Topic: Lower East Side

Design Challenge of the Day: What Should Quarantine Look Like?

In the wake of swine flu and body scans, designers reimagine isolation.READ»

MTV’s New Digital Forays

Music television no more. MTV is targeting the digital realm of video games and the Web in a dizzying array of new deals.READ»

• MTV's Digital Makeover

Weezer Snuggie: Greatest Rock 'N' Roll Marketing Since the ELO Hockey Puck

For $30, the blue Weezer Snuggie--$50 for the "Snuggie Safari"--comes with a copy of the band's new album, "Raditude."READ»

Art Basel Miami: Has Art Basel Lost its Cool?

Staring at the big, sparkly Tom Friedman painting, "Glitterbattle," in the Gagosian booth, the woman in the red flowered house dress, yellow socks, and black sneakers, was inspired. So was her companion, dressed in khaki shorts, an ...READ»

The Post-Big Era: Will Small-Scale Ingenuity Replace Large-Scale Architecture?

The extra-large architectural complex--art museums, libraries, office complexes--built so prolifically over the past decade are commonly described as expressions of civic pride. They might just as easily be called grandiose ...READ»

No More Excuses to Buy Bottled Water in NYC, TapIt Water Signs Up 100th Partner

Most people know about the myriad negative environmental impacts of bottled water but still buy it because it's easier than finding tap water on the street. Now that TapIt Water has signed up its 100th partner, New York City ...READ»

Economy Candy

Economy Candy, on New York's Lower East Side, is not a huge store, but it creates a huge impression. It is actually rather narrow, although it is long and the ceiling is high. It feels like a warehouse and a small shop all in one ...READ»

High Point: Seattle's Gren Community

At High Point in Seattle -- a green community -- market rate condos and townhouses mix with affordable housing funding largely by Enterprise.READ»

A High Point

"When George shows you his water trick, be very amazed," whispers Enterprise Community Partners CEO Doris Koo. "It's his favorite." We are at High Point, a 120-acre mixed-income project in Seattle, waiting for George Nemeth of the ...READ»

• Edward Norton's $9,000,000,000 Housing Project (that's $9 Billion)
• Eureka!: Social Enterprises of the Year
• Do Something: An IPO

Fast Talk: Dream Jobs

They'd do it for free. They don't get discouraged by the inevitable hassles -- at least not for long. Four of our favorites tell you how to get a dream job, grow with one, and make it your own.READ»

The Creative Odyssey

How idea companies get their ideas.READ»

MTV Plants Its Flag in the Digital World

The network famously missed its chance to buy MySpace. Lesson learned. Now its president, Van Toffler, is investing in dozens of digital media projects. Its 2006 acquisition of Harmonix Music Systems, the maker of the video game Rock Band, could soon develop into a billion-dollar business. And more digital developments seem to surface almost daily, including the launch earlier in the week of MTVmusic.com, MTV's first serious attempt at a full-fledged music-video site; and today's announcement of a deal that will bring the Beatles' music to the Rock Band format.READ»

• MTV’s New Digital Forays
• The Beatles Join MTV’s Digital Empire
• MTV Finally Returns to the Music Video Business

Vote of Confidence

The only thing the economy has to fear is fear itself: indecisive CEOs, risk-averse companies, frightened frontline executives. Take a journey into a different side of corporate America: people and companies that are playing with confidence and playing to win. Their experiences just might boost your confidence.READ»

Chapter Two

A high-powered accounting executive turns her back on the profession to open a small-town bookstore. Defying the odds and retailing trends, Roxanne Coady has made R.J. Julia Booksellers one of the biggest independents in the country.READ»

Shaun White's Business is Red Hot

His creativity and authenticity kill in the $150 billion youth market.READ»

• Inside the White House

A Cast of Leaders

Broadway is the classroom, leadership is the script: 14 Duke students tackle the Great White Way to learn the role of their lives.READ»