Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismCoffee House Redux II - 04.30.04- April 30, 2004 Geez, how did I forget this one in my list of coffee houses The Montague Book Mill has been one of my favorite stops for years. When I first went there, the bookstore was a Western Mass, hippie-political bookstore (remember Alice's Restaurant), with cheap books of all kinds and sections...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/04/coffee_house_re_1.html The Morning After- April 30, 2004 Last night, I went to two receptions, got a little drunk, and walked around Greenwich Village listening to conversations on the sidewalks and in the outdoor cafes. From 1890 to 1963 or so, Greenwich Village was the Bohemian capital of America. Today, it is the Yuppie Capital, and the conversations...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/04/the_morning_aft.html (Untitled)- April 29, 2004 http:www.thingsmagazine.net click on the title to link to the bloghttp://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/04/thingsmagazinen.html Travel - It's To Die For- April 26, 2004 I've been (happily) stuck in a room with a hundred architects for the last few days, unable to blog. Here's a post from another trip, originally made on the pro-urb list:Some might wonder why I write about lunch at an expensive French restaurant on a discussion list for urbanism. Well,...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/04/travel_its_to_d.html 2 Blowhards dot com- April 19, 2004 2blowhards.com is one of the best blogs I know of. Here are two interesting posts they have going on now:Nikos Salingaros, a mathematician at the University of Texas, is writing a guest spot on architectural theory. Earlier this year, Friedrich von Blowhard and Michael (de) Blowhard interviewed him at length....http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/04/2_blowhards_dot.html Duany Crits Koolhaas- April 16, 2004 In the current Metropolis, Andres Duany writes about his visit to Rem Koolhaas's new IIT student center. It's one of a few new buildings added to Mies van der Rohe's famous campus. (The article is not online. Some of Duany's notes are posted below.) People forget that the famous New...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/04/duany_on_koolha.html Travel - Favorite Coffee Shops- April 14, 2004 I have a few favorite coffee shops I like to stop at when I'm driving here or there. I expect the coffee to be good, but that's not why I go -- I'm just as likely to have tea, or a local specialty like the cider at Small World in...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/04/travel_favorite.html Glass Houses- April 12, 2004 Michael de Blowhard and David Sucher have been discussing some of the problems that can arise with large glass walls. This reminded me of the story of a friend who worked for Philip Johnson. They once visited Johnson's Glass House, one of the most famous houses in the world. My...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/04/glass_houses.html Good Press for New Urban Politician- April 11, 2004 From the Albuquerque Alibi:Mayor Hooker is one of the state's brightest leaders, chairing the Mid Region Council of Governments and supporting a more progressive growth and water policy for the state. Mayor Hooker writes a regular column for the Albuquerque Tribune on issues of architecture and urbanism.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/04/good_press_for_.html US: Obesity, Diabetes & ADD- April 11, 2004 We are having so much more diabetes among children and adults than we used to because:a) We are too sedentary. In our suburbs we drive everywhere for everything (even to the gym to use walking machines), and when we're back at our isolated houses we sit in front of the...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/04/us_obesity_diab.html |