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Trump’s Monumental Legacy Theft: how far will the president’s campaign to appropriate America’s #CivicMonuments go? #WhiteHouse #TrumpMausoleum #TrumpMemorial @savingplaces.bsky.social @deanobeidallah.bsky.social @mcmansionhell.bsky.social bit.ly/4jxKVTM
Trump’s Monumental Legacy Theft
How far will the president’s campaign to appropriate America’s civic monuments go?
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January 7, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Trump’s Monumental Legacy Theft: how far will the president’s campaign to appropriate America’s #CivicMonuments go? #WhiteHouse #TrumpMausoleum #TrumpMemorial @savingplaces.bsky.social @deanobeidallah.bsky.social @mcmansionhell.bsky.social bit.ly/4jxKVTM
Some of a good thing: the legacy of #FrankGehry. A fair and balanced look by #LiWen. #Waste and #Wonder. #GuggenheimBilbao #TheSimpsons #LouisVuitton bit.ly/4ssMoyL
Some of a Good Thing: The Legacy of Frank Gehry
The architect was an apostate, but also completely of his era. Perhaps more important, Gehry was a unicorn, one whose creations are not easily replicated.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Some of a good thing: the legacy of #FrankGehry. A fair and balanced look by #LiWen. #Waste and #Wonder. #GuggenheimBilbao #TheSimpsons #LouisVuitton bit.ly/4ssMoyL
#MayorMamdani has an opportunity to chart a new course. It’s time for a #ComprehensivePlan for New York City that prioritizes people over #RealEstate. @AIA_NewYork @thecity.nyc bit.ly/4bgsBMD
It’s 2026: Time for a Comprehensive Plan for New York City
Mayor Mamdani has the opportunity to finally provide a planning vision that supports residents and social value instead of the real estate industry.
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January 5, 2026 at 1:16 PM
#MayorMamdani has an opportunity to chart a new course. It’s time for a #ComprehensivePlan for New York City that prioritizes people over #RealEstate. @AIA_NewYork @thecity.nyc bit.ly/4bgsBMD
As #DisneyHall showed, #FrankGehry’s Los Angeles was urban, but not #Urbanist #GrandAvenue #TheBroad bit.ly/49i76Zp
As Disney Hall Showed, Frank Gehry’s Los Angeles Was Urban, but Not Urbanist
Grand Avenue in Downtown L.A. should be one of the great streets in the world. Instead, it’s got a bunch of starchitect monuments strung along it.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
As #DisneyHall showed, #FrankGehry’s Los Angeles was urban, but not #Urbanist #GrandAvenue #TheBroad bit.ly/49i76Zp
#DettyDecember: How Lagos’ urban street party is fueling an #EconomicBoom. #Carnival #MardiGras #Octoberfest #Nigeria bit.ly/3KUfqqd
Detty December: How Lagos’ Urban Street Party Is Fueling an Economic Boom
This annual gathering is pumping millions into positive changes for one of Africa’s largest metropolises.
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December 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
#DettyDecember: How Lagos’ urban street party is fueling an #EconomicBoom. #Carnival #MardiGras #Octoberfest #Nigeria bit.ly/3KUfqqd
The overlooked charms and underappreciated glories of #FlyoverCountry #Scanton #StLouis #Kingman #Yuma bit.ly/4jb7YDH
The Overlooked Charms and Underappreciated Glories of “Flyover Country”
Wonderful things can be found in the towns and cities between the coasts—but only if you’re willing to keep your eyes and mind open.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The overlooked charms and underappreciated glories of #FlyoverCountry #Scanton #StLouis #Kingman #Yuma bit.ly/4jb7YDH
You’re not #AntiSocial, but your #Neighborhood might be. #PlaceMatters #CleanSweep #NeighborhoodInvestmentInitiative #BowlingAlone @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social bit.ly/49aCZTD
You’re Not Antisocial, But Your Neighborhood Might Be
When the physical form of a place supports proximity, routine encounters, and a diversity of public life, civic engagement doesn't need to be engineered; it emerges.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
You’re not #AntiSocial, but your #Neighborhood might be. #PlaceMatters #CleanSweep #NeighborhoodInvestmentInitiative #BowlingAlone @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social bit.ly/49aCZTD
Embracing ambiguity and chaos. How #ArchitectureSchool prepared me to teach in #PapuaNewGuinea. #DesignEducation bit.ly/3YumDAi
Embracing Ambiguity and Chaos
