nplusonemag.com/online-only/on… via n+1 ...such a wonderful read by Emily Gogolak ...the radically specific describing the indescribable universal—it’s really the only way to write about landscapes, whether natural or architectural.

______ is a ______ built for a different time. The time before climate change.

It was clear since Moynihan Train Hall opened that the waiting area was too small and didn’t have enough seats. Today, the waiting room is full and dozens of travelers are sitting on the floor. Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo

Dismantle the thing.

I'm disappointed this @globeopinion piece does not discuss how remaking the Hynes Convention Center site should preserve its remarkably good arcade, one of the very best postmodern facades in the world. The rotunda ain't bad either. Develop the rest. edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynam…

Who is this architect Patrick McDonnell making us look so selfish? Gotta love that last line. Kudos to the The New York Times for the not-so-subtle trolling.

His last line epitomizes the problem of this country today: everything is about the individual, and the commonweal be damned.

She has a degree in industrial design from Notre Dame

This excellent piece by ⁦Alissa Walker⁩ isn’t only about a Los Angeles mayoral candidate. It’s really about the privatization of the public realm, and whether it is in the city’s best interest to be run by someone who has made that his life’s work. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Once again the brilliant Karrie Jacobs does the impossible and ineffable: in this case supply an urgent reason to visit Times Square.

I got tired of tweeting about this and wrote an article… curbed.com/2022/07/second…

Read this.

Venturi Scott Brown’s Sainsbury Wing is a masterpiece, the firm’s greatest public building. Yes, it’s difficult and eccentric, because it builds on the eccentricities of Wilkins’ original NG. To clean it up is to misunderstand it completely. architectsjournal.co.uk/news/vandalism…

New York City kids are the best kids!

Wait. You mean we don’t need 10 new office towers in Way West Midtown right now? nytimes.com/2023/02/15/nyr…

people get mad when you explain how much work it takes to write because they want it to be magic or they want to make the labor of it disappear so they can say it isn’t a big deal & not pay writers

“The true architecture of the future … is the architecture of the past”

This is a very entertaining look at the most notable thing in Vegas at the moment, from the perspective of architecture and urban design. And serves as yet another reminder of how ridiculous the Athletics’ project seems in comparison

This!