Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismMore Good News- July 14, 2005 BubbleWatch: Real Estate Is The New Dot Com (via Curbed and Realty Baron)http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/07/more_good_news.html Walking Tour - Waterford, VA- July 13, 2005 Here's a website with a walking tour that goes well with my photo album of Waterford, Virginia.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/07/walking_tour__w.html Smart Dumb Growth Everything Bad Is Good For You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter- July 13, 2005 UPDATE: There's supposed to be an Op-Ed a column about this in this morning's USA Today. But I can't find it in the online edition, and don't buy the MacPaper. It's too bad there was no crossover between yesterday's article and today's column. In Everything Bad Is Good For You,...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/07/smart_dumb_grow.html Smart Growth- July 12, 2005 US EPA News Release: (Washington, D.C. -- July 12, 2005) Responding to a growing number of requests from states for assistance in managing growth, three former governors with a long history of promoting smart growth -- Christie Whitman (New Jersey--also former EPA Administrator), Parris Glendening (Maryland) and Angus King (Maine)...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/07/smart_growth.html Dumb Growth- July 12, 2005 A child is six times more likely to play a video game on a typical day thanto ride a bike, according to surveys by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the CDC. Dakota Howell says his favorite video game -Tony Hawk's Pro Skater- is more fun than actual skateboarding. The change can be seen in children's bodies. In the 1960s, 4% of kids were obese. Today, 16% are overweight, according to the CDC. It can be seen in their brains. Studies indicate that children who spend lots of time outdoors have...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/07/dumb_growth.html “People's Hearing” for 2 Columbus Circle: Robert A.M. Stern and Tom Wolfe to Speak- July 12, 2005 From Landmarks West: In case you missed Saturday's New York Times article, the People's Hearing for 2 Columbus Circle has been scheduled for Thursday, July 14, starting at 1:00 PM at the General Society for Mechanics and Tradesmen (20 W. 44th Street, bet. 5th and 6th Aves). Please circulate the...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/07/peoples_hearing.html Nathan Glazer on Nicolai Ouroussoff & Jane Jacobs- July 12, 2005 Revitalizing Cities Letters to the Editor The New York Times July 11, 2005 To the Editor: In "Making the Brutal F.D.R. Unsentimentally Humane" (Critic's Notebook, June 28), and "Seeking First to Reinvent the Arena, and Then the Borough" (An Appraisal, July 5), Nicolai Ouroussoff is engaged in a misguided war...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/07/nathan_glazer_o.html Sunday in the Park- July 10, 2005 Click on the picture for a larger view. It's 90 and sunny here today, so thousands of New Yorkers headed into Central Park to stroll, sunbathe, play softball and watch Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Musical. The softballers could have used what they have in the Englischer Garten in Munich,...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/07/sunday_in_the_p.html Understanding Kelo v. New London- July 7, 2005 Look, a Wal-Mart brings in more tax dollars than 10 mom-and-pop stores. A chemical plants brings in more than the local shrimpers, especially after it kills off all the shrimp. Just like Monopoly, your property is worth more with a hotel on it than a house. Sure, you can get...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/07/understanding_k.html Another Gehry Quote of the Day- July 6, 2005 From the New York Observer: A New York Times survey finds that just 37 percent of New Yorkers favor the plan. (Click on "Poll Watch: New York TimesCBS News Poll" for Javascript Pop-up; see questions 73 and 74.) And, once told the development will cost $200 million in public funds,...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/07/another_gehry_q.html |