Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismQuote of the Day- August 16, 2006 So calling a neighborhood the next hot thing isn't enough to jack up rent by 60% This is a strange new world we are living in. Scott V via Curbed Slowly it turned...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/08/quote_of_the_da_3.html This Is Not A Joke- August 16, 2006 OIL PRICES AREN'T GOING DOWN. More likely is that they'll continue to go up, as they have for over a year. This is bad news for suburbia, which is increasingly based on saving money by driving long distances. We drive long distances to find cheaper houses, we drive long distances...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/08/this_is_not_a_j.html The apple doesn't fall far from the tree- August 15, 2006 New York Daily News 2006 DEVELOPER AND AESTHETE FRED TRUMP is seen here taking an axe to his newly purchased Coney Island Steeplechase before it could be designated an Historic Landmark. His son, short-fingered vulgarian Donald Trump, broke into the development biz by covering the historic Commodore Hotel with...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/08/the_apple_doesn.html Summer's still here- August 15, 2006 It's not too late to ride the Cyclone. Perhaps the most famous roller coaster ever built, it's not the fastest or the highest, but when you're on it, the Cyclone's creaky wooden frame and sharp plunges make you believe against all reason that this time the car can't possibly make...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/08/summers_still_h.html Shaping the city- August 13, 2006 LOOK at the size of the car on the right side of the picture. Now look at the size of the people at the top of the crosswalk. The trees, the topography, the roads and the columns are beautiful. The visually obtrusive striping introduces a gross, inhuman scale on the...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/08/this_is_no_way_.html Fifty Million Frenchmen Can Be Wrong- August 10, 2006 FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN CAN'T BE WRONG (Rose Raskin Fisher) Sophie Tucker They say the French are naughty They say the French are bad They all declare that over there The French are going mad. They have a reputation of being very gay I just got back from Paris,...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/08/fifty_million_f.html Less is more, or, Residential Street Typology and Injury Accident Frequency- August 10, 2006 TRAFFIC ENGINEERS tell us that bigger roads are better and safer. They're not. In the comments to a post on roundabouts, I promised to upload Peter Swift's study on road widths and traffic safety if I couldn't find it online. Peter said it's not online but that he would like...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/08/less_is_more_or.html some interesting links from archidose- August 10, 2006 Shibam: Saving the Manhattan of the Desert (via Earth Architecture) Urban Design Review, Summer 2006 (via many places) The NAFTA Superhighway Why Sylvia Sucks Six Weeks 'Til Sky Mirror NYC Blames Bloomberg for Failure to Deal With Traffic Brutal Urbanism A touch of superstar architecture in Budapest Dwell on Design...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/08/some_interestin.html A Tipping Point- August 9, 2006 Bill McKibben A Deeper Shade of Green National Geographic, August 2008 This is the year when we finally started to understand what we are in for. Exactly 12 months ago, an MIT professor named Kerry Emanuel published a paper in Nature showing that hurricanes had slowly but steadily been gaining...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/08/a_tipping_point.html New York News- August 9, 2006 Brooklyn doesn't love Ratner & Gehry (New York Magazine) Planners say region must 'radically rethink' land use (New York Times) Yankees to break ground on new stadium next week (New York Post) Nickelodeon bids to turn Governor's Island into 'themed-resort' (New York Daily News)http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/08/new_york_news.html |