How cool is this?
Finally, one day last fall, more than a year after they moved in, Mr. Klinsky received a letter in the mail containing a poem that began:
WeÂ’ve taken liberties with Yeats
to lead you through a tale
that tells of most inspired fates
in hopes to lift the veil.The letter directed the family to a hidden panel in the front hall that contained a beautifully bound and printed book, Ms. BenskoÂ’s opus.
The book led them on a scavenger hunt through their own apartment.
Prior to moving into their Fifth Avenue apartment, the family hired a young architect to redo the place.
Inspired by the father’s request to hide a poem he had written for his family in a wall somewhere as a sort of “time capsule”, the architect and accomplices went much further and built an entire mystery adventure for the family to inhabit.
I love the creativity. Of course, having an 8.5 million dollar canvas to work with can be somewhat inspiring.
(via Kottke)