A House With a Giant Terrarium in the Middle

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15 buy it for the architecture [A House With a Giant Terrarium in the Middle]( The design was inspired by both a car dealership and Frank Lloyd Wright. Photo: Maksim Akelin In the early ’60s, [Francis Mechner,]( a behavioral scientist, began seeing his fellow academics buy houses in Usonia, a tract of warm, modern homes in Westchester County designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and his disciples. In 1966, he decided to join them. He and his wife, Vicki, settled on [the Bier House](, a home designed by the Wright-trained [Kaneji Domoto](, with a terrace that circled a tree. They adored the home, which is still in the family, but a few years later found themselves outgrowing it, with a fourth child on the way. Meanwhile, Francis had spotted something that entranced him in another house in Usonia — an indoor pool that doubled as a hothouse garden. [Continue reading »]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [This Week’s Worth-It New York City Apartment Listings We stumbled upon a private outdoor pool in Crown Heights on Craigslist.]( By Nora DeLigter [Cars for Kids Might Kill Kars4Kids A 20-year legal dispute between the semi-infamous nonprofit and a similarly named rival came to a head this week.]( By Bridget Read [An $8,500-a-Month, Influencer-‘Renovated’ Two-Bedroom Pretty in the Pines is leaving her Central Park West apartment, and its peel-and-stick moldings, behind.]( By Kim Velsey [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [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 email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved