When the Office Is a Fly-Fishing Motel

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( FRIDAY, AUGUST 27 upstate [When the Office Is a Fly-Fishing Motel]( A creative agency ditched its Manhattan studio and went upstate for good. Photo: DeSean McClinton-Holland Summer days start early at the Roscoe Motel. Anglers suited in chest waders emerge from their rooms while the morning air is still cool and the sun is starting to inch over the surrounding hills. After a quick stop at the reception office for a hot cup of coffee, it’s off to their favorite fly-fishing spots on the Beaverkill River, which runs right behind the red-and-white building, or to Junction Pool, just south of the mid-century roadside motel, where, as local lore has it, [a two-headed trout lives](. That morning routine hasn’t changed much over the years, but the activity in reception has. Along with chatter about yesterday’s catch, guests may hear Rachael Yaeger, the motel’s new owner, on the phone at the reception desk scheduling photo shoots and talking about wireframes for a new website. That’s because she also runs Human, a digital creative agency she co-founded with Michael Ray seven years ago, out of the motel. “It feels like this Easter egg that secretly designers and web developers own it,” says Yaeger. [Continue reading »]( Never miss a story from Curbed: [Subscribe now.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [The Chinese Buyers Who Were Scooping Up New York Real Estate Have Vanished Anti-maskers and anti-Asian hate attacks are among the reasons keeping the top group of international home buyers away.]( [I Call the Pink Plate! My Indestructible Love for Hellerware Alan Heller and Massimo Vignelli have set my dinner table for three generations.]( [Supreme Court Blocks Biden’s Eviction Moratorium The decision voids the CDC’s two-month ban on evictions in the vast majority of the country, leaving millions of renters potentially at risk.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( It happened this week — let’s talk about it. [Sign up for My Week in New York](: a new newsletter from the editors. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( If you enjoyed reading Curbed’s daily newsletter, forward it to a friend. Or [sign up for our Design Hunting newsletter]( for a visual diary from design editor Wendy Goodman and the [Listings Edit newsletter](, a digest of particularly worth-it apartments for rent in New York City. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=curbed) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on e-mail newsletters please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2021, All rights reserved