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Monthly Archives: November 2015
Long competition shortlist
Aside from repeating the headline that the World Architecture Festival’s shortlist for World Building of the Year 2015 is way too long, there’s not much to say for this year’s candidates. Nor even a lot to say against them. Most … Continue reading
Why Angry Birds are angry
You think the three television networks are the same? Not so! Last year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was broadcast by NBC and this year CBS got the job. What a difference a network makes! So yes, the Angry Birds have … Continue reading
What is architecture about?
Stephen Fry, celebrated British actor and humorist best known on this side of the pond for his portrayal of Jeeves, manservant to Bertie Wooster in the TV series Jeeves and Wooster, published his first novel, Liar, in 1991, which also … Continue reading
AIA artist exposes mods
Above on this page, Chicago illustrator Lauren Nassef reinterprets everyday objects that have become symbolic and, rendered as speculative buildings, could be iconic. Please don’t sue her. The passage appears at the end of an article in Architect, the … Continue reading
Descent from red to green
This “charming” video is difficult to resist, and will resonate, perhaps, with drivers everywhere, especially in big cities. Although I myself am strikingly immune to the phenomenon of road rage, driving in Providence seems to grow increasingly akin to the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art and design, Books and Culture, Humor, Urbanism and planning, Video
Tagged Cartoon, Driving, Kuriositas, Nate Theis, Road Rage, Traffic, Traffic Engineering, Video
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Our Downcity walkabout
On a clear, modestly chilly evening that just about defines New England in November, hundreds were out on the streets of downtown Providence. No doubt thousands more were inside on the seats of downtown’s robust round-robin of local restaurants and … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Architecture History, Art and design, Preservation, Providence, Uncategorized, Urbanism and planning
Tagged Buff Chace, Downcity, Downtown Nieghborhood Alliance, Downtown Providence, Maria Ruggieri, Mary Ann Sorrentino, Murals, Providence Arcade, Providence Downtown Improvement District, Rosalina, The Avenue Concept, Ti Adoro
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Diss the Chicago Biennial!
Architectural personages have been mulling the Chicago Architectural Biennial. It is the first such extravaganza to be held in the World Capital of Architecture. Chicago is also the Windy City. That comment is an example of “deep structure,” or meta … Continue reading
Let Adelaide be Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia’s fifth-largest city, gracing the continent’s southwestern quadrant, has almost 10 times the population of the city of Providence but the same perceived needs. Manufacturing having vamoosed (you can’t say headed south), Adelaideans seek to develop medical services and … Continue reading
Your best lost building here!
The other day I received an email from Edward Mack, an editor at The History Press, an imprint of Arcadia Publishing. You all know their books. The regional literature shelves of your local bookstore are struggling even now under the … Continue reading
