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Essays
09.03.10: James Sanders
Hallowed Ground, Worldly City: Ground Zero and the Struggle for Lower ManhattanOn Places, James Sanders looks at the current controversy over the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero in a larger context, noting that New York City has for most of its history "abhorred the very idea of memorials."
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07.08.10: Jerry Herron
Borderland/Borderama/Detroit: Part 3On Places, the third and final installment of "Borderland/Borderama/Detroit," an exploration of the rise and fall — and persistence — of Detroit, and what it means in American culture, by writer and historian Jerry Herron.
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07.07.10: Jerry Herron
Borderland/Borderama/Detroit: Part 2On Places, part 2 of "Borderland/Borderama/Detroit," an exploration of the rise and fall — and persistence — of Detroit, and what it means in American culture, by writer and historian Jerry Herron.
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07.06.10: Jerry Herron
Borderland/Borderama/Detroit: Part 1On Places, the first installment of "Borderland/Borderama/Detroit," an exploration of the rise and fall — and persistence — of Detroit, and what it means in American culture, by writer and historian Jerry Herron.
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06.09.10: Mitchell Schwarzer
A Sense of Place, A World of Augmented Reality: Part 2On Places, in the second installment of his two-part essay, architectural historian Mitchell Schwarzer argues that augmented reality, combined with social networking, is bringing about "nothing less than a new epoch of social relations."
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06.08.10: Mitchell Schwarzer
A Sense of Place, A World of Augmented Reality: Part 1On Places, in the first of two-part essay, architectural historian Mitchell Schwarzer argues that digital technology, especially the real-time, mediating imageries of augmented reality, are revolutionizing how we perceive and inhabit place.
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05.04.10: James Sanders
Adventure Playground: John V. Lindsay and the Transformation of Modern New YorkOn Places, James Sanders on the transformation of New York City that began in the Sixties under Mayor John Lindsay — the reinvention of the city from a workaday zone to a scenic setting for urban play, an "adventure playground."
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04.26.10: Barbara Penner
The Wedding at Cana: A Vision by Peter GreenawayOn Places, architectural historian Barbara Penner explores Peter Greenaway's digital video installation of Veronese's The Wedding at Cana, the latest in the series "Nine Classic Paintings Revisited," shown at the recent Venice Biennale.
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04.13.10: Tim Love
Paper Architecture, Emerging UrbanismOn Places, Tim Love explores the latest generation of paper architecture being created by under-employed designers — and argues that the current recession offers a real chance to align progressive theory with urban practice.
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04.05.10: Denise Hoffman Brandt
The View to America Street from Mrs. Fair’s Front Door, July 21, 2009On Places, landscape architect Denise Hoffman Brandt offers a vivid portrait of the ongoing post-Katrina struggles of one neighborhood, and one household, in New Orleans.
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02.01.10: Keith Eggener
Lethal T-Square: Architecture, Violence, RenewalRobert Moses is often compared with Baron Haussman. Keith Eggener argues that he can be compared as well with the vigilante-architect played by Charles Bronson in Death Wish.
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11.05.09: Jan Otakar Fischer
The Art of ReunificationOn the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, architect and writer Jan Otakar Fischer describes the failed competition to create a reunification memorial — and explores the thorny questions of German memory and identity.
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10.20.09: Thomas Fisher
Fracture CriticalMuch U.S. infrastructure is "fracture critical" — vulnerable to catastrophic and systemic failure; Thomas Fisher argues that our finance, housing and energy systems are fracture-critical as well.
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10.10.09: Timothy Beatley
The 100-Mile ThanksgivingTimothy Beatley describes a new tradition in the planning department at the University of Virginia: the 100-Mile Thanksgiving, for which students prepare the annual feast, trying to use food produced within 100 miles of the Charlottesville campus.
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09.11.09: Keith Eggener
Hometown, AmericaArchitectural historian Keith Eggener visits the boyhood homes of Mark Twain and Walt Disney, and finds in each an all-American mix of historic fact, popular fantasy and commercial exploitation.
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09.09.09: Tim Love
Between Mission Statement and Parametric ModelBoston-based architect and educator Tim Love argues that architectural education is in crisis, a result of the increasing tension between digitally driven formal experimentation and new mandates for social responsibility.
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09.09.09: Jonathan Massey
Five Ways to Change the WorldArchitect and educator Jonathan Massey suggests five ways to influence the built environment — and make the world a better place.
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09.07.09: Tobias Armborst, Daniel D'Oca, Georgeen Theodore
Community: The American Way of LivingThink American suburbia is a sprawl of homogeneous privatopias? The U.S. curators of the Rotterdam Architecture Biennale argue that you haven't been paying attention.
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09.04.09: Andrew Blum
Metaphor Remediation: A New Ecology for the CityCities are the new frontiers green living, and Andrew Blum argues that we need to revise the old metaphors: will Half Dome give way to the high-rise as the new emblem of environmentalism?
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08.05.09: Nina-Marie Lister
Water/FrontEcological planner Nina-Marie Lister explores innovative ways to regenerate urban waterfronts.
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12.15.08: Rene' Davids
Development, Topography, and Identity: The Dougherty Valley and the New Suburban Metropolis12.15.08: Donlyn Lyndon
Danish Modern, Then and Now: The AIA Committee on Design, Historic Resources Committee10.15.08: Guy Nordenson, Stephen Cassell, Marianne Koch, Catherine Seavitt, James Smith, Michael Tantala, Adam Yarinsky
On the Water: The New York - New Jersey Upper BayAs the planet warms, rising seas will endanger coastal communities around the world. Engineer Guy Nordenson proposes a bold plan to protect New York City.
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10.15.08: Alex Steffen, Raymond Cole, Kevin Burke, Emanuel Carter, Stephen Luoni, Brian Stone, Frances Halsband, Kristina Hill, Diane Dale, Fritz Steiner, K. Golden, Megan Susman, John Thomas, Steve McDowell, Stephen Antupit
Climate Change and Place Roundtable Discussion06.15.08: Stephen Luoni
Little Rock's Emerging Nonprofit CorridorThe non-profit sector is a major player in promoting green urbanism. Here's what's happening in Little Rock.
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08.15.07: Garth Rockcastle
The Lost Public Art of Gordon Matta-ClarkGordon Matta-Clark infiltrated the worlds of art and architecture, revealing deep complacencies in each.
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12.15.06: Allan Jacobs
The State of City Planning TodayA veteran city planner and educator analyzes the anemia of U.S. planning, and detects signs of life in neighborhood activism.
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12.15.06: Amy Murphy
Seattle Central Library: Civic Architecture in the Age of MediaIn the Seattle Public Library, Rem Koolhaas and OMA work to transform architecture into media interface.
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04.15.05: Susan Rogers
Superneighborhood 27: A Brief History of ChangeFrom hot tubs to bodegas: a Houston subdivision built for the '60s singles lifestyle has found new energy as a multi-ethnic neighborhood.
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11.01.01: Ruth Durack
Village Vices: The Contradiction of New Urbanism and SustainabilityA critique of New Urbanism focusing not on its traditionalism but on the unsustainability of its planning models.
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04.01.89: Catherine Brown, William Morrish
Western Civic Art: Works in ProgressIn 1989 Phoenix, Arizona, commissioned one of the first public art master plans. The city now has one of the strongest public art programs in the country.
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07.15.83: Kevin Lynch
In No Order WhatsoeverJust before his death in 1984, the influential urban planner Kevin Lynch compiled a list of topics he thought important for the future of cities. The list is as relevant as ever.
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