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77 Beaver Street, the floor plan anti-porn that launched a thousand snipes— and the most ambitious reader send-in to land in the Curbed Inbox in a good, long while: "Don't ask me why, but 77 Beaver Street's floor plan brought out the frustrated architect in me," says our Photoshop-strapped reader. Before we go to the polls, our designer's pitch:

1) The bump-out in the second bedroom is there primarily to eliminate the expense of moving the window. It would also be a nice area for a desk.
2) The relocated family room may be cozy in size, but placing it off the kitchen and away from the living room makes more sense to me.
3) The window in the relocated bathroom is a new floorplan problem, but at least the bathroom access issue is solved... and did you see the extra sink?

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· Pricespotter Reveal: Tragic Floor Plan at 77 Beaver Street [Curbed SF]
· PriceSpotter: 77 Beaver Street [Curbed SF]

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Though the buzz has been circulating for some time, McDonald's has, in fact, finally introduced their new "design formula," as they call it, to a presumably savvy European market. Considering a site on Eltham High Street in southeast London, Dwell Blog's Chelsea Holden Baker deems the dapper chain "less like the home of Ronald McDonald and more like the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen." (She notes the use of Arne Jacobson Series 7 dining chairs, along with the conspicuous presence of Swan and Egg Chairs, both of which debuted at the SAS in 1958. Groundbreaking hotel design!)

Holden Baker echoes the concerns of International Herald Tribune critic Alice Rawson, who agonizes between the positive popularization of design and the negative implications of relegating said chairs to the realm of "corporate marketing props." And while we're compelled by that angle, too, another question comes to mind. McDonald's elected to implement its "reimaging" campaign after extensive marketing research in posh, educated cities not unlike San Francisco (in that regard, at least). While SF has a history of absolute vigilance toward corporate chains, might this type of reincarnation be just the thing that coaxes SF-based franchises out of hiding? Are they smooth enough to infiltrate our development and design-obsessed town? (After all, we did catch SocketSite's commenters rallying behind Target.) Readers? To the comments!
· Modernism at McDonald's [Dwell Blog]
· At McDonald's, a take on the classic designs of Arne Jacobsen [International Herald Tribune]
· To Woo Europeans, McDonald’s Goes Upscale [New York Times]

We love a good remodel! As our eyes glazed over while wading through listing after listing of perfectly staged "buy me me ME!" properties, we were thrilled to come across Day at A Glance, the record of one blogger's adventures in home rejuvenation. The dirty little voyeur in us loves following "Flip This," a regular city plebe, tackle the daunting challenge of transforming a space into a bona fide home. With "faded Cuban glamor" as the stated theme of the project, we're loving the day-by-day updates on salvaged chandeliers, sub-code wiring, and domestic debates over paint chips. Oh, the drama! It's not over yet: Though Saturday was move in day, Flipper and company are hell bent on finishing their "super cute apartment," stat. Stay tuned...
· Day at A Glance [dayataglance.blogspot.com]