Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismWe Can See The Tipping Point Coming- August 17, 2005 Wal-Mart Says Oil Prices Held Down Profits for Quarter Citing high oil prices, Wal-Mart, the nation's largest retailer, announced its smallest quarterly profit growth in four years today, missing Wall Street's earnings forecast.... "I worry about the effect of higher oil prices," said Mr. Scott in a prerecorded message for...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/08/we_can_see_the_.html Pale Male's Grandson- August 17, 2005 I SAW Pale Male's grandson today. That's him above, about a month ago he was born June 2nd, but looks full-size now. I was walking across the Heckscher Ballfields in Central Park when he swooped down in front of me and then up to the top of one of...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/08/pale_males_gran.html NU in Moab- August 15, 2005 Some images from a Duany Plater-Zyberk charrette. I don't know many of the details myself, but I like the images. More images below.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/08/nu_in_moab.html “Say you're neo-Traditional, even if you're not.”- August 14, 2005 In the early years of New Urbanism, when it was sometimes called "Neo-Traditional Planning," the magazine of the National Association of Home Builders had an annual column on "What's Hot and What's Not," in which they advised their members to "say you're neo-Traditional, even if you're not." Which brings us...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/08/say_youre_neotr.html Like Rats Deserting A Sinking Ship — Not that there's anything wrong with that.- August 12, 2005 From Jim Kunstler: "For the first half of this year, executives at home-building companies those with market caps exceeding $500 million sold off a total of $671 million worth of stock, compared to $189 million for the same period last year, according to Forbes magazine. Robert and Bruce...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/08/like_rats_deser.html Welcome to Suburbia — The Taking of Manhattan 1, 2, 3- August 12, 2005 FIRST MANHATTAN got two Home Depots. Next came a 7-11 with Slurpees for the heat wave. Now we get our very own suburban office park on the East River. No stores on the street, plenty of trees in the front yardwhat could be betterhttp://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/08/welcome_to_subu.html Eisenman, Towers & New Urbanism- August 7, 2005 From: L--- B------- Lizz: I have an anecdote about New Urbanism for you and Andres. I attended a conference on the MoMA's skyscrapers exhibition on September 18. It was the first time I'd heard Rem Koolhaas, Ken Yeang, and Peter Eisenman (among others) on a panel. Though the topic was...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/08/eisenman_towers.html The Mayor Proposes- August 6, 2005 It's ironic that Socialist Mayor "Red Ken" Livingstone has outraged some of his voters by proposing a plethora of London skyscrapers. "We are talking about one new building every 18 months for the next 15 years," says Livingstone. Why is that ironic Because they're for the New World Order of...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/08/the_mayor_propo.html And Duany Disposes- August 6, 2005 The Proposed Architecture Building. Photo 2005 Charleston City Paper. On the TradArch list, Andrs Duany wrote: Why do the Anglo-American modernists insist of building in historic cores and will not accept the strategy evolved by Paris and Rome wherein the traditional city is maintained essentially as it is and...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/08/duany_disposes.html Auto Sewers- August 6, 2005 We drove to the Union Square Greenmarket this morning. Turning on to Fifth Avenue at 85th Street, we drove 80 blocks, 4 miles, on America's best shopping and residential street without ever going below 20 mph, let alone having to stop for a red light. For an island where 80%...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/08/auto_sewers.html |