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Category Archives: Place
Rose Hill
I should probably return to Rose Hill for a visit, but I fear I will be saddened if I do. In the Spring 2009 issue of FORDHAM magazine, the University presented sketches of construction started on the Rose Hill campus, … Continue reading
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The Cooper Union demonstrates that the reality rarely matches the promise
A while back I expressed some trepidation regarding the Cooper Union’s trendy new building. Well, they’ve finished constructing it, and they’ve exceeded my expectations dramatically. It’s even uglier than I expected. But what I find most amusing is that the … Continue reading
Modern Architecture at its Peak
The full measure of an architectural style can be taken when there is no life in the buildings, when what purpose they served has left, and we are no longer distracted by the people and things which graced these places. … Continue reading
Ugh
I was just looking for Sam Waterston’s reading of Lincoln’s Cooper Union speech. What I found was a picture of the Cooper Union’s new academic building. Architects these days. There are images of the interiors which are even more disturbing. … Continue reading
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Scooters
This morning I heard a piece on the radio about scooter sales in New York City. One of the comments piqued my interest. [The owner of Vespa SoHo, Zachary] Schieffelin says he hopes this means New York will start to … Continue reading
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No Patina
Catesby Leigh writes in the City Journal, Modernist buildings, whether clad in glass or not, simply aren’t built to age gracefully—not only because of the way they’re constructed, but also because they aren’t designed to be loved. They are either … Continue reading
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I love mountains. Do you?
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Tagged appalachia, coal, mountains, west virginia
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Snow Days at Google
Avinash Kaushik posted a list of ten things to envy about working at Google, which are, oddly enough, similar to the reasons Joel Spolsky says I would love being a sysadmin at Fog Creek. Both companies place a lot of … Continue reading
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A Golf Course in the Mojave?
In this month’s issue of National Geographic there is a photograph of a golf course in the Mojave Desert. (The article itself concerns the drought in the West.) Why on Earth would anyone want to build a golf course in … Continue reading
What Lies Under the Blank Slate?
We moved the spare television, necessary because our primary unit is a Philips, from the basement to the bedroom. That was a dumb idea; there’s no TiVo up there. Anyway, I was flipping through the channels — who does that? … Continue reading
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Not Just City Comforts
David Sucher‘s book, City Comforts is subtitled “How To Build an Urban Village.” The book is not just for cities. The things that make a city pleasant are the same things that make a town, a village, a hamlet, or … Continue reading
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