Until 2012, he lived in a rustic 1930s farmhouse with a glass-walled studio in Stony Point, New York for close to three decades.
It, too, will originate from a glass-walled studio, this one across from the Plaza Hotel - which, so far, is bannerless.
There he worked in a lovely glass-walled studio that overlooked lush, green woods.
Further permanent installations are the glass-walled studio of SWR as well as several administration buildings at the main entrance.
On any given day, MTV's glass-walled studios overlooking Broadway and 45th Street draw thousands of squealing young fans.
Nor that she remarks, in an essay about her glass-walled writing studio, "The more we are hurt, the more we seek solace in the imagination."
"The audience is the most important thing we have," he said in an interview in the glass-walled studio.
Yesterday he went to work on the glass-walled studio used by the "Today" show.
From the sidewalk, pedestrians can watch young ballet dancers practicing their form in the glass-walled studios.
The tactic was so successful that it was copied by "Good Morning America," which opened a glass-walled studio in Times Square last year.