How architecture school prepared me to teach in Papua New Guinea.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Embracing ambiguity and chaos. How #ArchitectureSchool prepared me to teach in #PapuaNewGuinea. #DesignEducation bit.ly/3YumDAi
Want to talk like an #Architect? Here’s a handy primer on #Archispeak from #SeanJoyner. #Jargon #RevereTheVoice #EmployThePassingVoice @mcmansionhell.bsky.social bit.ly/3L2aCyY
A Primer on Archispeak
A practical language guide for the aspiring architectural intellectual.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Want to talk like an #Architect? Here’s a handy primer on #Archispeak from #SeanJoyner. #Jargon #RevereTheVoice #EmployThePassingVoice @mcmansionhell.bsky.social bit.ly/3L2aCyY
A #Broadway Bathroom Soliloquy. Terrific essay by #EkeminiEkpo on all things #ADA #ShubertTheatre @AmericanTheater @HowlRound @abilitymag bit.ly/4p6m6Q8
A Broadway Bathroom Soliloquy
For all the good it has done, the ADA has had limited success in correcting a nettlesome part of the theatergoing experience.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A #Broadway Bathroom Soliloquy. Terrific essay by #EkeminiEkpo on all things #ADA #ShubertTheatre @AmericanTheater @HowlRound @abilitymag bit.ly/4p6m6Q8
The Contradictions of #WaltDisneyConcertHall. An amusing tribute to #FrankGehry from a long time critic. #SamHallKaplan bit.ly/3KW7Ivw
The Contradictions of Disney Hall
An architecture critic’s history—professional and personal—with Frank Gehry’s most celebrated Los Angeles building.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The Contradictions of #WaltDisneyConcertHall. An amusing tribute to #FrankGehry from a long time critic. #SamHallKaplan bit.ly/3KW7Ivw
Roberta Brandes Gratz pays tribute to an overlooked #RobertAMStern legacy: #HistoricPreservation #GraceChurch #1883AssociationHomeForRespectableAgedIndigentFemales @nyclandmarks.bsky.social bit.ly/48Q3u0F
Remembering Robert A.M. Stern, Historic Preservationist
The architect didn’t just appreciate New York’s built history; he was also passionate about ensuring the best parts of it were saved for future generations.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Roberta Brandes Gratz pays tribute to an overlooked #RobertAMStern legacy: #HistoricPreservation #GraceChurch #1883AssociationHomeForRespectableAgedIndigentFemales @nyclandmarks.bsky.social bit.ly/48Q3u0F
What #Japan gets right (a partial list). A salute to #JapaneseUrbanism #Tokyo #Kyoto @jrs310310.bsky.social @calplan.bsky.social @planetizen.bsky.social bit.ly/44CIZTV
What Japan Gets Right (A Partial List)
A few things that demonstrate the gulf between the island nation’s philosophy of how cities should work and America’s.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
What #Japan gets right (a partial list). A salute to #JapaneseUrbanism #Tokyo #Kyoto @jrs310310.bsky.social @calplan.bsky.social @planetizen.bsky.social bit.ly/44CIZTV
My semester with #FrankGehry. A great tribute to the ultimate #NonConformist #UCLASchoolOfArchitecture bit.ly/3XH85Nl
My Semester With Frank Gehry
In a profession that claims to celebrate nonconformity, he was a true iconoclast.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
My semester with #FrankGehry. A great tribute to the ultimate #NonConformist #UCLASchoolOfArchitecture bit.ly/3XH85Nl
The twilight of the #Starchitect? Are #Influencers killing the #CelebrityDesigner? #RobertAMStern bit.ly/48vYkXs
The Twilight of the Starchitect
The broad cultural impact of architects like Robert A.M. Stern is waning. Are influencers killing the celebrity designer?
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December 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The twilight of the #Starchitect? Are #Influencers killing the #CelebrityDesigner? #RobertAMStern bit.ly/48vYkXs
No more #AtlanticYards! “Best and highest use” cannot be the only criterion for NYC #RealEstateDevelopment! #SocialValue #CommunityBenefits bit.ly/48vqnX1
No More Atlantic Yards!
Can Mayor Mamdani embrace “social value” in New York City real estate?
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December 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
No more #AtlanticYards! “Best and highest use” cannot be the only criterion for NYC #RealEstateDevelopment! #SocialValue #CommunityBenefits bit.ly/48vqnX1
Beautiful essay by @szacks.bsky.social on moving to #MexicoCity and navigating the streets there. #ConPermiso #PublicSpace commonedge.org/con-permiso-...
