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East Coast Shoot, Day 3: "a beautiful region of rocky glens and trout brooks"
Years later, Olmsted recalled a hike with his brother to his aunt’s house in Cheshire. “I was but nine when I once walked sixteen* miles over a strange country with my brother who was but… more →
The Olmsted Legacy
East Coast Shoot, Day 3: "a beautiful region of rocky glens and trout brooks"
theolmstedlegacy wrote 6 months ago: Years later, Olmsted recalled a hike with his brother to his aunt’s house in Cheshire. … more →
East Coast Shoot, Day 2, continued.
theolmstedlegacy wrote 6 months ago: More photos from the interview with Witold Rybczynski. … more →
East Coast Shoot, Day 2: protected from the elements
theolmstedlegacy wrote 6 months ago: Olmsted believed that every house should have a room, full of windows, partially separated from the … more →
On Boston City Hall
Lisa wrote 9 months ago: What would famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted think of the design of Boston City Hall? … more →
'My Two Polish Grandfathers' by Witold Rybczynski
Brian Bethune wrote 9 months ago: Witold Rybczynski is a noted architectural expert, a humane and graceful writer, a Pole by ethnicity … more →
Cited: Rybczynski
palmerstonboulevard wrote 11 months ago: “I was not a willful designer, and attempted to accomodate my clients’ demands, but I us … more →
More and more I think architecture has nothing to do with it.
ajennin4 wrote 1 year ago: So, here’s my beef with Architecture: I picked Architecture because I thought it might be a good sta … more →
Smaller is Better
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Decatur Metro wrote 1 year ago: Written back in 1991 when housing prices were still growing, this Atlantic article argued that Ameri … more →
Slate - Searching for the true legacy of Buckminster Fuller
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ejosowitz wrote 1 year ago: More on the Fuller exhibit, this time from Slate’s Witold Rybczynski (whose book, Last Harvest … more →
Deborah Barlow wrote 1 year ago: Vitruvian Man, by Leonardo da Vinci In an early chapter of his interesting new book, Symmetry: A Jou … more →
Buckthorn, garlic mustard, and dandelions
czautcke wrote 1 year ago: Suburbs–among many of my good friends and professional colleagues, they are homogenized enclav … more →
Waiting for the Weekend...
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Elen Grey wrote 1 year ago: That’s the title of a book by Witold Rybczynski — a non-fiction author I enjoy reading a … more →
