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As a former New York City resident and incidental claustrophobic, I understand the drawbacks of urban living. And so does Ori, Inc., maker of robotic furniture that folds, slides, and shifts to accommodate small spaces . The Massachusetts- based firm boasts two intelligent, responsive systems—Ori Full and Ori Queen—on display in apartments across 10 North American cities . [embedded content] See what the adaptive appliances can do at Chicago’s MODE Logan Square Apartments ; Bridge Park in Columbus, Ohio; New York City’s The Eugene building ; and Bluesky Chinatown up in Vancouver. Ori has also partnered with real-estate developers in Harrison, NJ; Miami; Seattle; Washington, D.C.; San Francisco; and its hometown of Boston to showcase its high-tech designs. A full- or queen-sized bedroom can, for example, quickly transform your cramped co-op into a comfortable living room , spacious walk-in closet, or functional office, depending on your needs. Using the Ori control interface on the ...

Quizzes Lists Topics Save The River Terrace Apartments is an apartment building located at 7700 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. [1] River Terrace Apartments was one of the first two garden apartment complexes built in Michigan which used loan guarantees from the Federal Housing Administration , the other being Hillcrest Village in East Lansing. [2] History By the late 19th century , the corridor along East Jefferson Avenue had become a prestigious residential neighborhood . As the automobile age dawned in the twentieth century and Detroit's population boomed, large upscale apartment buildings were constructed along the Avenue. However, this boom in apartment construction collapsed at the start of the Great Depression. However, in 1939, Wesson Seyburn, along with Leonard P. Reaume, of the property management firm of Holden & Reaume, applied for a building permit to construct this apart...