Category Archives: Historic Preservation
Architecture Is Frozen Music
Imagine the following scenario. There are some problems with it, but you’ll get the point. The Berlin Philharmonic has the only sheet music for Mozart’s Requiem. One day, a fire destroys the last 10 pages. Angela Merkel announces that the … Continue reading
The 21st Century Is The New Sixties
Civil Rights Act & Inner City Riots > #BlackLivesMatter Civil Rights Act & Feminism > #MeToo Student Marches Against Vietnam > #MarchForOurLives Medicare > Obamacare Immigration Act < #Dreamers Books Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American … Continue reading
NYC Needs You
New York City’s Historic Districts and Landmarks Are Under Siege Have you noticed how many ideas and movements from the 1960s are back in a big way? Feminism. The civil rights movement. Streets for People, which was the title of … Continue reading