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7:22 AM Thu, Oct 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By David Brussat  Email
Illustrations: Above, Chicago's "White City," at the World's Columbian Exposition, in 1893; below top left, Dr. H.H. Holmes; middle left, Stanford White; next middle left, Evelyn Nesbitt; final middle left, Harry Thaw; bottom left, Walter Gropius * * *......
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9:43 PM Tue, Oct 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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The symposium on the American Renaissance sponsored by the Providence Preservation Society brings to mind the two sets of murders that bookended the City Beautiful. That movement was sparked by the White City at the World's Columbian Exposition, or......
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10:34 PM Sat, Oct 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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The photograph at left comes from a lengthy essay, available online with fascinating photographs, about the planning, design and construction of the Department of Agriculture building on Independence Avenue, next to the Mall in Washington, D.C. I have not read......
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1:56 PM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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Illustrations: Above, last week's YouGov survey, taken in Britain before the Stirling Prize was announced; below, Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater; below that, the newly rebuilt Frauenkirche, in Dresden; next to bottom, the Stadtschloss, in Berlin. Bottom, Palace of the......
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8:15 AM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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Illustrations: Above: World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, in Chicago; Butler Exchange at Exchange Place, in Providence, circa 1900; bottom, WaterFire at Waterplace, in Capital Center, Providence, circa 2000, photo by Richard Benjamin. * * * A symposium (details here) this......
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7:05 AM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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Illustrations: Above, new buildings in Dresden's Neumarkt, at the center of which (see below middle, rebuilt, below bottom original) is the reconstructed Frauenkirche, a monumental Baroque church destroyed in World War II (photos of Neumarkt and Dresden skyline by......
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11:58 AM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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It cannot pass without notice that the two buildings designed by Rem Koolhaas from the last blog, "Please, Vlad, smash the Gazprom," lack a lighter touch. Each looks as if it was designed for the purpose, respectively, of stomping on......
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7:52 AM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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Illustrations: Top, Proposed Gazprom tower in St. Petersburg, Russia; below first, St. Petersburg (Wikipedia); below second, Grande Arche in La Defense, Paris; below third, CCTV and burned TVCC in Beijing; below bottom, Gazprom entry by Rem Koolhaas * *......
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9:09 PM Tue, Oct 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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Illustrations: Above, view toward La Defense from L'Arc De Triomphe; below left, proposed Gazprom tower; below bottom, view from La Defense down the Champs Elysee toward L'Arc de Triomphe and central Paris * * * Paris famously prohibits skyscrapers......
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8:50 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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Illustrations: Above, the easternmost three of the seven bays of the Arnold Building, in downtown Providence, after the recent fire. Below: A photo of the building taken after it was completed in 1923. Bottom: A closeup of Theresa's shop......
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8:20 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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If Roger Williams had no face, we would have to invent one. Actually the founder of Rhode Island had a face, but that hasn't stopped us from inventing one, two, or even more. We have no idea what his......
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