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Manhattan’s planned monument to essential workers will be moved after community backlash.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has discarded plans to build a $ 3 million monument to essential workers at Nelson A. Rockefeller Park in Battery Park City, Manhattan, following a massive backlash from the community. Somewhere during the planning process, the team behind Circle of heroes skipped public hearings to gauge community feedback on the planned design. It immediately sparked outrage when it was initially unveiled, with residents of Battery Park City claiming to be blinded by the prospect of losing more community green space to another monument that they claimed was just ‘a gesture.

Amazon is committing more than $ 300 million to develop affordable housing in three US cities.

The investment is part of a $ 2 billion housing equity fund the tech giant has pledged to preserve and create 20,000 affordable homes in the cities where it lives. The initial $ 300 million will provide more than 3,000 new homes for families in Puget Sound, Washington; Arlington, Virginia; and Nashville. In Arlington, Amazon is partnering with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to build affordable housing on Metro-owned properties to ensure communities have access to train stations and other transit sites. $ 25 million will be allocated strictly to minority developers as part of the fund’s stated goal of supporting minority-led businesses and organizations.

Ovo presents a line of outdoor furniture by the late architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha.

One of Paulo Mendes da Rochas latest projects were SESC 24 de Maio, a cultural center that includes a theater, library, rooftop pool and galleries in São Paulo, Brazil. His furniture can be found everywhere, including seats defined by a pair of sheets folded into angular formations to become chairs and beaches. From now on, Brazilian furniture brand Ovo will launch the series as outdoor furniture collection which celebrates, as Mendes da Rocha puts it, “the virtues of metal”. The collection includes a dining chair, low and high armchairs, bench and side table available in a variety of colors.

The FBI seized a fully constructed Lego set from the United States Capitol to the alleged leader of the January 6 riots.

Investigators seized a fully constructed building Lego of the United States Capitol A set of Robert Morss, an alleged leader of the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot, as well as a notebook with instructions on how to create a “hometown militia,” court records released by the Smoking Gun have revealed. Morss was allegedly responsible for leading rioters in one of the fiercest and longest-running clashes with law enforcement, and his militia to-do list included preparations like ‘Ambush’ and ‘ Combat exercises ”.

The Brooklyn Museum repatriates more than 1,300 pre-Columbian artefacts to Costa Rica.

The Museo Nacional de Costa Rica received 1,305 pre-Columbian objects from the Brooklyn Museum in a bulk repatriation this would significantly increase his holdings. The Brooklyn Museum initially obtained the works of Minor Cooper Keith, a 19th-century tycoon whose wealth came from operating the banana trade and railroad companies in this Central American country. His wife donated approximately 4,500 works to the museum in 1934 after his death. Some of the artifacts will be on display in a gallery dedicated to pre-Columbian art which is currently under renovation.

Glossier raises $ 80 million ahead of retail expansion, valuing the company at $ 1.8 billion.

After recently announcing its intention to re-enter the physical retail market, direct-to-consumer beauty brand Glossier has put its coffers away from a $ 80 million Series E – bringing its valuation to $ 1.8 billion. The new round will fund building the brand’s retail network from scratch – it closed flagship stores in New York and Los Angeles during the pandemic – starting with a massive mushroom-themed outpost in Seattle in August and expanding to other locations in the United States. , 80% of the company’s turnover is generated by e-commerce.

The Smithsonian acquires the Nancy Holt archives and may supplement her unrealized works.

A extensive archive of more than 50,000 writings and publications of the late Land Art pioneer Nancy Holt make their way to the archives of the Smithsonian Institution for American Art. The documents cover more than four decades of her art and personal life, including how she secured the legacy of her husband and fellow artist Robert smithson, as well as several unrealized works that the foundation could carry out in the future. The soon to be digitized collection “provides a substantial record for the inner and outer world of Holt,” says acting director Liza Kirwin. It will also expand research around women in Land Art, which has long had a reputation as a male dominated arena.

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