Category Archives: Architecture

V&V: Yankees To Ask New York For $300 Million For Stadium Work

by John Massengale Posted on August 8, 2004

When the richest team in baseball asks New York City and New York State for $300 million to stay in a place they would never leave (they are the Bronx Bombers, after all, about to set an all-time major league … Continue reading →

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V&V: Making A Neighborhood Around Yankee Stadium — Designs By University of Miami Architecture Students

by John Massengale Posted on August 1, 2004

These are the plans referred to in the post above. They were designed by architecture students at the University of Miami in 1998. Click on the plans for larger images. From that post, Yankees To Ask New York For $300 … Continue reading →

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Muschamp on Ground Zero: It’s Houston, And We Have A Problem

by John Massengale Posted on February 22, 2004

THE MAIN ENTRANCE to the 911 Memorial Museum looks like the exit from a cineplex in a suburban shopping mall. It is unworthy of New York and a sad commentary on how little we achieved at Ground Zero after a … Continue reading →

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Harvard’s architects say: How about us?

by John Massengale Posted on December 19, 2003

The Boston Globe is online at http://boston.com/, and the article “Harvard’s architects say: How about us?” can be bought from the online archives for $2.95. I have put selected portions of the article below. By Alex Beam, Globe Columnist, December … Continue reading →

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