Brian Goldstein
@bgoldst.bsky.social
Urban & architectural historian at Swarthmore. Coming Sept. 2026: Max Bond: The Life and Work of the People’s Architect. Wrote: The Roots of Urban Renaissance: Gentrification and the Struggle Over Harlem. Architecture & race, cities, baseball, jazz.
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Brian Goldstein
@bgoldst.bsky.social
· Nov 22
New to the party, and finding friends I haven’t seen on social media since 2022! Seems like a decent party to wander into.
For new folks: I’m a historian of architecture and planning, writing a book about architect J. Max Bond Jr. I also sometimes post about the Cincinnati Reds and records. 🤷🏻♂️
For new folks: I’m a historian of architecture and planning, writing a book about architect J. Max Bond Jr. I also sometimes post about the Cincinnati Reds and records. 🤷🏻♂️
A Jon Ossoff/Jacob Frey ticket has amazing Parent Trap potential.
Mark my words: If he wins re-election in anything more than a squeaker, his name is going to start being talked about for 2028. The field is far from set. As I've said before, Obama didn't even start appearing in 2008 polls until fall 2006
SEN. OSSOFF: “.. why are roving gangs of masked men — who look like they couldn’t pass the Army physical exam — dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators, on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?”
@acyn.bsky.social
@acyn.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 9:04 PM
A Jon Ossoff/Jacob Frey ticket has amazing Parent Trap potential.
If you were ever on a shipwreck with this dweeb he would 100% be the first on the lifeboat
Q: Pope Leo cited Matthew 25:35 to critique Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda. How would you respond to Pope Leo in scripture?
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
February 3, 2026 at 8:12 PM
If you were ever on a shipwreck with this dweeb he would 100% be the first on the lifeboat
See? It's remarkably effective. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
February 3, 2026 at 1:20 AM
See? It's remarkably effective. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Like his Garden of Earthly Delights, this is absurd on its face. There is no way that what he is proposing here is a $200m project. So he is either going to spend five times that or he is talking out of his you know what. The REACH, constructed nearly a decade ago, was a $250m project.
Q: Do you plan on tearing the Kennedy Center down and how much will all of the renovations cost?
TRUMP: Probably around $200 million. I'm not ripping it down. I'll be using the steel. So we're using the structure. We're using some of the marble.
TRUMP: Probably around $200 million. I'm not ripping it down. I'll be using the steel. So we're using the structure. We're using some of the marble.
February 2, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Like his Garden of Earthly Delights, this is absurd on its face. There is no way that what he is proposing here is a $200m project. So he is either going to spend five times that or he is talking out of his you know what. The REACH, constructed nearly a decade ago, was a $250m project.
Reposted by Brian Goldstein
Artists have a tool that they have been wielding to great effect: refusal. Others could learn that lesson!
CNN is reporting the real reason Trump is closing the Kennedy Centre for two years is not for renovation: “the Kennedy Center does not have a 2026/2027 season. There would not have been any programming to announce."
February 2, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Artists have a tool that they have been wielding to great effect: refusal. Others could learn that lesson!
As a kid I remember being deeply invested in Punxsutawney Phil and his shadow but now you have to really dig to get his weather prediction.
February 2, 2026 at 8:49 PM
As a kid I remember being deeply invested in Punxsutawney Phil and his shadow but now you have to really dig to get his weather prediction.
This has a very Cold War Civil Rights feel. Int'l audiences taking the US to task for civil rights and human rights violations as American officials pretend that we are a beacon of freedom and democracy. Btwn this and potential World Cup boycotts it's encouraging to see.
news.sky.com/story/hundre...
news.sky.com/story/hundre...
Hundreds protest against ICE role in Winter Olympics in Milan
Demonstrators gathered in Piazza XXV Aprile, a square named after the date of Italy's liberation from the Nazis in 1945. In an echo of anti-ICE protests in the US, they blew whistles and sang Bruce Sp...
news.sky.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:51 PM
This has a very Cold War Civil Rights feel. Int'l audiences taking the US to task for civil rights and human rights violations as American officials pretend that we are a beacon of freedom and democracy. Btwn this and potential World Cup boycotts it's encouraging to see.
news.sky.com/story/hundre...
news.sky.com/story/hundre...
WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED
Breaking News: The Border Patrol leader Greg Bovino mocked the Jewish faith of the U.S. attorney in Minnesota during a call with lawyers, according to several people with knowledge of the conversation.
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers
Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol field leader, made disparaging remarks in reference to the U.S. attorney in Minnesota, an Orthodox Jew, people with knowledge of the phone call said.
nyti.ms
January 31, 2026 at 5:26 PM
WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED
It’s really striking how when you see all these emails etc. you realize that it’s not just Epstein who was an insecure con man but they basically all are. One idea made them rich and then they are just flailing about for compliments and approval.
