old wife in front of the couple's three children, ages one, two and nine.

April 23. In Dresden, a 29-year-old Pakistani refugee murdered his girlfriend, a 41-year-old Vietnamese woman. Police say the man, who arrived in Germany in December 2015, became enraged after he noticed that the woman had not posted any photos of him on her Facebook page, and suspected that she may have had another boyfriend.

April 16. In Mainz-Finthen, a 39-year-old Egyptian asylum seeker stabbed to death his 32-year-old wife. Their two children are being held in protective custody.

April 5. In Leipzig, a 34-year-old Syrian man stabbed his 28-year-old wife because she wanted a divorce. The couple's two children witnessed the attack; they are being held in protective custody.

March 31. In Gütersloh, a 43-year-old Syrian man burned his 18-year-old daughter with a cigarette and threatened to kill her. When the police intervened, the father refused to allow his daughter to leave the house. After police succeeded in bringing the girl to safety, the father and son attacked the police, who used pepper-spray to fend them off. The girl is being held in protective custody.

March 15. In Kiel, a 40-year-old Turkish man stabbed to death his 34-year-old Turkish wife in front of a daycare center. Neighbors said the couple, who were separated, had quarreled about moving their three children to Turkey.

March 4. In Duisburg, a 30-year-old Syrian asylum seeker, Mahmood Mahrusseh, stabbed his 32-year-old girlfriend. The woman survived but the police are yet to find Mahmood.

March 3. In Mönchengladbach, a 32-year-old asylum seeker, Ahmed Salim, murdered a 47-year-old German woman after she ended a relationship with him. The man, who also uses the alias Jamal Amilia, was arrested in Spain. In his asylum application, he had written that he was from Israel. In another asylum application filed in another country, he had written that he was from Morocco. He is really from Iraq, proving the state of the West’s vetting system.

March 2. In Scheeßel, a 42-year-old Iraqi man stabbed to death his 52-year-old wife, also from Iraq. Police described the murder as an honor killing. The couple's children are now in protective custody.

February 25. In Euskirchen, a 32-year-old German-Turkish man stabbed to death his former girlfriend, a 32-year-old German woman who had begun dating someone else.

February 17. In Offenbach, a 32-year-old Turkish man shot to death his former girlfriend, a 40-year-old woman. The man said he was angry that the woman, who had two children, had ended her relationship with him.

February 15. In Bielefeld, a 51-year-old Iraqi man tried to murder his 51-year-old wife by attacking her with a hammer while she was attending a German class at a local language academy. The man was angry that his wife was mixing with other language students.

February 10. In Ahaus, a 27-year-old Nigerian asylum seeker stabbed to death a 22-year-old woman after she seemingly offended his honor by rejecting his romantic advances. The woman, a Hindu, was employed at the same asylum shelter where her attacker lived. He was arrested in Basel, Switzerland.

February 7. In Hanover-Mühlenberg, a 21-year-old Serbian man stabbed his girlfriend after she ended their relationship and had begun dating someone else.

February 1. In Hamburg, a 26-year-old Afghan man stabbed his estranged 28-year-old wife during an argument; she survived the attack.

January 15. In Bremen-Vegesack, a 39-year-old Turkish man murdered his 40-year-old Syrian wife, who was nine months pregnant, because she wanted to divorce him. The unborn baby also died during the attack.

January 5. In Waldshut-Tiengen, a 47-year-old Turkish man stabbed his wife as she was walking with a friend. When she tried to run away, he pursued her and plunged a knife in her back.

January 4. In Köln-Buchheim, a 44-year-old Iraqi man murdered his 19-year-old daughter because he did not approve of her boyfriend. Two days later, he called police. "I killed my daughter," he said. The man may never face justice; he is believed to have fled to Iraq.

These are only just a few of the cases of Islamic violence so far this year alone and restricted only to Germany. It does not even begin to scratch the surface and mention the acid attacks, sexual assaults, child rape gangs or the murder of non-Muslims being committed especially throughout refugee riddled European countries such as France, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Regardless of which side of the fence you sit on, shouldn’t we all be talking about this horrifying epidemic? Especially our feminists? Yet, there is complete silence and a concerted effort to conceal it. Why? Because it’s Islamophobic to be honest and it’s racist to want to stop violence.

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Mado Terrace Apartment Building, Tokyo

21 Oct 2020

Mado Terrace Apartment Building

Architects: BE-FUN DESIGN

Location: Tokyo, Japan

It started by picturing the half-store apartment of our childhood, when we could eat a croquette on the alley down below, catch a ball with friends. How about reconnecting with this warm atmosphere and recreate the “apartment store” ?

The Mado Terraceproject has been possible thanks to the configuration of the site which gathers a renovation building from an existing condominium (owner’s residence), and 2 adjacent sites dedicated to apartments. BE-FUN DESIGN first started by recreating an alley crossing the site from west to east and connecting to the road. Opened to the community, it will be the point of gravity where relationships between residents can be born. Besides, it can be routinely passed through on the premises, contributing to the convenience of the area and creating an external space where locals can actively interact.

