Audrey Wachs is a New York–based writer and urban planner who loves terra cotta and hot takes

At Cornell’s new Fine Arts Library, the book sets the standard

At Cornell’s new Fine Arts Library, the book sets the standard

Audrey Wachs

Inside the library, 100,000 volumes appear to float midair across staggered honeycomb steel mezzanines. Read more here.

Not your mama's terracotta

Not your mama's terracotta
The politics of lower Manhattan’s privately owned public spaces

The politics of lower Manhattan’s privately owned public spaces