Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismA Street Is A Terrible Thing To Waste, Part II- October 14, 2007 IN THE COMMENTS for Part I, I wrote, I'll go over and look at the new 9th Avenue bike lanes when the work is farther along. My impression is that these blocks will be much better for cyclists, but not for pedestrians. And not beautiful, healthier blocks, which should be...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2007/10/a-street-is-a-1.html A Question for Pidgin- October 14, 2007 HERE's what the students at Princeton like. Here's what the architecture students at Princeton like. Why is there SUCH a disconnect Sure, there's some overlap, I'm sure. We live in an eclectic time, and most of us like both Modernist and traditional design. But why is it that the majority...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2007/10/a-question-for-.html In Which the Wit and Wisdom of Tom Wolfe is Displayed, and Our Hero Is Rewarded- October 14, 2007 MANY YEARS AGO, my friend Jim Kunstler was asked to recommend speakers for a weekend event at the Newington Cropsey Foundation. He and Tom Wolfe were the keynote speakers, but there were slots for 12 or 15 speakers, and some of the slots were empty. Jim, bless his heart, recommended...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2007/10/in-which-the-wi.html UPDATE: Newsweek Documents Conservative Coverup of Global Warming- October 14, 2007 The fair and balanced guys at Fox News responded to Al Gore's Nobel Prize: On Fox and Friends this morning, co-host Steve Doocy wasted no time in attacking the announcement that Al Gore has been named a co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. "Here's something extraordinary," Doocy sarcastically said. "What...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2007/10/newsweek-docume.html Good Modernism Is More Difficult Than Good Traditional Design- October 12, 2007 GENIUSES like Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier and maybe even Frank Gehry are born with talents that can't be taught. And that's the problem with a lot of Modernist nightmares like the terrible and tasteless building above: it was designed by a team without the talent of Wright of Corb...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2007/10/good-modernism-.html Le Citte Slow- October 9, 2007 Supporters of Italy's "Slow City" movement are trying to develop liveable cities, banning cars from city centers and blocking McDonald's branches and supermarkets. The movement is spreading across Europe and is now taking off in Asia. from Der Spiegel I have to admit that I like living in one of...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2007/10/le-citte-slow.html A Street Is A Terrible Thing To Waste, Part I- October 9, 2007 from StreetFilms These are exciting times for New Yorkers. For fifty years weve allowed traffic engineers to turn our streets into auto sewers, and now we're beginning to take them back. With Mayor Bloomberg's proposed congestion plan and new initiatives by NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, good times are on...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2007/10/a-street-is-a-t.html Good Congestion Zone video- October 9, 2007 CLICK HERE for the video. There's more here.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2007/10/good-congestion.html Open House New York 2007- October 9, 2007 Hall of Fame for Great Americans McKim, Mead & White Bronx, New York ONE-HUNDRED years ago, McKim, Mead & White were widely acknowledged as the best architects in America. Their Hall of Fame and New York University Library in the Bronx is one of their best buildings in New York,...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2007/10/new-york-open-h.html Words to live by- October 4, 2007 From the New York Times City section on 09092007, 2007 Danny Lyon. I don't know who Danny Lyon is. Another recovering architect, perhapshttp://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2007/10/words-to-live-b.html |