Two nonprofits sponsor a cubicle-design competition for Dilberts on Manhattan's Skid Row.
"These days, a construction project on Manhattan's historic Bowery usually signals that more hipster-oriented retail space or another luxury condominium building is on the way.But an open design competition to renovate the old Andrews Hotel-one of the few lodging houses remaining on the Bowery-aims to bring fresh architectural inspiration to the neighborhood's erstwhile identity as a housing haven for the down and out."
Thanks to Peter Slatin
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