![]() The painting is one of many in Packes’ apartment. “In this context, the dots are like circuit boards,” Packes said, adding that this could suggest that technology has replaced the church as the center of authority. She said it reminds her of hats worn by priests in the Russian Orthodox tradition, only the shape has transformed into a “cosmic form.” The dots on the painting reflect Jakobson’s background in jewelry. She prefers the vibe of her home office, with its art and mementos, to her company’s Midtown headquarters.Ī painting by contemporary Russian jewelry maker Janis JakobsonĪ painting by contemporary Russian jewelry maker Janis Jakobson hangs in Packes’ living room. Packes splits her time between a house near Rhinebeck, New York, where she plays tennis several hours a week, and her apartment on Central Park South, where she does much of her work. She’s currently working on Durst’s VIA 57 West, the “pyramid” designed by starchitect Bjarke Ingels, and the Brodsky Organization’s 10 City Point in Brooklyn. As president of Nancy Packes Inc., she has worked on more than 40 buildings, counting among her most memorable projects Trump Tower, Forest City Ratner’s New York by Gehry and the Durst Organization’s 1212 Fifth Avenue. She sold that firm in 1998 to focus on consulting for residential developers, which she had been doing for about a decade. She took a sabbatical in 1977 to focus on writing and drawing, and two years later, launched her real estate career by starting the brokerage firm Feathered Nest. Before high-profile names like Douglas Durst and Bruce Ratner were hiring her namesake marketing and consulting firm to help plan and promote their buildings, Packes spent seven years as a trial lawyer. “If the building doesn’t express itself as a personality, as a being, it has missed something,” said Packes. The idea to turn the luxury rental’s lobby into a four-story performance space was the brainchild of Nancy Packes and her son, Seth Rosner. T here’s a good chance that someone entering Douglaston Development’s Ohm apartment building in Chelsea will be greeted with live music.
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