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January 30, 2011 - February 5, 2011 Archives

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Column: How to save Lonsdale's Christ Church

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By David Brussat    Email

Illustrations: Above, Christ Church in Lincoln was built after the 1934 original burned in 1883; below, Christ Church on day of vote; Emmanuel Church, in Cumberland; across Tom Whipple Highway from Emmanuel; Christ Church belfry; Christ Church inside; rectory......

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 Tags  Architecture   Christ Church   Cumberland RI   David Brussat   Emmanuel Church   Episcopal   Lincoln RI   Preservation   Rev. Scott Gunn  

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Roger Scruton: What is beauty?

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By David Brussat    Email

I commend to readers a set of six ten-minute videos that make up a television program from BBC hosted by Roger Scruton, the philosopher of beauty, who summarizes his thoughts on beauty as it relates to art, architecture, love, sex,......

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 Tags  Architecture   Art   Beauty   David Brussat   Modernism   Religion   Roger Scruton  

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You can design a better Eisenhower memorial than Frank Gehry

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By David Brussat    Email

The latest version of Frank Gehry's design for a memorial to President Eisenhower. * * * So what if you are only five years old? I think anyone, literally anyone, could design a better memorial to President Dwight D.......

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 Tags  Eisenhower Memorial   Frank Gehry   ICA & CA   National Civic Art Society   Washington DC  

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Coming up: Decision time for Christ Church, in Lincoln, R.I.

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By David Brussat    Email

Christ Church, in the old mill village of Lonsdale, part of Lincoln, R.I., is one of those modest but imposing church buildings of yore that you must see to believe. It does not just vault toward heaven but crouches......

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 Tags  Architecture   Christ Church   David Brussat   Henry Vaughn   Lincoln RI   Lonsdale   William Jordy   William Morgan  

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