Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismCNU XII in the Chicago Tribune- June 30, 2004 Registration required by the Tribune to access their story on the recent New Urban Congress at the Palmer House Hilton.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/06/cnu_xii_in_the_.html Fenway- June 29, 2004 If I weren't a New Yorker, I might even be a Red Sox fan. I love Boston, and Fenway Park is the greatest. It's small, intimate and quirky: standing under the roof on a hot summer night, with a full crowd and the Green Monster in front of you and...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/06/fenway.html Why is this a good thing- June 28, 2004 A billboard advertising a Houston subdivision near I45. Most of the world's religions say that we are constructed by God to be social beings, designed to form relationships as individuals and groups. Catholicism, for example, specifically says this is a higher good that all should aspire to. The Catholic church...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/06/why_is_this_a_g.html An Expert Is Someone From Across The Ocean- June 28, 2004 Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. and UDA are over in England working for the Deputy Prime Minister on several new towns, and now New York City has announced the hiring of ItaloBritish architect Sir Richard Rogers to plan the East River waterfront. Rogers has proposed burying the Robert-Moses-built highway that runs...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/06/an_expert_is_so.html "Its Official: British People Do Not Like Modern Architecture"- June 26, 2004 From Building Design Online: Architecture Poll Reveals Publics Modern Malaise 25 June 2004 Its Official: British People Do Not Like Modern Architecture. By Damian Arnold A Mori poll of nearly 2,000 people from all over the UK found that most people think modern architecture lacks character and is not beautiful....http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/06/its_official_br.html Nolli Plan- June 21, 2004 Click on the plan to see a larger version, or go to http:www.lib.berkeley.eduhttp://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/06/nolli_plan.html 1931 Changes to the "Centro Storico"- June 21, 2004 Writing about Regent Street while I was in London, I mentioned a school of thought among planners that since the Urban Removal disasters of the 1960s has said that all large scale planning is disastrous. There is a tendency in this school to think that a place like the historic...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/06/1931_changes_to.html Roman Quote of the Day- June 20, 2004 QUOD NON FECERUNT BARBARI, FECERUNT BARBERINI "What the Barbarians didn't do, the Barberini did." Attributed to Pasquino Explanation: The 17th century Pope Urban VIII, a member of the Barberini family, looted the bronze door to the Pantheon and the bronze coffers in the portico to make cannons for Castel...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/06/roman_quote_of_.html La Piazza del Popolo- June 20, 2004http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/06/la_piazza_del_p.html The Truth Is Out There II — The Swarm- June 20, 2004 David Sucher, the author of City Comforts, is going to organize the swarm for a visit to Rem Koolhaas's new Seattle Public Library. Should be interesting. Contact him. UPDATED June 29: David Sucher has posted his notes at the City Comforts blog. UPDATED June 26: a visit to the library...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/06/the_truth_is_ou.html |