
[Today, I fly off for several days in my hometown, the District of Columbia. While I am away, instead of giving my blog a vacation, I will steal some old posts (all featuring videos) from my archives. Enjoy. Back next Wednesday.]
Chris Michael of the Guardian assembles the 10 worst city tourism spots in history – they go back as far as 1960 (Vancouver). These were great fun, some of them were actually impressive in a macabre modernist way. Atlanta and Miami are a hoot. You will not believe Astana (capital of Khazakstan). Get sexy in Amstermadam! (Actually Riga, but who could resist?) Get sexy (guys) in (gay) Stockholm! Sexual innuendo galore! But the most consistent fun are Michael’s blurbs for each video, describing their sins, which one then waits with bated breath for. Enjoy!
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About David Brussat
This blog was begun in 2009 as a feature of the Providence Journal, where I was on the editorial board and wrote a weekly column of architecture criticism for three decades. Architecture Here and There fights the style wars for classical architecture and against modern architecture, no holds barred.
History Press asked me to write and in August 2017 published my first book, "Lost Providence." I am now writing my second book.
My freelance writing on architecture and other topics addresses issues of design and culture locally and globally.
I am a member of the board of the New England chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, which bestowed an Arthur Ross Award on me in 2002.
I work from Providence, R.I., where I live with my wife Victoria, my son Billy and our cat Gato.
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