BE-FUN DESIGN wanted to create through the design an opportunity for residents to undertake their own project thanks to the half-store apartment model. Considering the increasing interest in side jobs and small businesses these days, the apartments are designed to support new forms of businesses emerging from our contemporary society. Stores, galleries, daycare centers, can be sustained on the first floor. It becomes easier to balance hobbies, start a new job or transitioning job, both in a flexible way.

The rent apartments are operated on the upper-floors, while the store parts are set to integrate the alley and, in extent the neighborhood. Various businesses such as cafes, events, weekend markets, can then pop up and embrace a local dynamic. This scheme stands in the continuity of our series “Let’s do the project you like”. As a designer office, we aim to initiate a solidarity base, to help these emerging businesses get involved in planning, concept work, proofreading, property management, and financial planning. The study of SMI:RE DINER (independent support facility operated by our design office) has been applied, helped the planning, and has been actively part of the organization of various events held in situ.

Gathering 3 sites in one project allowed us to satisfy a financial business plan thanks to the number of apartments. Moreover, we could make the full use of the site attributes, by facing the roads on both sides. Considering the site individually, it was impossible to imagine integrating a “pass through”, however, composing with the 3 sites, the law regulation for the exterior space has been used integrally since each site required a free outdoor boundary. The construction of the 2 new buildings has been carried out in different times, to let the new community take shape during the construction.

Mado Terrace Apartment Building in Tokyo

Site area : 189.86 sqm Total floor area : 268.29 sqm 1F 90.42 sqm 2F 89.99 sqm 3F 87.88 sqm Use : Detached house (7 units) – wood – 3 story above ground Year (completion) : 2017 Architects: BE-FUN DESIGN + PLUG Lab. Construction: GS Build Co., Ltd.

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New York City subways are chronically delayed — but it's not as bad for rich people

The New York City subway experiences more delays than any other major rapid transit system in the world.

But high-income subway riders are less likely to face subway delays, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

The researchers say that low-income New Yorkers tend to live further from central Manhattan (where many jobs are concentrated). They also have fewer transit alternatives when the subway breaks down.

There's no clear solution to the issue, especially as the MTA prepares to shut down a major train line for 15 months.

Every day, over 5 million New Yorkers rely on the subway system to get to work, doctor appointments, daycare, college classes, dates, shops — you name it. With 665 miles of track, 472 stations, and 27 lines, NYC's subway system is one of the largest in the world.

At the same time, it has the worst on-time performance of any other major transit system globally. The system's operator, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), said that just 58.1% of all weekday trains arrived on time in January, The New York Times reported.

A new report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York explores how the severity of those delays may vary by income. The researchers considered data on subway delay times, track work, and alternative options for riders in various tax brackets across Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Manhattan.

The study found that New Yorkers living in high-income neighborhoods — the Upper West Side, SoHo, Tribeca — tend to experience fewer subway delays and lower commute times than those in lower-income neighborhoods. Neighborhoods with the worst delays include Coney Island, East New York, and Harlem.

Nicole Gorton and Maxim Pinkovskiy, the study's authors, recognize a possible reason why: A short commute is often expensive, because people are willing to pay more to live closer to the subway.

Another reason is that further-out, less expensive neighborhoods tend to have longer commute times overall, which means there are more opportunities for delays. Low-income New Yorkers also have fewer transit alternatives — like bikeshares, buses, and ferries — when the subway breaks down.

Due to cost, taxis and rideshare services tend to be less accessible for low-income residents.

Gorton and Pinkovskiy said that their findings suggest more serious consequences than more time spent on the subway. Low-income New Yorkers are losing time on trains that they could spend on more important things.

"Aside from the obvious frustration of unanticipated delays, longer commutes mean people risk losing pay, or even their jobs, and may have less time to invest in their health, education, and children," Gorton and Pinkovskiy wrote. "That is bad news for all New Yorkers."

There's no clear solution to the issue, especially as the MTA prepares to shut down a major train line connecting Brooklyn to Manhattan for 15 months.

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Why a Harlem Warehouse Is Home to Millions of Dollars Worth of Art

On September 17, 2014, the art world’s upper crust convened in Luxembourg City to fête Le Freeport, a warehouse where the ultra-rich hoard paintings, cars, jewelry, wine, and other luxuries in duty-free comfort. Waiters in red uniforms dodged oversize bouquets of white lilies to pass around trays of champagne, and an orchestra played an overture written especially for the occasion before an audience that included the Grand Duke of Luxembourg and top executives at Deloitte.

That evening, two American businessmen mingled among the government ministers, gallerists, and local bigwigs. Kenneth Cayre, a wealthy real estate developer, and Tom Sapienza, an accountant who’d worked for years in art shipping and handling, were planning their own entrée into the fine art storage business. But instead of operating in the luxury tax haven of Luxembourg, they would open their storage facility in a place not known for its low taxes: New York City.

