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The Machine Is a Garden
In 1898, an unassuming British stenographer hatched the idea of “garden cities” as an antidote to dirty, crowded London. Today, a revival of that idea is spreading from the U.K. to China to India — and some people think it just might help save the planet. Foreign Policy, September/October 2014 ON 71ST AVENUE, JUST SOUTH…
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The Tandoor Oven in a Park
How an Oven Changed the Fate of a Neglected Toronto Park CityLab, Sept. 18, 2014 Ask a city planner or designer to name some popular amenities for a park, and they’ll rattle off a list: children’s play area, water feature, shade, seating. “Tandoor oven” will not be on it—unless you’re in Toronto, where residents of…
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Eisenhower Memorial Fight
Eisenhower Memorial Loses Two Tapestries, Gains Cautious Support Architectural Record, Sept. 5, 2014 At its monthly meeting on September 4, the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) heard an update on Frank Gehry’s embattled design for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, D.C. Craig Webb of Gehry Partners presented a revised design with significant differences…
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Hadid v. NYRB
Will Retracting the “Defamatory” Article Be Enough for Zaha Hadid? Architect, Sept. 3, 2014 On Aug. 21, Reuters broke the news that Zaha Hadid, Hon. FAIA, had filed a lawsuit against The New York Review of Books (NYRB) and its architecture critic, Martin Filler. A torrent of media coverage followed, much of it decrying Hadid’s…
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Leisure Fast and Slow
World of Leisure: North America — The East Dialogue 26 (Gensler), Fall 2014 Ask Gensler New York’s Beth Novitsky about leisure and she laughs. “Around here, it doesn’t exist.” Rob Gatzke agrees. “There’s that ‘New York minute’ thing going on—an expectation of speed.” Asked the same question, Colin O’Brien says that Atlanta “celebrates slow. You…
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