Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismBridgezilla Update- January 18, 2006 The Mississippi Department of Transportation (M-DOT) is the only state DOT that does not report to a governor. Instead, M-DOT has three elected commissioners, and is even more arrogant and highhanded than the typical arrogant and highhanded DOT. Robert Moses had nothing on M-DOT. Our Fearless Correspondent reports the latest...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/01/bridgezilla_upd.html Governors Island Gondola- January 17, 2006 New York City and State officials are considering building an aerial gondola system that would connect Governors Island to both lower Manhattan and Brooklyn, according to the New York Post. The gondola cars would be smaller than the ones which go from Manhattan to Roosevelt island. New ferry service is...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/01/governors_islan.html Slow Design & la citta slow- January 17, 2006 From the Design Observer: There is a slow design movement out there. "Daily life has become a cacophony of experiences that disable our senses, disconnect us from one another and damage the environment," say the designers of the not-for-profit slowLab. "But deep experience of the world meaningful and revealing...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/01/slow_design_la_.html “A Car In Every Garage”- January 14, 2006 By Margy Waller, Washington Monthly. To be a fully functioning citizen in this country today, a car is a virtual necessity; so the federal government should subsidize a set of wheels and the commute to work. from alternet At least the commenters think Waller's wacky.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/01/a_car_in_every_.html Will you miss it when it's gone<br >Gehry Does Brooklyn- January 9, 2006 Before an audience filled with Brooklynites wearing t-shirts with slogans like Welcome to Ratnerville, Starchitect Frank Gehry made the mistake of calling the large eminent domain site he's hoping to cover with tilted towers "empty." Boos and hisses followed. Blogger Norman Oder reports, Gehry continued, "But Im a do-gooder, lefty...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/01/will_you_miss_i.html Thomas Suozzi, Urban Hero Wannabe- January 9, 2006 I've heard Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi in public meetings, and I've been impressed by his ideas for Long Island. But he suffers from the Achilles Heel of Long Island: he listens too much to the same Long Island developers who have caused so much of the destruction of the...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/01/thomas_suozzi_u.html Rick Cole, Urban Hero- January 9, 2006 PROFILE RICK COLE Ventura's Manager Demands 'Smart Growth' The self-taught expert in urban redevelopment presses builders to focus on the community. His approach has touched a few nerves. Los Angeles Times, January 9, 2006 By Daryl Kelley, Times Staff Writer After reshaping Pasadena and reviving Azusa, urban design guru...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/01/rick_cole_urban.html The City of Light v. The City of Art (Art Loses)- January 6, 2006 The fashionable architectural discourse today favors neo-Futuristic, 1950s visions of dystopia. France, once described on the front pages of the Herald Tribune by the venerable architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable as the home of "the worst Modern architecture in the world," has clearly passed the torch to America. Take a...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/01/the_city_of_lig.html We're Number 1!- January 6, 2006 If you go to Google and type in the words girl named shithead and hit "I'm feeling lucky," you'll come right back here. I used to be first for Red Sox quotes. Question: Why is David Sucher first for New Urbanism blog He would tell you that's not what he...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/01/were_number_1.html Mystery Solved — Little Venice in Maida Vale, London- January 6, 2006 The Mystery Neighborhood is Little Venice, a part of Maida Vale in north London. I have photos and a map here.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/01/mystery_solved_.html |