January 31, 2026 at 2:45 PM
It’s really striking how when you see all these emails etc. you realize that it’s not just Epstein who was an insecure con man but they basically all are. One idea made them rich and then they are just flailing about for compliments and approval.
And Susan Collins is probably concerned
BREAKING: Two Republican senators, Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski, call for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to resign.
Two Republican senators call for Kristi Noem to resign as DHS secretary
Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Thom Tillis are the first GOP members of Congress to call for Noem to step down as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
www.nbcnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:24 AM
And Susan Collins is probably concerned
Reposted by Brian Goldstein
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Well, looks like a third big name firm is in the mix. And their named partner is living…. Via @archpaper.com.
January 26, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Well, looks like a third big name firm is in the mix. And their named partner is living…. Via @archpaper.com.
They kill you once and then a second time. Sadists.
Watching Bovino lie through his teeth at a press conference to smear innocent victims of state violence is something I should be used to, but still makes the blood boil.
January 24, 2026 at 8:07 PM
They kill you once and then a second time. Sadists.
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Look at this: @inquirer.com has digitally preserved the interpretative signage removed by NPS, and used annotations to explain what specifically was flagged before removal. This keeps the content publicly accessible (for now) while doing newsworthy reporting
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
Here are the signs the Trump administration removed from Independence Park
Following last year’s review, every sign has been removed from the President’s House site.
www.inquirer.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Look at this: @inquirer.com has digitally preserved the interpretative signage removed by NPS, and used annotations to explain what specifically was flagged before removal. This keeps the content publicly accessible (for now) while doing newsworthy reporting
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
The copy edit is done, there is a publication date, and there is a webpage! Soon there will be a cover and, on Amazon and Bookshop, you can even preorder it. Coming September 2026: Max Bond: The Life and Work of the People's Architect.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
January 23, 2026 at 4:03 PM
The copy edit is done, there is a publication date, and there is a webpage! Soon there will be a cover and, on Amazon and Bookshop, you can even preorder it. Coming September 2026: Max Bond: The Life and Work of the People's Architect.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Comma police, arrest this man / He talks in maths, he buzzes like a fridge / He's like a detuned radio
January 23, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Comma police, arrest this man / He talks in maths, he buzzes like a fridge / He's like a detuned radio
Vandalism
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
January 23, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Vandalism
Reposted by Brian Goldstein
I know I don't have a ton of media followers, but I'll put this out there anyway: if you need someone to comment/offer context on the removal of the slavery exhibit at the President's House site in Philly, get in touch. I just finished an entire book on Americans' fight over Washington and slavery.
January 23, 2026 at 12:04 AM
I know I don't have a ton of media followers, but I'll put this out there anyway: if you need someone to comment/offer context on the removal of the slavery exhibit at the President's House site in Philly, get in touch. I just finished an entire book on Americans' fight over Washington and slavery.
Though the complicity and moral vacuity on display here is jaw-dropping, perhaps it's a small compliment to the architecture profession that the two biggest names to offer proposals are both zombie firms, with no named partner around to object.
tfw you log off and then Patrik Schumacher drops this.
January 22, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Though the complicity and moral vacuity on display here is jaw-dropping, perhaps it's a small compliment to the architecture profession that the two biggest names to offer proposals are both zombie firms, with no named partner around to object.
This Post article on the Cohen Federal Building is great in making the case for the importance of these works by Guston, Shahn, and more. At the core of the threat is an impoverished vision of the world that prioritizes short-term financial gain over collective cultural benefit. wapo.st/4a5NCsq
The stunning art trove hidden in a D.C. building marked by Trump for disposal
Packed with frescoes, paintings and reliefs, the federal government’s Cohen Building has been called “the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.” Advocates fear these works could be at risk.
wapo.st
January 22, 2026 at 4:47 PM
This Post article on the Cohen Federal Building is great in making the case for the importance of these works by Guston, Shahn, and more. At the core of the threat is an impoverished vision of the world that prioritizes short-term financial gain over collective cultural benefit. wapo.st/4a5NCsq
Everyday, one day closer.
1,097 days
January 20, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Everyday, one day closer.
If only Daddy Trump had hugged his son a bit more we wouldn’t be in this unfolding disaster.
January 19, 2026 at 3:17 PM
If only Daddy Trump had hugged his son a bit more we wouldn’t be in this unfolding disaster.
Trying to drum up charges against reporters, trying to drum up charges against Senators, trying to drum up charges against the Fed chairman. No guardrails left. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Documents
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Trying to drum up charges against reporters, trying to drum up charges against Senators, trying to drum up charges against the Fed chairman. No guardrails left. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
Not parody, reality.
January 12, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Not parody, reality.