Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismNU on NPR- November 13, 2005 Weekend America has two programs on New Urbanism today: New Urbanism and Building Biloxi.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/11/nu_on_npr.html I'm in New Orleans- November 12, 2005http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/11/im_in_new_orlea.html New Orleans 11112005- November 12, 2005http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/11/new_orleans_111.html They Feel the Same Way in Mississippi- November 12, 2005http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/11/they_feel_the_s.html Lost In Translation- November 11, 2005 Quote: This article uses photography and ethnography to understand and represent residents emotional-phenomenological experiences of walks through their neighborhood. It addresses how narratives of the personal and the social structure individuals experiences of familiar public spaces... The article addresses how these personal stories layer on public spaces and build aspects...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/11/lost_in_transla.html New Wal-Mart Model From Mississippi Katrina Charrette- November 8, 2005 NEW URBANISTS are idealists who have been strong critics of Wal-Mart. New Urbanists are also pragmatists, who try to improve existing conditions. Pragmatic Idealism: trying to leave the world better than you found it. Wal-Mart is the largest employer in Mississippi, and three of the towns and cities involved in...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/11/new_walmart_mod.html How about “Good Place Island,” or “Real Urbanism Island”- November 7, 2005 From the New York Post: November 6, 2005 -- City planners have come up with four visions for a new Governors Island, including a Disney-like amusement park. The 172-acre former Coast Guard base a half-mile off lower Manhattan in New York Harbor could be transformed into a tourist mecca of...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/11/how_about_good_.html “Lead With Your Heart, Wal-Mart”- November 7, 2005 From the South Mississippi Sun-Herald: WAL-MART may also be feeling the sting from Andres Duany's criticism at the recent Mississippi Renewal Forum. They have an opportunity to kill several birds with one stone in Pass Christian. By listening to Duany, who may actually be on to something - and I...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/11/lead_with_your__1.html A New Urbanist Responds to Architects' Cliches- November 6, 2005 Blair Kamin wrote in the Chicago Tribune: Eric Owen Moss, the director of the Southern California Institute of Architecture, went so far as to say that Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour's decision to bring in the New Urbanists suggested a nostalgic yearning for the "good old days of the Old South."...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/11/new_urbanism_ar.html Got a friend in the Marathon- November 6, 2005 THIS YEAR you can track people on the website. I'll be watching 46634 (update: seen below in Central Park at Mile 24). Where we live, we hear the helicopters go up First Avenue before the runners go into the Bronx. When we hear them coming back down Fifth Avenue, we...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/11/got_a_friend_in.html |