The terms “free port,” “free trade zone,” and “foreign trade zone” are used interchangeably in the art world. They generally denote a place that’s free of customs duties and other taxes—but the extent of that freedom depends largely on the jurisdiction of the facility. That’s why most of these warehouses tend to be in existing tax havens, like Luxembourg or Switzerland.

Instead of operating in the luxury tax haven of Luxembourg, they would open their storage facility in a place not known for its low taxes: New York City.

In the United States, these areas are called Foreign Trade Zones (FTZs), and they’ve existed under the protection of Customs and Border Patrol since the first opened on Staten Island in 1937. Today, they’re located in airports, in seaports, and on waterfronts, but also in warehouses and urban centers. They’re a big part of the U.S. business landscape: There were 263 of these zones in 2016, employing 420,000 people across the country, with hundreds of billions of dollars worth of merchandise, from car parts to pharmaceuticals, moving into and out of them. The zones typically take advantage of what’s known as an inverted tariff. When there are federal duties on the imports of raw materials, like steel, but not on the import of a finished product, like a tractor, it makes sense to bring the steel into the duty-free zone, manufacture the vehicle there, then formally import it without incurring the taxes.

None of this applies to artwork, though, because there are no federal import duties on art. Nor are FTZs home to any art studios engaged in manufacturing. Until recently, there was only one American FTZ dedicated to art, and it was in Delaware, which from a tax perspective is as close to a Luxembourgish freeport as you can get in the continental United States, so the facility was not only free of customs duties, but also most local and state taxes.

A view inside the Arcis art storage facility in Harlem, New York. Photo by Zoe Wetherall for Artsy.

What Delaware lacks is prestige and proximity to auction houses, museums, and galleries, so Cayre and Sapienza recognized potential in a New York competitor. “We saw the attention at the opening,” Sapienza recalled at a 2017 art business conference, “and we decided we’re coming to market with a 21st-century storage facility. Why not, as the icing on the cake, add a Foreign Trade Zone?”

Their facility, which opened in April 2018 on a proletarian Harlem block on West 146th Street, is called Arcis Art Storage. “Arcis” is Latin for “fortress”—a fitting name for what’s essentially a museum-quality bunker, currently insured to store up to $3 billion worth of goods. Like Luxembourg’s Le Freeport, which is armed to the teeth and admits next to no one, security is tight: Guests at Arcis must have their retinas scanned to go through the first door, then present their bare forearms for a vascular scan at a second door.

Guests at Arcis must have their retinas scanned to go through the first door, then present their bare forearms for a vascular scan at a second door.

Once inside, visitors to the building will be wedged—geographically, at least—between a historic black church and a daycare center. But as far as the U.S customs agents are concerned, once goods are imported into Arcis—whether they’re coming from Shanghai or the Upper East Side—they are no longer within U.S customs territory.

This was going to be Cayre and Sapienza’s edge over a crowded New York art storage market. But there was a reason no one else had done it yet: Even though customs duties don’t apply, New York State taxes do. This means a painting bought at Christie’s and stored uptown would not get preferential treatment when it came to sales and use tax over a painting going anywhere else. Arcis got the competitive, insular art storage world wondering exactly what its executives were selling.

Kenneth Cayre, 74, has had a varied and eccentric career. His associates at Arcis, as well as friends and former colleagues, describe him as a sharp, family-oriented hustler. (He declined to be interviewed for this article.) Cayre began his import-export career in 1959 as a teenager, operating a floating duty-free store with his two brothers, sailing back and forth from Miami to the Bahamas with cigarettes, alcohol, perfume, and watches to sell to locals who wanted to avoid high import duties. Over the years, he helped a cousin run a textile factory in Puerto Rico; operated a panty hose manufacturer called Kandy Mills, in Hialeah, Florida; and, inspired by the rhythms of the Miami Beach club scene, started a record label with his brothers called Salsoul.

In the early 1980s, the Cayre brothers started Good Times Entertainment, which distributed VHS copies of Jane Fonda exercise tapes, knockoff Disney movies, and other videos whose copyrights were in the public domain. An early encounter with Walmart founder Sam Walton led to a long-standing distribution deal, but by the time they filed for bankruptcy in 2005, the company was more than $100 million in debt.

A client viewing room at the Arcis art storage facility in Harlem, New York. Photo by Zoe Wetherall for Artsy.

Today, Cayre owns and manages property with his sons, Jack and Nathan, including a million-square-foot chain of self-storage warehouses in the New York tri-state area called Treasure Island. In 2014, real estate heavy Steven Guttman made a splashy transition from cheap self-storage to high-end warehousing with Uovo, which now has branches in Rockland County and Long Island City, Queens—home to a burgeoning gallery scene and the contemporary art museum MoMA PS1. During this time, the art market was growing fast: Between 2005 and 2015, annual sales doubled to reach $63.8 billion, and more contemporary art is being produced and sold every day. Nearly 80 percent of all artwork is in storage, according to one storage executive, and since new art is made every day, demand for storage facilities—at least in theory—will grow continuously.

