Ashley Gardini
@ashleygardini.bsky.social
Architectural historian teaching at community colleges. Adjunct. Union member. Doing SAH stuff and writing for JSTOR Daily.
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Ashley Gardini
@ashleygardini.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Hello! There's so many new people here, so I feel like an introduction is in order. I'm an architectural historian teaching at community colleges. My interest lies in introducing our field to a general audience to make the built environment feel understandable. #AcademicSky #Architecture #History
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JUST IN: California voters have approved a ballot measure to redraw the state's congressional map to favor Democrats, marking the party's biggest victory to date in a national battle over redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterms.
California voters OK new congressional lines, boosting Democrats ahead of midterms
California voters have approved a ballot measure to redraw the state's congressional map to favor Democrats, marking the party's biggest victory to date in a national battle over redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
JUST IN: California voters have approved a ballot measure to redraw the state's congressional map to favor Democrats, marking the party's biggest victory to date in a national battle over redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Still down and still unable to do any class-related work.
Fun fact (or terrifying one), today’s AWS outage took down Canvas, the #1 learning management system used by 4,000+ U.S. colleges and millions of students worldwide. One data center hiccup and half of higher ed disappears.
October 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Still down and still unable to do any class-related work.
Still writing things about architecture…
Piet Mondrian, co-founder of De Stijl, argued that the art movement wasn’t ready for architecture. Theo van Doesburg and others believed it was. Who was right? https://bit.ly/3JenVvh
Building De Stijl Style - JSTOR Daily
Piet Mondrian, co-founder of De Stijl, argued that the art movement wasn’t ready for architecture. Theo van Doesburg and others believed it was. Who was right?
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October 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Still writing things about architecture…
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The Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, Pietro Belluschi and Pier Luigi Nervi, San Francisco, USA, completed in 1971
October 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, Pietro Belluschi and Pier Luigi Nervi, San Francisco, USA, completed in 1971
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September 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Felix Gonzalez-Torres's Untitled (Death by Gun) is a stack of posters listing the more than 460 people killed by firearms during a single week in 1989. Viewers are invited to take a poster as the stack is constantly replenished www.moma.org/collection/w...
June 14, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Felix Gonzalez-Torres's Untitled (Death by Gun) is a stack of posters listing the more than 460 people killed by firearms during a single week in 1989. Viewers are invited to take a poster as the stack is constantly replenished www.moma.org/collection/w...
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Plainly, the people mad about the work required to write well and make great art who are justifying various artificial intelligence tools as shortcuts to that creative process don't value the labor inherent to it.
August 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Plainly, the people mad about the work required to write well and make great art who are justifying various artificial intelligence tools as shortcuts to that creative process don't value the labor inherent to it.
Writing and teaching is keeping me sane…and both continue to feel more and more important as histories are trying to be rewritten. So enjoy a short read on Minerva Parker Nichols. @jstor.bsky.social @jstordaily.bsky.social
daily.jstor.org/rediscoverin...
daily.jstor.org/rediscoverin...
(Re)discovering Minerva Parker Nichols, Architect - JSTOR Daily
The first American woman to establish an independent architectural practice, Minerva Parker Nichols built an unprecedented career in Philadelphia.
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August 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Writing and teaching is keeping me sane…and both continue to feel more and more important as histories are trying to be rewritten. So enjoy a short read on Minerva Parker Nichols. @jstor.bsky.social @jstordaily.bsky.social
daily.jstor.org/rediscoverin...
daily.jstor.org/rediscoverin...
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Building on his success as an architect and planner in Chicago, Daniel Burnham took American values and aesthetics to the new US colony of The Philippines. From architectural historian @ashleygardini.bsky.social: bit.ly/44HEK8I
Daniel Burnham in the Philippines - JSTOR Daily
Building on his success as an architect and planner in Chicago, Daniel Burnham took American values and aesthetics to the new US colony of the Philippines.
daily.jstor.org
July 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Building on his success as an architect and planner in Chicago, Daniel Burnham took American values and aesthetics to the new US colony of The Philippines. From architectural historian @ashleygardini.bsky.social: bit.ly/44HEK8I
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On this date in 1776 the statue of King George III was pulled down in New York City.
Because America didn't want a king who lived above the law.
Because America didn't want a king who lived above the law.
