Fred A. Bernstein

Fred Bernstein has degrees in architecture (from Princeton University) and law (from NYU) and writes about both subjects. He lives in New York City and has two sons.

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An Icon in Eclipse? Let the Empire State Building Continue to Shine

The Empire State Building risks being obscured by lesser towers

 Published in The Huffington Post
November 28, 2014
A Harbor Cruise, Under a Rainbow

Aboard the fireboat John J. Harvey

 Published in The New York Times
July 26, 2002
A Country of Micro-cribs and Mega-mansions

America's housing disparity grows worse

 Published in The Huffington Post
December 2, 2011
Gene Simmons's Mother

The Holocaust survivor who birthed a rock star

 Published in The Jewish Mothers' Hall of Fame
November 23, 1990
Harvey Fierstein's mother

"Is Harvey gay? I don't know. I don't sleep with him."

 Published in The Jewish Mothers' Hall of Fame
November 21, 1990
D'var Torah on Behar

Let's give the land a rest

 Published in Speeches / talks
May 13, 2014
The Parenting of Low Expectations

Foreword 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, 2012
Stitching Together a New Life in Riverdale

Surviving the Holocaust with needle and thread

 Published in The New York Times
August 8, 2008
Greetings from Resisterville

A town where Vietnam draft avoiders have made a difference

 Published in The New York Times
November 20, 2004
The Town the Boom Forgot

Tired of high real estate prices? Consider the alternative

 Published in The New York Times
June 25, 2006
Unloading His Books, But Not His Conscience

Amazon is now the place to sell used books -- but with unexpected consequences

 Published in The New York Times
April 11, 2002
The World Is Going to Hear of This Boy

An interview with Leah Adler, Steven Spielberg's mother

 Published in The Jewish Mothers' Hall of Fame
December 15, 1990
Shaving My Wallet Better Than My Face

Falling for the Infinity Razor

 Published in The New York Times
April 13, 2007
Pretty Profits from Ugly Houses

How HomeVestors went national

 Published in The New York Times
February 19, 2006
An oasis in a toxic world

A haven for "multiple chemical sensitivity" sufferers is threatened

 Published in The New York Times
July 9, 2005
On Campus, Rethinking Biology 101

Transgender students gain rights, and respect, in college

 Published in The New York Times
March 7, 2004
Married or Not, It's a Full House

The lives of Steven Lofton, Roger Croteau, and their foster children

 Published in The New York Times
November 19, 2003
World on a String

A puppeteer copes with Parkinson's disease

 Published in The New York Times
November 19, 2003
From the Torch to the Toes, Digital Insurance

How the Statue of Liberty could be recreated, after a disaster

 Published in The New York Times
September 11, 2003
Irish Pride Meets Gay Pride

The gay backstory of New York's Irish Hunger Memorial

 Published in The Advocate
October 6, 2002
A Store that Thinks Different

Tekserve lives the Apple slogan

 Published in The New York Times
June 20, 2002
Take-Off

A review of The Full Monty on Broadway

 Published in The Independent on Sunday (London)
October 29, 2000
A NIGHT OUT WITH Richard Chamberlain -- and (for the first time) Martin Rabbett

The veteran actor comes to dinner with the man who has spent decades hiding in plain sight

 Published in The New York Times
July 13, 2003
A Princeton Plan for the Olympic Games

Four seniors make a joint project of an idea proposed by Bill Bradley '65

 Published at fredbernstein.com
May 23, 1977
Not All Couples Are Same-Sex or Opposite-Sex

Do you have to be male or female to be married?

 Published in The Huffington Post
June 16, 2015
Free Homes for Disabled Vets -- But Where's the Land?

To rebuild their lives, they need barrier-free houses

 Published in The New York Times
December 4, 2005
Not a Palace, But It's Home

The Ottoman emperor-in-waiting lives in a walk-up, rent-controlled apartment

 Published in The New York Times
March 26, 2006
Marc Newson

The high-flying designer lands in Miami

 Published in Design Miami
December 1, 2006
The Disappearing Las Vegas Condos

Related Las Vegas sold them, but never built them

 Published in The New York Times
January 29, 2006
A Home for Artists, and for Art

The avant garde, on Staten Island!

 Published in The New York Times
November 27, 2005
More Twists Than a Mardi Gras Parade

Assessing the New Orleans real estate market after Katrina

 Published in The New York Times
November 13, 2005
Smart Elevators

No more guessing which car to take

 Published in The New York Times
November 2, 2005
Controlling Growth by Controlling Water

In Bolinas, a water meter sells for $310,000

 Published in The New York Times
October 9, 2005
An On-Screen Alternative to Hands-On Dissection

Dealing with the yuck factor

 Published in The New York Times
October 4, 2005
Healing Buildings in the Catskills

The Twelve Tribes in Oak Hill and Coxsackie

 Published in The New York Times
July 24, 2005
Southwest Florida's Red Tide Woes

Contaminated 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, 2005
Rate Your Landlord; Get Sued

But there's protection for tenants or former tenants

 Published in The New York Times
April 10, 2005
A Loan That Keeps on Paying

The MFA Boston comes to the Las Vegas strip

 Published in The New York Times
March 30, 2005
Securing the Iraq Museum

Protecting antiquities from war and looters

 Published in The New York Times
January 23, 2005
Tony Goldman in Miami

An urban pioneer's new venture

 Published in The New York Times
January 18, 2005
The Provincetown Outflow Settles in Truro

Cape Cod's first "gay suburb"

 Published in The New York Times
November 14, 2003
Now Pitching For Wahconah, Jim Bouton

The "Ball Four" author cries "Foul Ball" in the Berkshires

 Published in The New York Times
April 10, 2003
This Store Sells Rice Pudding -- Nothing Else

Rice to riches? Or rice to ruin?

 Published in The New York Times
March 27, 2003
A Chicago Chop Shop Takes the Hayden's Guts

What happened to the planetarium's glamorous gizmo?

 Published in The New Yorker
November 4, 2001
Users of Fake Stucco Find Problems Are Very Real

Beware 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, 1999
Latex, Vinyl, 0r Soap?Published in The New York Times
March 14, 2007
Burning Man's "town planner" has died, but his vision will live on

Rod 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, 2011
VOWS: Andrea Monfried and Mike Harshman

For this couple, it's all about love -- and architecture

 Published in The New York Times
May 9, 2004
Restoring a Rare Glimpse of Those Fabled 1,000 Days

For 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
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