Tag Archives: Cities

“America’s Urban Future”

Posted on April 21, 2014 by David Brussat

Vishaan Chakrabarti, a partner in the New York starchitect-wannabe firm SHoP (yes, the now almost mandatory ridiculous name), has nevertheless written an excellent piece about urban/suburban trends for the New York Times. It suggests that the feds should shift away … Continue reading →

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(Repost) Waterplace wig-out

Posted on March 28, 2014 by David Brussat

A couple more examples of initial design proposals for buildings in Waterplace Park should suffice to nail down the veracity of the idea that a perverse hand was directing the Capital Center Commission and its design review panel in the … Continue reading →

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Column: The secret to making great streets

Posted on March 20, 2014 by David Brussat

The secret to great streets is that there is no secret, that great streets were once the norm, that making them is easy, and that we can have them again, even in America, if we want them. This is the … Continue reading →

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Old video: Puttering down Broadway

Posted on February 2, 2014 by David Brussat

Came across several fascinating videos from YouTube of old films shot in various places and sundry moods. I will post them one by one today. Prepare to be fascinated, but buckle your seat belts first! This one (perhaps notwithstanding the … Continue reading →

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Lukacs on winter in Budapest

Posted on January 13, 2014 by David Brussat

I skip over a paragraph laden with dark history and continue with John Lukacs’s description of winter in the Budapest of 1900: And then, one morning – it would come as early as in the third week of November, and … Continue reading →

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