July 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
On this date in 1776 the statue of King George III was pulled down in New York City.
Because America didn't want a king who lived above the law.
Because America didn't want a king who lived above the law.
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After eight years, books and zines are still the star attraction at the San Francisco Art Book Fair. It kicks off tonight and runs through Sunday at the Minnesota Street Project.
Bigger Than Ever, the SF Art Book Fair Returns With Zines and Small Presses Galore
Panels, on-site presses and even a celebrity dog add to the DIY offerings at this annual print soirée.
www.kqed.org
July 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
After eight years, books and zines are still the star attraction at the San Francisco Art Book Fair. It kicks off tonight and runs through Sunday at the Minnesota Street Project.
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The largest union in America, the three million member-strong National Educators Association, has voted to *cut all ties* with the Anti-Defamation League, citing the ADL’s opposition to Palestinian rights and antiracism.
@labornotes.bsky.social has the story: www.labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...
@labornotes.bsky.social has the story: www.labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...
Educators Union Rejects Anti-Defamation League, Cuts Ties
The Anti-Defamation League has been a ubiquitous presence in U.S. schools for forty years, pushing curriculum, direct programming, and teacher training into K-12 schools and increasingly into universi...
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July 8, 2025 at 5:07 AM
The largest union in America, the three million member-strong National Educators Association, has voted to *cut all ties* with the Anti-Defamation League, citing the ADL’s opposition to Palestinian rights and antiracism.
@labornotes.bsky.social has the story: www.labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...
@labornotes.bsky.social has the story: www.labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...
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Crazy San Francisco fog pattern, a thread:
Fog, a series, from Tank Hill Park.
1. 7:24pm
2. 7:32pm
3. 7:35pm
Fog, a series, from Tank Hill Park.
1. 7:24pm
2. 7:32pm
3. 7:35pm
July 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Crazy San Francisco fog pattern, a thread:
Fog, a series, from Tank Hill Park.
1. 7:24pm
2. 7:32pm
3. 7:35pm
Fog, a series, from Tank Hill Park.
1. 7:24pm
2. 7:32pm
3. 7:35pm
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June 22, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Two years after joining an architecture firm as a twelve-year-old apprentice, Bruce Goff saw his first house design built in Tulsa, Oklahoma. bit.ly/43NYJ6n
Organic and Unusual: The Architecture of Bruce Goff - JSTOR Daily
Both choice and circumstance forced Bruce Goff to forge his own path as an architect, freeing him to develop an individualistic yet natural approach to design.
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June 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Two years after joining an architecture firm as a twelve-year-old apprentice, Bruce Goff saw his first house design built in Tulsa, Oklahoma. bit.ly/43NYJ6n
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After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.
June 9, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Realizing Wright and Goff shared the same birthday…which is today.
June 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Realizing Wright and Goff shared the same birthday…which is today.
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Thank you to more than 80 donors who have given gifts to support SAH through the 25 for 25 Appeal! Will you join them and give $25 or more to fund SAH for 2025? Learn more and send your gift on our website: www.sah.org/support-sah/...
May 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thank you to more than 80 donors who have given gifts to support SAH through the 25 for 25 Appeal! Will you join them and give $25 or more to fund SAH for 2025? Learn more and send your gift on our website: www.sah.org/support-sah/...
Lemme explain why my heater runs in the summer…
Just your typical temperate range for a city that's only 7x7 miles
May 31, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Lemme explain why my heater runs in the summer…
Art history degrees - they won't make you rich but they will probably get you a job (but definitely not as an art historian).
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/16/c...
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/16/c...
College majors with the best and worst job prospects — art history beats finance
In general, what college students choose to major in has significant implications for job prospects and future earnings potential.
www.cnbc.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Art history degrees - they won't make you rich but they will probably get you a job (but definitely not as an art historian).
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/16/c...
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/16/c...
This visit "never culminated in a full-scale raid thanks to informed staff who knew their legal ground and asserted their right to deny entry without a warrant."
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Potential ICE raid thwarted at Central Calif. strawberry packing facility
In Ventura County, a gatekeeper at a strawberry packing facility turned back ICE agents during a potential daytime raid.
www.sfgate.com
May 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This visit "never culminated in a full-scale raid thanks to informed staff who knew their legal ground and asserted their right to deny entry without a warrant."
www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...
www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...