In an application for property tax breaks from the city of New York, Cayre describes himself as “an artist at heart” and claims that after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the downtown gallery scene, he felt compelled to enter the art storage business. “Ken witnessed more and more galleries and Fine Art storage facilities vacating Manhattan for locations in New Jersey like Newark and Jersey City,” the application reads. A desire to clean up his image may have also provided motivation: In 2006, Cayre was accused by New Jersey con man-turned-FBI informant Solomon Dwek of having received stolen assets worth $2.2 million. Although he was never charged, Cayre was kicked off the board of a New Jersey medical marijuana foundation in the aftermath.

Nearly 80 percent of all artwork is in storage, and since new art is made every day, demand for storage facilities—at least in theory—will grow continuously.

In mid-2013, less than a year after the storm, Cayre spent $4.5 million on the Harlem parking lot where Arcis now stands and an adjacent property housing a childcare and eldercare center. Six months later, one of his sons ran into a real estate developer friend at a Super Bowl party, who offered to introduce the family to someone in the art storage business.

That someone turned out to be Tom Sapienza, now a 48-year-old dad of two from Long Island with dusty blond hair and the wholesome, slightly stiff demeanor of a Little League coach. An accountant by training, he’s a khakis-and-blazer kind of guy, which makes it hard to imagine him at a glitzy art opening in Luxembourg. But Sapienza had a Rolodex of potential clients at museums, galleries, and family offices—fruits of a decade working as a consultant and CFO at Crozier Fine Arts, one of the world’s biggest art storage firms. Sapienza’s tenure there ended on a sour note: According to legal documents, he was fired in 2012 and subsequently sued the company for allegedly denying him his share of equity. His ex-boss, Simon Hornby, declined to comment on the termination and the lawsuit; Sapienza also declined to comment on the suit, which was settled in 2017.

Cayre and Sapienza hit it off, and before long, were en route to a castle in Maastricht for a business seminar designed to educate art world professionals about finance and to educate financiers about the art world. “It was to expose Ken to the new global art world,” Sapienza says. In the class, they heard a presentation by a business professor about Le Freeport and the business of Free Trade Zones for art. “We left with binders and binders of information,” says Sapienza. “He loved it.”

The first free ports were established in early modern Europe as way stations for goods like grain, coffee, or spices. Their extraterritorial status saved traders time and money, but since the contents of these warehouses were perishable, the facilities weren’t intended for long-term storage, let alone keeping valuables like paintings and sculptures. But as globalization made more and more types of business transnational, these facilities evolved too. Today, free ports are a crucial cog in the global art trade. Their contents are fiercely guarded, top secret, and largely tax-free. But which exact taxes they incur depends on their location.

“The term ‘free port’ really does mean something phenomenal in Europe and Asia,” says Jason Kleinman, a partner and art-tax-law expert at Herrick Feinstein LLP. Those free ports exempt buyers and sellers from VAT and income taxes, and because of their clear perks, they have courted art collectors for decades. “These locations confer great tax advantages to the people who use them to store or conduct business,” Kleinman says, adding that when sales take place within a foreign free port, sellers also save on shipping and handling costs. For speculators flipping Picassos, free ports specializing in art and luxury items offer an attractive deal.

American FTZs, by contrast, have more limited benefits and have historically served the automotive, electronics, and oil industries. The art world got one of its own in 2015, when Austrian art shipper Fritz Dietl opened the 36,000-square-foot Delaware Freeport. His art-centric outpost allows clients who buy pieces in New York or Miami to avoid state sales taxes if they ship their pieces directly there—but the saving is due to the tax breaks offered by the state, not because it’s a FTZ.

“I spent hours researching it,” Kleinman says, “and I concluded that Arcis is a tax-free zone in search of a tax.”

That’s because while American FTZ rules do waive federal customs duties when they are applicable, they don’t eliminate state or city sales and use taxes; in that respect, FTZs are part of the state they’re in, but not part of the country. Federal law further stipulates that goods can’t be bought and sold within the zones, so under-the-radar handoffs aren’t possible either. And New York’s sales and use taxes on art are levied based on the location where the buyer gains possession of the item, whether it’s acquired at a domestic sale or at an auction abroad—so the most an FTZ could possibly do is defer that cost while the item is in storage.

In other words, if a $10 million painting ends up hanging on a billionaire’s wall in New York after passing through an FTZ, the FTZ alone will not save its owner from the state’s 8.875 percent tax on sales and use. It might be more convenient or indeed more prudent to store a painting bought in Manhattan just a few miles uptown from the auction house than in Delaware or Long Island, because moving art is risky, but an FTZ won’t save money. And in the event that a painting was bought in London and brought to New York, the most the FTZ would do is defer tax until the piece leaves the zone. Since artwork isn’t dutiable, there’s nothing to gain from avoiding customs. “I spent hours researching it,” Kleinman says, “and I concluded that Arcis is a tax-free zone in search of a tax.”

