Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismThe Weirdness that is Danny- November 30, 2005 The collected wit and wisdom of Daniel Libeskind: "Only those who are frightened by worms possess sanity, desecrate gilded towers, endure." "Our days steadily bevel Mt. Zion into a figure resembling a tormented, destitute woman wrapping detonating charges around her forefathers before the gates were opened." "America turns its mass-produced...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/11/the_weirdness_t.html Why should the French have all the riots- November 30, 2005 A banlieue grows in Brooklyn. More here, here, and here. via Curbedhttp://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/11/why_should_the_.html No Soup For MTA- November 29, 2005 Is New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority taking New Yorkers for a ride Last week they were selling a special unlimited ride card for the holidays, good until January 2nd. Now we find out there may be a New York bus and subway strike starting December 15th. Merry Christmas!http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/11/no_soup_for_mta.html Happy Thanksgiving- November 24, 2005 I'm a sucker for New England, even if it seems to be increasingly full of drunken, white, twenty-somethings wearing Red Sox hats with absurdly curved bills yelling Yankees Suck! So one year I went to Plimoth Plantation on Thanksgiving Day. The day was cold and miserable. The wind blew off...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/11/happy_thanksgiv.html So this is it, an ugly fortified tower that no one wants to be in, and a New Jersey shopping mall (and look what it does to Calatrava's Port Authority- November 22, 2005 The Port Authority of New York and NEW JERSEY has announced they're going to build a shopping mall just like the ones in New Jersey. It will include a "monument" (next to TJ MAXX).http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/11/so_this_is_it_a.html politically incorrect post removed- November 22, 2005http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/11/politically_inc.html New Orleans, Mississippi, Santa Fe, Georgetown and Greenwich Village, was Photos of the French Quarter, New Orleans- November 21, 2005 New Orleans is one of the greatest and most unique American cities, but in terms of the streets and buildings, designing a place like the Quarter is not difficult, and neither is building it. Getting it built is another matter, however. Late in the afternoon of the first day of...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/11/photos_of_the_f.html Finally, a movie we can love- November 16, 2005http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/11/finally_a_movie.html “FEMA Maps Are Coming”- November 15, 2005 they are 3 to 8 feet higher than current flood elevations in the three Coast counties Biloxi Sun Herald, November 10, 2005, Front Page FEMA MAPS ARE COMING Satellite technology is showing new advisory flood elevations, lot by lot. It will also show Katrina's surge. By ANITA LEE GULFPORT -...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/11/fema_maps_are_c.html Buildings That Take A Bath- November 14, 2005 FEMA's uncertain schedule and proposed regulations have been one of the biggest problems for recovery in Mississippi. Halfway through the charrette (at two in the morning), we were given preliminary FEMA maps for each town, with new flood zones and "V" zones. "V" stands for "velocity," and V zones are...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/11/buildings_that_.html |