Tag Archives: USModernist

‘Ask Dr. Downtown’ revisited

Posted on August 22, 2020 by David Brussat

In my last post, “Modern Diner, USModernist,” I promised USModernist talk host George Smart (aka Mr. Modernism) to send him an example of my old “Ask Dr. Downtown” columns, from when I did a column of architecture criticism every Thursday … Continue reading →

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Modern Diner, USModernist

Posted on August 19, 2020 by David Brussat

Great good news! I just now learned that, after half a year of closure, the excellent Modern Diner, in Pawtucket, has reopened. There is, I should say, nothing modern about the Modern Diner, just a ways down Hope Street, then … Continue reading →

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This joke’s on you, Corbu!

Posted on April 7, 2018 by David Brussat

Of course the Corbusier who designed this church was not “Le” Corbusier. Too bad for the rest of us! Would that the pictured church were Corbu’s chapel at Ronchamp, and would that it were now as forgotten as the church … Continue reading →

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