http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:00:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/timeshare-backyard-allows-you-to-rent-greenspace-in-the-city-by-the-hour.html Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:33:23 +0000 Timeshare Backyard in New York City allows you to rent the yard by the hour with extra add-ons. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/city-to-farmland-detroit-plans-to-downsize.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:44:19 +0000 In the wake of growing recession, the city of Detroit is planning to remove large vacant areas and turn them into farmland.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/housing-trend-the-whole-place-to-yourself.html Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:38:22 +0000 We wrote the other day about the growing vacancies in many of America’s cities owing to a a stumbling economy and a real estate market that is suffering from a glut of properties and no one who can afford them, but sometimes it takes an archetypal tale to truly drive the point home. Such is the case for one New Jersey family, who recently purchased a luxury condo in a 32-story tower located in Fort Myers, Florida, ironically called Oasis I. While the building may indeed be peaceful, it’s far from the fertile environment that the name suggests, considering that VictorRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/no-longer-empty-reclaims-vacant-storefronts-for-art.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:13:08 +0000 Vacant retail space is always a bit of a bummer, and now more than any time in the recent past, spots are closing their doors and clearing out as business diminishes and prospects dim. Seeking to make the most of the recession’s real estate pummeling, non-profit art group No Longer Empty is reclaiming empty storefront space and converting it into temporary art installations. The group describes their mission as one to alleviate bear market anxiety during the moribund New Gilded Age—to place beauty in the spatial vacuum of the crash. The project’s first two sites are in the lobby ofRead more...]]>