Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismFrom A to W: Places & Groups I've Joined As A Member- July 17, 2004 Abigail Adams Smith Museum (New York) to Western Pennsylvania Conservation (Fallingwater) I used to travel a lot. When I found a place I liked on my travels, instead of just paying to get in, I would sign up to be a member (and then take my discount in the bookshop)....http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/07/from_a_to_w.html Utne Reader: 10 Most Enlightened Suburbs- July 17, 2004 The Utne Reader's list of good suburbs is talking about suburbs in the old sense, when they were walkable small towns, with Main Streets, shops and apartments, and usually railroad stations or streetcar stops. 10 Most Enlightened Suburbs By Peter Katz and Jay Walljasper, Utne magazine March April 2003...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/07/utne_reader_10_.html Martha- July 17, 2004 The cover on the right is from a year ago. If someone can remind me where it came from, I'll be happy to credit the creator.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/07/martha.html From the TradArch list- July 14, 2004 On the TradArch list, an internet "forum for the discussion of the theory and practice of traditional architecture," I wrote the following:This all relates to the larger culture, not just architecture. Western culture today is inchoately, and often unconsciously, rejecting the Modernist idea of cutting the past off from the...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/07/from_the_tradar.html Quote of the Day- July 14, 2004 From 2blowhards.com:"Thats the New Urbanist and Slow Food thing: accept that the worlds a hugely commercialized place, but make the commercial stuff live up to your demands." Michael Blowhardhttp://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/07/quote_of_the_da_2.html No Man Is An Island- July 13, 2004 Also see Why Is This A Good Thinghttp://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/07/no_man_is_an_is.html Don't Try This At Home —Green McMansions- July 13, 2004 From salon.com: "Great big green monster mansions.""Environmentally correct housing has never been more popular. But even the most eco-friendly home may do more harm than good when it is super-sized."Click here for the full story.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/07/dont_try_this_a_1.html Airports Should Be Better<br>UPDATED July 20 with NY Times- July 12, 2004 Airports are often the way we enter the city today. That usually means arriving at a somewhat shoddy, hermetically sealed International Style building that like a McDonald's, could be anywhere. And then taking crumbling, dirty highways through sprawl. If the city is a real city, we eventually reach some real...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/07/airports.html New Urbanism New Labour Redux- July 12, 2004 Here's the text for the Chicago speech by UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott that I mentioned a few days ago.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/07/new_urbanism_ne_1.html Another Good Café — NYC- July 9, 2004 The Caf Sabarsky is in the Neue Galerie, a relatively new museum for Austrian and German art in a turn-of-the-century mansion on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 86th Street designed by Carrre & Hastings. A large, high-ceilinged room on Fifth holds a caf and restaurant: for lunch and dinner,...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/07/austrian_cafe.html |