Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismTowers that Tilt- July 6, 2005 It's too early to tell just how this mega-development might turn out. We know Gehry can design individual civic monuments object buildings, but can he design several blocks of urban fabric Do we want one architect designing all those towers Do we want all those towers in a low-rise...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/07/towers_that_til.html Quotes of the Day- July 6, 2005 Three quotes from the New York Times about the Ratner Gehry complex proposed for Brooklyn. The first is part of the story, the second from the developer, and the third from a local resident. With 17 buildings, many of them soaring 40 to 50 stories, the project would forever...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/07/quotes_of_the_d.html Take Back the Streets - New York Needs a Congestion Zone- July 1, 2005 UPDATE: There's an online discussion with an interesting New York Times article here. Whether or not to take down the FDR Drive is the wrong question. The real question is, Why do we allow millions of New Yorkers to be inconvenienced and poisoned by a small number of drivers who...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/07/take_back_the_s.html All New Freedom Tower- July 1, 2005 Within hours of the unveiling of David Child's new design for the Freedom Tower, internet discussions were talking about its resemblance to the work of another New York office. Now the New York Post shows another precedent, with allegations of copying. That all follows the architect being sued by one...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/07/strikeall_newst.html |