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D’town PVDfest vids galore
We – not the editorial we but the family we, as in me, Victoria and Billy – visited PVDfest in downtown Providence this afternoon – whoa, Nellie! a lot going on! Downtown was jamming. More different types of people than … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Providence, Video
Tagged Downtown, Festivals, photography, ProvidenceRI, PVDfest, Urbanism, Videos
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PawSox sock the Bucket
GoLocalProv.com came out today with an editorial, “Pawsox Owners’ Ask Is Failed Community Leadership and Ultimate Greed.” It says: “Terry Murray and Tom Ryan asking Pawtucket to float a bond is like Daddy Warbucks shaking down Annie and Sandy for … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Development
Tagged Jim Skeffington, Modern Architecture, PawSox, Pawtucket RI, Planning, Providence RI, Stadium Design, Urbanism
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S.J. Perelman in Wash. Sq.
Who hasn’t seen a musical that makes you want, in the spirit of the moment, to leap up and dance down that stone balustrade past the water fountain and into the dappled park, singing a Broadway tune to beat the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books and Culture, Uncategorized
Tagged Dance, Jeanette MacDonald, Music, Musicals, Nelson Eddy, S.J. Perelman, Urbanism, Washington Square Park
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Pictures of Rio de Janeiro
There is very little to complain of in the category of Olympic stadiums at Rio this year. The structures all appear to have mastered the urge to look like something other than arenas for sport. No bird cages, no bubble … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture
Tagged Brasilia, Brazil, Emma Schad, History, Old Rio, Olympic Stadiums, Olympics, Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Urbanism
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Video of the modernist city
Here, courtesy of the website Kuriositas, is the city of modern architecture’s secret desire. The video of this imagined place is called “Spacial Bodies,” by AUJIK. As described by Kuriositas, it “depicts the urban landscape and architectural bodies as an … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Video
Tagged AUJIK, Cities, Kuriositas, Modern Architecture, Spacial Bodies, Urbanism, Video
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The driverless car fiasco
Driverless cars are fast becoming the next big thing, with timelines for their arrival collapsing at breakneck speed. They remind me of the Minions. Craaashhh! The website grist.org has an article by Katie Herzog called “No One Wants Driverless Cars … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Architecture, Art and design, Development, Urbanism and planning
Tagged Computers, Driverless Cars, Elon Musk, Google, Grist.org, Katie Herzog, Technology, Tesla, Urban Planning, Urbanism
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John King, read your words!
John King is the architecture critic for the San Francisco Chronicle. I met him maybe a decade ago at a conference and have followed his criticism since. This latest piece, “SF skyline’s new LinkedIn addition built by, for New Yorkers,” … Continue reading
VidSmartRI on Providence
Grow Smart Rhode Island has produced a short video, “PVD: Personality. Vitality. Distinction,” about the charms of the Ocean State’s capital city. It begins looking downriver along the Providence from an abandoned water taxi stop near the new Crawford Street … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Architecture, Architecture History, Art and design, Development, I-195 Redevelopment District, Providence, Rhode Island, Urbanism and planning, Video
Tagged Bill Warner, Branding, GrowSmartRI, Iway Bridge, Providence RI, PVD, Richard Florida, Smart Growth, Urbanism, Video
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Mittell: “Why I love Lviv”
David A. Mittell Jr., of Boston, has visited Lviv 22 times, some of them while he was on the editorial board of the Providence Journal, where I first met him. He now writes independently, after a stint as editor of … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Architecture History, Art and design, Other countries, Preservation, Providence Journal, Urbanism and planning
Tagged Beauty, Cities, History, Kiev, Lviv, Lvov, Russia, Soviet Union, Ukraine, Urbanism
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Bedford Falls or Pottersville?
I saw George Bailey in Bedford Falls and Pottersville last night. You don’t see It’s a Wonderful Life on television as much as you used to. The film’s copyright lapsed for 20 years beginning in 1974. Last night I saw … Continue reading