Nevertheless, a tax-free anything sounds good to a certain clientele, even if the actual benefits are limited (or, as Kleinman suggests, virtually nonexistent). “People toss the term around all the time,” Kleinman says. “It’s P.R.”

After the Maastricht seminar, Sapienza called a former Crozier colleague, Kevin Lay, who joined Arcis as director of operations in 2016. For Lay, a rakish former punk rocker who is more visibly artsy than Sapienza, art preservation is a matter of philosophical import. “Art storage is time travel,” he says. “When you look at a painting you’re standing where the painter stood, and as custodians of culture it’s up to us to return this in the same condition it came in.”

Now complete, the warehouse looks a bit like a steely blue iceberg: monolithic, windowless, and blank. There’s no obvious signage save for a large purple A, for Arcis, on the north face of the building, about 10 feet above a 16-feet-high and 40-feet-wide loading dock that opens onto 146th Street. “If your art doesn’t fit here, it won’t fit anywhere in the city,” says Sapienza. (The largest dock at Uovo’s New York City facility is 13 feet 7 inches high and 11 feet 10 inches wide.) A discreet black car entrance leading into the loading area and visible only from one-way mirror windows in the executives’ offices will accommodate the rich and wary.

Detail of the Arcis art storage facility exterior. Photo by Zoe Wetherall for Artsy.

Inside, the newly painted facility smells disconcertingly like an Ikea stockroom and looks, at first glance, like an ordinary industrial warehouse: exposed beams, large metal columns, huge mechanical doors, and stark white walls. The ground floor is divided into viewing rooms with $1,000-a-bulb lighting, per the company, and ceiling rigs for moving heavy sculptures. There’s also a loft-like space where artwork will be inventoried, and, on the higher levels, private storage units in different sizes, along with larger shared spaces.

Lay and Sapienza can—and do—talk for hours about the building’s technical specs. If a storm surge were to occur, a protective envelope of panels made of insulated metal panels between its inner and outer walls would help protect it from the elements. Its power supply is uninterruptible, with every function intentionally redundant in case a power source goes out. The generators have backups located on the roof, which run on natural gas; in theory, they will keep the building going until any emergency is over. The faint whir of the air-conditioning system, which filters the air three to six times an hour, is a constant presence; otherwise, it’s completely quiet. “They’re not taking any chances,” says Lawrence Bovich, a partner at Mechanical Technologies, LLC, one of the firms that installed part of Arcis’ HVAC system. “These guys are many folds more risk averse than any museum might be.” Arcis would be a great place to hide during a natural disaster, or allergy season.

Cayre applied for and received $13 million in tax breaks on construction by promising the warehouse would bring six full-time and 10 part-time jobs to East Harlem.

Serious protection costs serious money. The price of storing a painting at Arcis can range from just a bit more than at your average self-storage facility to thousands of additional dollars a month depending on the size of the unit, whether there’s custom shelving, and where in the building it’s located, says Lay—but he won’t say by how much.

Cayre applied for and received $13 million in tax breaks on construction by promising the warehouse would bring six full-time and 10 part-time jobs to East Harlem and calculating that its benefit to the city, mainly in other taxes, would total $20 million. But employment at art storage facilities typically goes to aspiring artists who know how to handle, crate, and transport the art; even Arcis’s own filings note that the business will require “employees with specialized skills sets similar to those of a museum registrar.”

That could explain why an administrator at a community organization on the south side of the block called Street Corner Resources, which does job placement for young people as part of its larger mission of reducing gun violence, said on a recent afternoon that he’d heard nothing about Arcis, let alone the possibility of jobs there. Staff at neighboring bodegas, a barbershop, and a local diner were aware of the facility because they’d served chatty construction workers from the job site; none of them knew they would soon share a block with million-dollar paintings. At the senior center next door to Arcis, whose building Cayre’s company acquired, a coordinator said they’d received assurances from the newcomers that they would not be displaced.

Because FTZs are regulated by the federal customs agency, local elected officials don’t participate in the approval process. When asked how Arcis might affect this part of his district, City Councilman Bill Perkins grew aggressive, demanded more information, and directed questions to his predecessor, current State Assemblywoman Inez Dickens, who didn’t respond to requests for comment.

In April 2017, Arcis was a sponsor of the Art Business Conference, a glitzy annual networking event for the fine art world, at the Time Warner Center in Manhattan. “Kevin and I both keep getting calls from people pushed from locations in Manhattan,” Sapienza told the crowd during a panel about freeports. “People wanted us to commit space. We have a warehouse reservation binder, with clients signing up for the space.”

