Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismNot Enough People Clicked On This- August 6, 2005 So I'm putting it here again. Click on the picture or here (and make sure you have the sound turned on).http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/08/not_enough_peop.html Quote of the Day - Furniture That Hurts- August 5, 2005 "I look forward to comfortable furniture." -Jennifer Aniston, when asked what she most looked forward to as a newly single person. She said that her ex-husband Brad Pitt Gehry aficionado bought furniture that looked like museum pieces - sharp, angled and very uncomfortable.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/08/quote_of_the_da.html No Soup For You- August 5, 2005 Two good articles from the Project for Public Spaces: Streets are People Places and Mixing With the Kool Crowd.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/08/no_soup_for_you.html Kelo v. New London- August 4, 2005 While everyone is worrying about the FUTURE of the Supreme Court, In the recent PAST the Court handed down a ruling of... (click here)http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/08/kelo_v_new_lond.html Not In My Backyard (NIMBY)- August 2, 2005 Aerial view, Madison Landing: rendering 2000 Michael Morrissey. UNTIL SPRAWL, really until the late 1970s, there was no such thing as a NIMBY, at least not by name. But as sprawl grew, the phenomon became so widespread that a name was needed. Interestingly, NIMBYs are usually people who live...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/08/not_in_my_backy.html Does This Building Look Beautiful To You- August 2, 2005 I think it's time that the Post or AOL runs a poll.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/08/does_this_build_1.html Henry Hope Reed in The Sun- August 1, 2005 In 1961, walking tours in New York were still so novel that the New York Times, on June 12 of that year, found "50 Guided Around Wall Street Area in Historical Tour" to be newsworthy. I myself have on several occasions led 50 people on a historical tour of Wall...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/08/henry_hope_reed.html New Improved Nolli Plan!- August 1, 2005 In 1748, Roman architect and surveyor Giambattista Nolli published the first accurate map of Rome since antiquity. Architects and urbanists love the Nolli plan because it's a figure ground map that shows public space (white) shaped by private space. The public space includes places like church interiors and interior...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/08/new_improved_no.html Where I Lived Last Summer- August 1, 2005http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/08/where_i_lived_l.html |