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Published in The Huffington Post, November 28, 2014Aboard the fireboat John J. Harvey
Published in The New York Times, July 26, 2002America's housing disparity grows worse
Published in The Huffington Post, December 2, 2011Do you have to be male or female to be married?
Published in The Huffington Post, June 16, 2015The Holocaust survivor who birthed a rock star
Published in The Jewish Mothers' Hall of Fame, November 23, 1990"Is Harvey gay? I don't know. I don't sleep with him."
Published in The Jewish Mothers' Hall of Fame, November 21, 1990Let's give the land a rest
Published in Speeches / talks, May 13, 2014Foreword to "52 Weeks of Parenting Wisdom: Effective Strategies for Raising Respectful, Happy Kids" by Meg Akabas
Published in 52 Weeks of Parenting Wisdom, December 13, 2012Surviving the Holocaust with needle and thread
Published in The New York Times, August 8, 2008A town where Vietnam draft avoiders have made a difference
Published in The New York Times, November 20, 2004Tired of high real estate prices? Consider the alternative
Published in The New York Times, June 25, 2006To rebuild their lives, they need barrier-free houses
Published in The New York Times, December 4, 2005The Ottoman emperor-in-waiting lives in a walk-up, rent-controlled apartment
Published in The New York Times, March 26, 2006Amazon is now the place to sell used books -- but with unexpected consequences
Published in The New York Times, April 11, 2002An interview with Leah Adler, Steven Spielberg's mother
Published in The Jewish Mothers' Hall of Fame, December 15, 1990Falling for the Infinity Razor
Published in The New York Times, April 13, 2007The high-flying designer lands in Miami
Published in Design Miami, December 1, 2006How HomeVestors went national
Published in The New York Times, February 19, 2006Related Las Vegas sold them, but never built them
Published in The New York Times, January 29, 2006The avant garde, on Staten Island!
Published in The New York Times, November 27, 2005Assessing the New Orleans real estate market after Katrina
Published in The New York Times, November 13, 2005No more guessing which car to take
Published in The New York Times, November 2, 2005In Bolinas, a water meter sells for $310,000
Published in The New York Times, October 9, 2005Dealing with the yuck factor
Published in The New York Times, October 4, 2005The Twelve Tribes in Oak Hill and Coxsackie
Published in The New York Times, July 24, 2005A haven for "multiple chemical sensitivity" sufferers is threatened
Published in The New York Times, July 9, 2005Contaminated beaches -- and persistent respiratory problems -- hit a region that includes some of America's fast-growing cities
Published in The New York Times, April 23, 2005But there's protection for tenants or former tenants
Published in The New York Times, April 10, 2005The MFA Boston comes to the Las Vegas strip
Published in The New York Times, March 30, 2005Protecting antiquities from war and looters
Published in The New York Times, January 23, 2005An urban pioneer's new venture
Transgender students gain rights, and respect, in college
Published in The New York Times, March 7, 2004The lives of Steven Lofton, Roger Croteau, and their foster children
Published in The New York Times, November 19, 2003A puppeteer copes with Parkinson's disease
Published in The New York Times, November 19, 2003Cape Cod's first "gay suburb"
Published in The New York Times, November 14, 2003How the Statue of Liberty could be recreated, after a disaster
Published in The New York Times, September 11, 2003The "Ball Four" author cries "Foul Ball" in the Berkshires
Published in The New York Times, April 10, 2003Rice to riches? Or rice to ruin?
Published in The New York Times, March 27, 2003The gay backstory of New York's Irish Hunger Memorial
Published in The Advocate, October 6, 2002Tekserve lives the Apple slogan
Published in The New York Times, June 20, 2002What happened to the planetarium's glamorous gizmo?
Published in The New Yorker, November 4, 2001A review of The Full Monty on Broadway
Published in The Independent on Sunday (London), October 29, 2000Beware of Dryvit. Artificial stucco, sometimes called EIFS, lets architects and builders add postmodern flourishes inexpensively, but at significant cost.
Published in The New York Times, July 1, 1999The veteran actor comes to dinner with the man who has spent decades hiding in plain sight
Published in The New York Times, July 13, 2003Four seniors make a joint project of an idea proposed by Bill Bradley '65
Published at fredbernstein.com, May 23, 1977Rod Garrett, who laid out Burning Man, the annual festival of self-expression in Nevada, drew accolades for his approach
Published in The New York Times, August 28, 2011For this couple, it's all about love -- and architecture
Published in The New York Times, May 9, 2004For Jacques Lowe's book marking the 40th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination, photos destroyed in the World Trade Center attacks were digitally recreated
Published in The New York Times, January 15, 2004