Investment banking and AI. I built Tickr, a stock and options research app, from the first line of code to the App Store, and I spend the rest of my time on the question of why we stopped building beautiful places.
“Legally, a Work of art.”
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What we should be building
A few of the places I keep coming back to. Most of these are from the open letter I wrote to Palos Verdes Estates in June 2026.
Monaco, Monte CarloThe Hôtel de Paris, Monte CarloDetail at the entrance, Monte CarloA lane on the RivieraVilla Ephrussi de Rothschild, Cap FerratThe gardens at Villa EphrussiThe old town, Saint-TropezStained glass over the hall, the Negresco, NiceThe hall of the NegrescoGalleria Vittorio Emanuele II, MilanThe hundred fountains, Villa d’EsteThe Vatican gardensPiazza Navona, RomeThe Trevi Fountain, RomePiazza del Campo, SienaThe Loggia dei Lanzi, FlorenceCanova, an allegory in marbleVilla of the Mysteries, PompeiiA golden room, PompeiiA Roman mosaic floor
