If you were there, you might have caught a glimpse of some of the amazing displays at the GE Works Centre, including a hologram projection display about the energy-efficient relamping of the Tower Bridge, or a two-floor-high lighting installation powered by social-media chatter.

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But since crossing the Hudson to his 34th-floor brokerage office overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge, he hasn't even had time to put photos of his equestrian pursuits on the wall.

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From the museum's third-floor sculpture terrace, a silvery pedestrian bridge arches over to Millennium Park.

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But since crossing the Hudson to Manhattan and his 34th-floor brokerage office, which overlooks the Brooklyn Bridge, he hasn't even had time to put photos of his equestrian pursuits on the wall.

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His early work with the London architect John Soane led to such innovations here as a clever skylight over the dining-room sideboard, and a superb arching bridge connecting the front and rear foyers on the second floor.

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The well-known venture capitalist recalled the incident while sitting on a leather sofa in his staggering penthouse: a newly completed two-bedroom, three-bath 5, 500-square-foot apartment on the 60th floor of the Millennium Tower with views from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Bay Bridge and beyond.

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The flexible, 140-seat auditorium and presentation area, will feature a puppet bridge for string puppet operators to work from and a floor trench for rod puppet operation.

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