Con Permiso: Learning to Navigate Public Space in Mexico City
Social graciousness when paths cross is fundamental to this city.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Beautiful essay by @szacks.bsky.social on moving to #MexicoCity and navigating the streets there. #ConPermiso #PublicSpace commonedge.org/con-permiso-...
The US Department of Education has reclassified #Architects as #NonProfessionals. This will limit access to #StudentLoans, especially for the less-affluent. @AIANational @NCARB bit.ly/4ojCtZ4
The Department of Education Has Classified Architects as “Non-Professional.” Why This Matters.
The action is likely to reduce access to student loans, which will limit who chooses to pursue architecture.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The US Department of Education has reclassified #Architects as #NonProfessionals. This will limit access to #StudentLoans, especially for the less-affluent. @AIANational @NCARB bit.ly/4ojCtZ4
Raving amid the ruins. A salute to #90sRaves: Using the #DanceParty as a tool for dreaming up a new #UrbanFuture. #MinnesotaHistoricalSociety bit.ly/4p3RfEs
Raving Amid the Ruins
Using the underground dance party milieu as a tool for dreaming up and building a new urban future.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Raving amid the ruins. A salute to #90sRaves: Using the #DanceParty as a tool for dreaming up a new #UrbanFuture. #MinnesotaHistoricalSociety bit.ly/4p3RfEs
@FlaglerCollege invests in its #History. Mark Hewitt on the magnificent restoration of the #PonceDeLeonHotel in @CityStAug #Carrère&Hastings bit.ly/4r2lDjT
Flagler College Invests in Its History
The restoration and adaptation of the Ponce de Leon Hotel is an achievement that can, and should, be replicated.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
@FlaglerCollege invests in its #History. Mark Hewitt on the magnificent restoration of the #PonceDeLeonHotel in @CityStAug #Carrère&Hastings bit.ly/4r2lDjT
Looking for Signs: #Zohran, Good Risks and #SewerSocialism. Great essay by #Isaac MacDonald. #Milwaukee bit.ly/4pextFS
Looking for Signs: Zohran, Good Risks, and Sewer Socialism
Mamdani’s message: We don’t have to choose between moral clarity and municipal competence.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Looking for Signs: #Zohran, Good Risks and #SewerSocialism. Great essay by #Isaac MacDonald. #Milwaukee bit.ly/4pextFS
ICYMI: With #Mamdani’s #FareFreeBuses, #TransitStops in NYC should become vital #SocialSpaces. #DavidBurney #MariumNaveed bit.ly/4qWFFMU
Transit Stops Can Be Vital Places in New York City’s Social Life
As NYC prepares for Mayor Mamdani’s free buses, officials have a chance to rethink some of the city’s most common public spaces.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
ICYMI: With #Mamdani’s #FareFreeBuses, #TransitStops in NYC should become vital #SocialSpaces. #DavidBurney #MariumNaveed bit.ly/4qWFFMU
#LosAngeles and the #DensityParadox. Why we must reclaim land from #Cars. #GerhardMayer bit.ly/4oyvPyX
Los Angeles and the Density Paradox
The city is already overloaded with cars, yet it lacks the density needed for transit to work effectively. Moving beyond this stalemate is essential.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
#LosAngeles and the #DensityParadox. Why we must reclaim land from #Cars. #GerhardMayer bit.ly/4oyvPyX
Great talk with #CarolBebelle: #NewOrleans and the power of the #CreativeEconomy. #CountingOurBlessings bit.ly/489lgww
The City of New Orleans and the Power of the Creative Economy
A talk with Carol Bebelle, editor of the new book Counting Our Blessings: New Orleans Stories 20 Years After Katrina.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Great talk with #CarolBebelle: #NewOrleans and the power of the #CreativeEconomy. #CountingOurBlessings bit.ly/489lgww
With #Mamdani’s #FareFreeBuses, #TransitStops in NYC should become vital #SocialSpaces. #DaivdBurney #MariumNaveed @nyc.streetsblog.org @strongtowns.org bit.ly/4qWFFMU
Transit Stops Can Be Vital Places in New York City’s Social Life
As NYC prepares for Mayor Mamdani’s free buses, officials have a chance to rethink some of the city’s most common public spaces.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
With #Mamdani’s #FareFreeBuses, #TransitStops in NYC should become vital #SocialSpaces. #DaivdBurney #MariumNaveed @nyc.streetsblog.org @strongtowns.org bit.ly/4qWFFMU