In the audience were Delaware Freeport founder Fritz Dietl and Crozier president Simon Hornby. Hornby says Crozier also consulted with advisors on the utility of an FTZ, and the benefits came up short. “Art is not a dutiable good. There are no duties on art in the U.S.,” he says. “So what’s the point of a FTZ for art if there’s no duty in the first place and it’s designed to suspend duty?”

Even Dietl says the free port part of the Delaware Freeport saves little money. But branding something as a free zone or free port sends a powerful—if empty—message to potential clients. “It absolutely works because it’s a term that’s so widespread in the art world,” he says.

Interior view of the Arcis art storage warehouse in Harlem, New York. Photo by Zoe Wetherall for Artsy.

Self-storage king–turned–fine art protector Steven Guttman says his team studied the possibility hard before they opened Uovo and found no significant benefits. “We did not take this lightly,” Guttman says. “We knew about this a long time ago and kept saying this makes no sense. I’ve been in the business for three years, and never heard a tenant request an FTZ.” He adds of Arcis, “They may be onto something just by confusing people.”

Sapienza declined to comment on tax hypotheticals, insisting that it’s the client’s responsibility to obtain appropriate counsel and follow the law. Kevin Lay insists there’s some tax value to the FTZ—though that depends on how you define “art.” “Antique furniture that’s a hundred years old can be imported duty-free, but if you have a lamp from 1921 that you bought in Paris at auction for $1 million, if you were to bring it here, you would avoid those duties,” he says. The idea is that the lamp could hang out in storage until duties weren’t due. Other valuables, like some jewelry, also carry duties. In those scenarios, an FTZ can also be useful to avoid or defer them.

“They may be onto something just by confusing people.”

Herrick’s Jason Kleinman, whose job it is to help collectors manage (or as he puts it, “control”) their U.S. tax bill, says Arcis “doesn’t change anything for me or present me with any tax-planning opportunities.” Some of his clients were curious about Arcis, he says, but none had serious plans to relocate their assets. “I’d suggest anyone look at Arcis and apply to it criteria you’d demand of any other facility,” he says.

In the end, the biggest draw might be to collectors looking to keep their art close to home, and eventually sell at a New York auction. If there’s one thing everyone can agree on, it’s that the less you move art, the better. And the tax-averse, art-collecting global elite? They’ll always have Luxembourg.

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20 Houses Under $50,000: July 2017 Edition

by Elizabeth Finkelstein (Image courtesy of Ring Real Estate)

It’s busy season for real estate, so this month’s round-up of gorgeous historical homes for sale under $50,000 is virtually dripping with beauty. I want to save them all! (If you come across any beautiful old houses for sale for under $50,000, send them along to us at [email protected]) (Psst… We don’t personally represent any of these homes. We’ve provided a link back to the original listing in the description for each home. Click through if you’re looking for more information!).

1 172 Atlantic St NE, Warren, OH Source: Real Living Volpini Realty Group $35,000 Renovated century home with beautiful hardwood floors and lovely craftsman ship on the staircase! This home is filled with character! First floor has a gas fireplace and a full bath, along with a full bath on the second floor. Outside has a 2 car garage and fenced yard. 2 porches for summer enjoyment. The way home is set up so you can have an in-law suite as well! Call today for your private showing!

2 304 W Jackson St, Bolivar, TN Source: The Carter Group Realtors, LLC $19,000 Oh the stories I could tell. I was constructed in 1903 I’ve seen many families come and go since that time and it’s been years since I’ve had a new caretaker. I wish you would consider me as I still have lots of life left and can help you make many new memories. As you can see I haven’t be cared for in a while but I know you can return me to the grandeur I once possessed. Current owner may carry note while you restore me…

3 20 Academy St, Amsterdam, NY Source: Coldwell Banker Prime Properties $25,000 Bring this beautiful Victorian back to its beauty. Total rehab for next cash buyer. Current seller working on roof to complete and is finishing some ongoing cleanup. Large wrap around porch First floor is main living area with large foyer/sitting area. second and third floors are bedrooms and bathrooms. Basement has separate shop area and various other rooms. Fenced in backyard. Needs new gas heating system, hot water heater and all appliances.

4 331 NE Railroad St, Alapaha, GA Source: Realtor, courtesy of Southern Traditions Realty and Development, Inc. $32,500 One of the most attractive settings in South Georgia (2.85 acres). Turn of the century home with acreage in town. Walking distance to everything in town. Dead end street. storage building, barn, Pecan Trees, with large yard.

5 9401 N County Road 675 W, Gaston, IN Source: Coldwell Banker Lunsford $39,900 Over 4 acres!

6 520 Amy St, Maynard, MN Source: Hughes Real Estate and Auction Service $48,000 This 1920’s Arts and Craft bungalow style home features unique architectural design with square beamed ceiling in living room and dining room, Original wood work, bookcase/pillar dividers in LR/DR, Kitchen with breakfast nook. Hardwood floors throughout all rooms on main floor, Ready to be refinished to restore the luster of yesteryear. Original mosaic tile in bath, French doors to porch. Full unfinished basement, 100 Amp breaker electrical system, Some new plumbing, Newer LP Furnace, Poured Foundation,2 car detached garage, optional 2nd garage adjoining property to east at additional cost. Make this diamond in the rough your next home.

