Here's a cryptic dispatch from the Times' ArtsBeat blog:
As dedicated readers of The New York Times already know, the newspaper and its Culture report are traditionally produced each day from a 52-story building between 40th and 41st Streets in Manhattan, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano. On Wednesday, the Culture department is trying something slightly different: We’re working from an office in New Hyde Park on Long Island, designed by the architect I.M. Functional, and located just next door to the ambulatory surgery ward of a major North Shore hospital.
Why we are doing this, we cannot entirely say. It may be for emergency preparedness purposes. It may be someone’s idea of a field trip. It may be to entertain the unseen viewers of a hidden-camera reality show that we don’t realize we’re a part of.
The post goes on to say that the dislocation is temporary. Let's hope no arts staffers (like classical music editor James Oestreich, pictured) get lost in the shuffle.
This article appears in Jun 17-23, 2009.