I had the fortune to meet the late Sol LeWitt when we commissioned him a mural to be installed in 140 Franklin Street, one of our development projects in TriBeCa. I admired his simplicity, clarity of mind and flexibility. His first design proposal didn’t seem appropriate to us and he gracefully accepted to change it […]

Magazzino Italian Art – the unveiling of the Robert Olnick Pavillion If surveys were to be taken, many would agree that the person most responsible for shaping their lives, would be a parent. And for some of us lucky enough, the gratitude would be equally shared, by both. When I met Nancy Olnick last Fall, […]

Sometimes it’s a refuge, sometimes it’s a chaotic outburst; sometimes my reflector or even a confrontation. It’s always the support for both my ground and my sky, the vessel and the alchemy – always personal and even sacred. Places of creativity are like that. So is Art. Sometimes the space is tidy, mostly not, but […]

As an Architect trained in Italy I consider Architecture and Interior design not to be two separate disciplines but, at different scale, two complementary fundamentals of the design process. I also strongly believe that true creativity defies the logic of the thinking process and challenges its rationality. Modularity allows for flexibility and seriality since visual complexity […]

My first real estate venture was in Tribeca. In 1995 it was desolate, sparse and mysterious. Street traffic was minimal, pedestrians were seldom seen. This was when Tribeca remained a hidden gem. Only a smattering of retail shops and restaurants reserved for those hip New Yorkers who were creating a scene, while being seen. Fast […]

My name is Aldo Andreoli, A is the initial of my name, but A is also the initial of my last name, so my obsession with this letter of the alphabet started very early in life, as soon as I was able to pronounce and write my full name. Back in Italy, during my school […]