7 12720 Still Pond Rd, Still Pond, MD Source: Doug Ashley Realtors LLC $39,900 This Victorian, located in the quaint village of Still Pond, is ready for renovation! A new well and BAT(Best Available Technology) septic system was installed in 2014. Wood floors, a nice staircase and large rooms make the possibilities endless! The well and septic alone probably cost what this property is listed for. Great opportunity to own a piece of history & renovate it to today’s standards.

8 2613 NE Madison Ave, Peoria, IL Source: RE/MAX Traders Unlimited $45,000 This 2 story home offers 4 bedrooms, 1 full bath on a good size lot that is fenced in. Large front porch has been freshly painted along with fresh landscaping. Lots of natural hardwood through-out the home including built-ins and freshly stained wood flooring on the main level and upstairs bedrooms. Updates include; electrical, plumbing, hvac system, bathroom remodel and deck off back door entrance. Great start home or investment property!

9 327 Main St E, Marshallville, GA Source: Coldwell Banker Robbins & Free Realty $50,000 Sold “As-Is”. Southern living at its best! Large front porch & formal living room w/fireplace and french doors. Formal dining room w/built-in chinahutch & corner fireplace. Spacious bedrooms. Master bdrm w/fireplace & master BA has vintage tub. Original hardwood floors & raised ceilings w/custom trim and molding.

10 22 Littauer Pl, Gloversville, NY Source: Copper Cove Realty $36,096 (foreclosure) Lots of space in this Victorian home with 4 large bedrooms and 2 full bathrooms. This home offers many unique features such as stained glass and detailed woodwork.

11 92 Elmer St, Bridgeton, NJ Source: Vineland Realty Corp. $44,900 (foreclosure) Property is selling in it’s present as is condition, buyer is responsible for all inspections and/or certifications to close the transaction.

12 112 Park Pl, Waverly, NY Source: Knolles Real Estate LLC $39,900 Massive Victorian boasting charm and elegance, just needs some TLC to bring the shine back. Details include hardwood floors, 11 foot ceilings, open curved staircase and rear stairway as well, pocket doors, some stained glass windows, original millwork, 2 coal fireplaces, and original exterior trim along with amazing turret. Home has a modern Kitchen with appliances and large breakfast bar, 4 bedrooms, Den which could be 5th bedroom, nice lot, and new sidewalks.

13 410 E 8th St, Fulton, MO Source: Wolfe Auction & Realty, LLC $20,000 Large Victorian style home built in 1890 in need of full restoration. Original brick behind plaster walls, original millwork, hardwood flooring, tall ceilings picturesque windows this home could have you transported back in time. Purchase for the nice sized lot or to restore some Victorian charm back into Fulton!

14 304 Tremont St, Lincoln, IL Source: Coldwell Banker Cornerstone $44,000 (foreclosure) Your eyes are not deceiving you!! This is a wonderful opportunity to purchase an iconic property that has graced this beautiful tree shaded street since 1905. Be aware plumbing and heating systems have been compromised. Original woodwork, staircase and inlaid hardwood floors are still gorgeous! This Tudor style home was well built and sturdy as they come. This is a “must see” property as pictures cannot do it justice. Huge 3 car garage and guest house on a large corner lot makes this the deal of the year. Call for an appointment today!

15 912 S 14th St, Saint Joseph, MO Source: Evans Realty Team at Keller Williams St. Joseph $44,500 Beautiful woodwork, stained glass, fireplace, formal dining room and wood floors in this 4 Bedroom, 2 Bath home. Roof is about 10-12 years old. Property rehabbed by city of St. Joseph about 15 years ago. Could be single family or easily converted to a duplex with upper level apartment. Zoned R4. With a little TLC, handy work and imagination…you would have a showcase of a house! 2 car detached garage, could be a 3 car garage by removing a fence section and adding a garage door. Appliances are negotiable.

16 621 May Rd, Thompson, PA Source: Coldwell Banker Town & Country Properties $50,000 Quaint, Historic building on 4 acres! Post and beam building built in the 1800s as stable for the Borden Farm, unique design of ceiling timbers in spoke pattern, copula above center of three bedrooms on second floor. Pellet stove remains, once used as a year round home, now only for weekend adventures on the flat partially wooded property located on quiet road close to Elk Mtn. Property would make a unique gift shop or artist studio!

17 1880 Roush Hill Rd, Manchester, OH Source: Ring Real Estate $38,900 Tons of space in this farm style house on over 4 acres! Enjoy the beautiful scenery from one of the many decks! This 3 bed 2 bath home has character and charming features throughout! The detached garage and barn offer plenty of storage! Bring a hammer and bring this home back to its full potential!

