Category Archives: Urbanism and planning

Klaustoon: Pimp my Warsaw

Posted on June 27, 2015 by David Brussat

It looks like Warsaw, which during Poland’s communist era restored the beauty of central Warsaw after the wreckage left by the Nazis, is selling itself the rope with which to hang itself. Is this what Poland jettisoned communism for? At … Continue reading →

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How to make cities better

Posted on June 25, 2015 by David Brussat

I spent the early morning hours today wondering what I could do to make cities more beautiful. Then I got up, went to my computer, and found this marvelous video of 14 minutes, “How to Make an Attractive City,” made, … Continue reading →

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Shots of China, Bhutan

Posted on June 24, 2015 by David Brussat

Monday I was invited for a sail out of the Bristol Yacht Club with Michael Gerhardt, recently the temporary director of the Providence Athenaeum, and his friend Ken Gaus. The day was lovely and the wind was low – at … Continue reading →

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See Paris while it lasts

Posted on June 21, 2015 by David Brussat

Many years ago I marveled at the Art Deco building that houses La Samaritaine department store along the Seine. And I recall eating at the café behind the giant letters on top. That end of the building will survive, at … Continue reading →

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Xroads for Prov ped bridge?

Posted on June 20, 2015 by David Brussat

Pressure to delay or even kill the proposed Providence River pedestrian bridge has reached such a level that news of it has been reported in the Providence Journal. “The oft-delayed pedestrian bridge over the Providence River, to connect the city’s … Continue reading →

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Updating Gehry’s Ike again

Posted on June 19, 2015 by David Brussat

Roll Call, the newspaper of Capitol Hill, has a detailed report out on the situation facing the proposed memorial for Dwight Eisenhower designed by Frank Gehry. “House Appropriators Call for ‘Reset’ on Eisenhower Memorial Plans” paints a picture of a … Continue reading →

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Liberate drones for photos

Posted on June 18, 2015 by David Brussat

If an argument is to be made to exempt photography from the gathering global wave of bans on the use of drones for commercial purposes, it is in “Illegal drove photos of the most beautiful places on earth,” a collection … Continue reading →

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News flash! Moi on WPRO!

Posted on June 17, 2015 by David Brussat

Get me rewrite! I will be a guest on WPRO’s “The Coalition: Radio for Independent Minds” this Saturday at 6. I will be discussing … well, let’s hear it straight from the horse’s mouth: “In our second segment,” reports the … Continue reading →

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Karam at Triangle Gulch

Posted on June 17, 2015 by David Brussat

James Karam, head of First Bristol Corp., walked into a buzz saw on Tuesday morning when he showed his proposed design for an extended-stay hotel in downtown Providence to the design review committee of the Capital Center Commission. Karam’s proposal … Continue reading →

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Inside Lisbon’s new garage

Posted on June 15, 2015 by David Brussat

Sebastião Durão has sent me two photos from inside the new Coach Museum in Lisbon. He adds: “You should illustrate your post with some pictures of the inside of the new garage, sorry, museum. Isn’t it lovely?” His point and … Continue reading →

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