18 1209 N Euclid Ave, Saint Louis, MO Source: Zillow, for sale by owner $50,000 Rehabbed Brick three story 5 bedrooms 1.5 bathrooms with full basement and 10 foot tall ceilings. New flat roof and plumbing (vanity, toilet, Pex pipes, brass faucet fixture, deep sink and tub, new natural gas water heater), new porch, new fence, tuckpointing, electrical updates (new ceiling fan), new Hardie cement siding, and more. Original pocket doors, hardwood floors, built-in hallway cabinet, and guest entry bench. Dishwasher and electric stove included. Washer/Dryer hookups in basement. 1/4 mile from Central West End, 1 mile to Barnes Jewish Hospital, Forest Park, Metro Link and bus stations. Close to everything, including Washington University, St. Louis University, and University of Missouri. Daycare and Fountain Park across the street. Rare (2%) historic rehab not within a Conservation District (98% of city properties are) in 18th Ward so no government inspections needed to rent or occupy.

19 3 Third St, Eastport, ME Source: Zillow, for sale by owner $34,900 Great 4 bedroom cape on a very nice street with a seasonal view of the bay. Pressed tin ceilings, maple tongue and groove wood floors. Updated electric service. Poured concrete floor in the basement. (Not dirt!!) drilled well, and city water. New sewer lines to city main. Some wood rot repairs needed, needs new windows, needs work on roof. It is a very beautiful, and a very solid home, and is priced to sell. In it’s current state, it is habitable for summer only. 1000 bux worth of custom Matthews windows included in sale!! Large city lot, just under 1/4 acre. Surrounded by homes that recently sold for 189k -229k. Assessed value at 49k. Email for showing. 34,900 or best offer!! Any reasonable offer considered!

20 315 W Atchison St, Jefferson City, MO Source: RE/MAX Jefferson City $33,300 BRING YOUR HAMMER & YOUR VISION. Once home of Jefferson City’s beloved Capitol Caroling Founder; Carl Burkel AND the Founder/Owner of Burkel & Bosch Shoe Store in Historic DownTown JC; Andrew Burkel. This mysterious hilltop nearly 3000sqft mansion is steeped in some of the most amazing architecture & custom features not just romantics will fall in love with.Back 2-story addition of home was being remodeled & suffered an arson’s fire while owner was away; so will need to be salvaged. Main home is truly mesmerizing w/character & if you listen carefully you may just imagine you hear the footsteps & children’s play sounds from this home’s historic past. Home relatively livable in portions of the upstairs/main, yet in need of repair ie. NO Working kitchen or MainLvl Bath & is priced accordingly!

Bonus! 112 W 11th St, Concordia, KS Source: NextHome Pro Realty $43,000 Lots of space, character and history here! Over 1600 square feet of absolute charm available in a central location near downtown Concordia, Kansas. Lovely Victorian Eastlake style home with interesting details, large rooms, high ceilings, lots of windows and two full baths. Elegant entry off the covered porch features an open stairway and beautiful paneled wood wall with bench. The extra large living and dining room is perfect for large gatherings and would adapt well to any style. A cottage kitchen opens up directly to the back yard — perfect for the home gardener. An over-sized garage with additional off street parking fits three vehicles and is easily accessed from the alley. Upstairs laundry with newer washer and dryer makes chores convenient and the office overlooking the front yard is the perfect place to study, work or get some quiet time. Spend your summer cool as a cucumber with newer central air conditioning–and heat. Cute as a button, this home is priced to sell!

Bonus 2! 2 Howard Siding Ln, Abbot, ME Source: The Folsom Realty Group $45,000 This historic building was once a classroom in the 1900’s. This building is a little piece of Abbot’s history with lots of character and unique features. Inside it has many original details like hardwood floors and window trim. As a old schoolhouse, it would be a beautiful building restored, converted to a residential home or even turned into a place of business.

Bonus 3! 200 Chestnut St, Quincy, IL Source: Coldwell Banker Americana $27,500 (foreclosure) Perfect opportunity to personalize this historic Home with your vision. This home has a potential of being the Grand Home that it once was with some TLC. Convenient layout with 2 bedrooms on the main floor and 1 on the second, and a potential of a 2nd bedroom as well. Full bathroom on the 2nd floor. Close to a local park. Possible discoloration exists, All parties must sign a Hold Harmless Agreement and the property will be shown by appointment only. Selling “As Is”. Property was built prior to 1978 and lead based paint potentially exists.

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AUTHOR ELIZABETH FINKELSTEIN

Elizabeth is the founder of CIRCA and a practicing writer, architectural historian and preservation consultant living in Nyack, NY. Elizabeth has loved historic houses for as long as she can remember, having grown up in an 1850’s Greek Revival gem that was lovingly restored by her parents. Elizabeth, her husband Ethan and their beagle Banjo remain on a relentless hunt for their perfect “Thanksgiving house.”

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