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For @archpaper.com I helped gather recollections/reactions to actions by @vox.com that took @curbed.com archives off the site. Thoughts on media today, urban history & memory by @langealexandra.bsky.social @katewagner.wehwalt.net @latrace.bsky.social @dianabudds.bsky.social @awalkerinla.bsky.social
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February 13, 2026 at 8:15 PM
For @archpaper.com I helped gather recollections/reactions to actions by @vox.com that took @curbed.com archives off the site. Thoughts on media today, urban history & memory by @langealexandra.bsky.social @katewagner.wehwalt.net @latrace.bsky.social @dianabudds.bsky.social @awalkerinla.bsky.social
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I feel the same about architecture criticism -- it needs to be out there in the mix. And, frankly, much of it these days could easily be in Metro, Opinion, Climate, Ideas ...
"There are still plenty of places to read about literature, many of them excellent.... But they are produced for an audience that already knows it cares about literature. The books section of a newspaper plays an altogether different role. It does not cater to aficionados; it seeks new recruits."
Becca Rothfeld, a former critic at the Washington Post, on the death of the paper’s books section. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/zmzLbN
February 12, 2026 at 6:13 PM
I feel the same about architecture criticism -- it needs to be out there in the mix. And, frankly, much of it these days could easily be in Metro, Opinion, Climate, Ideas ...
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The winner of the National Portrait Gallery's triennial portrait contest paints a picture of New York in the 1960s and 70s that feels terribly similar to Minneapolis in the 2020s. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Column | An award-winning portrait asks Americans, ‘Who is human?’
The winner of the National Portrait Gallery’s prestigious portraiture competition paints a disturbing picture of America.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:50 PM
The winner of the National Portrait Gallery's triennial portrait contest paints a picture of New York in the 1960s and 70s that feels terribly similar to Minneapolis in the 2020s. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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Plans to demolish DC’s Brutalist Forestal Building (home to the DoE) r/brutalism
January 24, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Plans to demolish DC’s Brutalist Forestal Building (home to the DoE) r/brutalism
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Nov 7, 1963: Designed by Welton Becket & Associates, the Cinerama Dome opened #onthisday in 1963 with the premiere of "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World." losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/cine... #LosAngeles
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Nov 7, 1963: Designed by Welton Becket & Associates, the Cinerama Dome opened #onthisday in 1963 with the premiere of "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World." losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/cine... #LosAngeles
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ICYMI: "Is there still hope for the Cinerama Dome? New permit request filed with city of L.A." -> www.latimes.com/california/n...
The Cinerama Dome closed during the pandemic. Will it reopen soon?
Your morning catch-up: Prop. 50 passes, new permitting suggests Cinerama Dome will reopen soon, and more big stories.
www.latimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
ICYMI: "Is there still hope for the Cinerama Dome? New permit request filed with city of L.A." -> www.latimes.com/california/n...
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When I got the chance to write this article, I wanted scholarship that put the preservation of the White House in context. I see three themes in the story:
1. Reification of expertise
2. Growth of executive power
3. Use of DC as a testing ground
(thread) 🗃️
1. Reification of expertise
2. Growth of executive power
3. Use of DC as a testing ground
(thread) 🗃️
White House Architecture Was an Honor System. Trump Noticed.
For 125 years, informal norms constrained what a president could do to one of the nation’s most famous landmarks.
www.theatlantic.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
When I got the chance to write this article, I wanted scholarship that put the preservation of the White House in context. I see three themes in the story:
1. Reification of expertise
2. Growth of executive power
3. Use of DC as a testing ground
(thread) 🗃️
1. Reification of expertise
2. Growth of executive power
3. Use of DC as a testing ground
(thread) 🗃️
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👏 Congrats to Gund Hall! Docomomo US—a non-profit organization dedicated to the documentation and conservation of works of the twentieth-century modern movement—announced Gund as the recipient of the 2025 Modernism in America Award for excellence in civic design.
https://hgsd.us/4q4AOsw
https://hgsd.us/4q4AOsw
Gund Hall Receives 2025 Modernism in America Award From DOCOMOMO US
Harvard Graduate School of Design's Gund Hall announced as a winner of the 2025 Modernism in America Award of Excellence by Docomomo US.
hgsd.us
October 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
👏 Congrats to Gund Hall! Docomomo US—a non-profit organization dedicated to the documentation and conservation of works of the twentieth-century modern movement—announced Gund as the recipient of the 2025 Modernism in America Award for excellence in civic design.
https://hgsd.us/4q4AOsw
https://hgsd.us/4q4AOsw
Jason Long of OMA & Hallie Boyce of OLIN present the 11th Street Bridge Park
September 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Jason Long of OMA & Hallie Boyce of OLIN present the 11th Street Bridge Park
Baz Luhrmann's The Brutalist
Richard Linklater’s Inception
Michael Bay's Koyaanisqatsi
September 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Baz Luhrmann's The Brutalist
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Time to Grow The 51st
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August 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Now through this weekend, I'll donate $1 to @51st.news for each:
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The further away from cities people moved the greater their desire to interiorize urban amenities within the house. empty space became a signifier of wealth, the list goes on and on but you’ll have to buy my book when it comes out at the end of next year
July 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The further away from cities people moved the greater their desire to interiorize urban amenities within the house. empty space became a signifier of wealth, the list goes on and on but you’ll have to buy my book when it comes out at the end of next year
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For my own part, to all the man architectural historians out there: You can read The Design of Childhood yourself, it is not just your wife who will be interested!
July 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
For my own part, to all the man architectural historians out there: You can read The Design of Childhood yourself, it is not just your wife who will be interested!
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How bipartisan support for public media unraveled in the Trump era -- my analysis for NPR.
www.npr.org/2025/07/18/n...
www.npr.org/2025/07/18/n...
How bipartisan support for public media unraveled in the Trump era
"It will test every single shred of creativity we have to continue to try to serve our mission," says one public media executive, as Congress ends federal funding for public broadcasting.
www.npr.org
July 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
How bipartisan support for public media unraveled in the Trump era -- my analysis for NPR.
www.npr.org/2025/07/18/n...
www.npr.org/2025/07/18/n...
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🏆 Big award news this morning: Eduardo Souto de Moura has won the 2025 Praemium Imperiale for Architecture. The Pritzker laureate is celebrated for his lasting impact on global and Portuguese architecture.
archinect.com/news/a...
#PraemiumImperiale
archinect.com/news/a...
#PraemiumImperiale
July 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🏆 Big award news this morning: Eduardo Souto de Moura has won the 2025 Praemium Imperiale for Architecture. The Pritzker laureate is celebrated for his lasting impact on global and Portuguese architecture.
archinect.com/news/a...
#PraemiumImperiale
archinect.com/news/a...
#PraemiumImperiale
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Help us hire Martin Austermuhle!
The 51st is growing — but we can’t do it without you.
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July 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I've been very lucky that the folks at @51st.news have let me start reporting again, but this small-yet-mighty outlet has big ambitions: including hiring me full-time. We'd love it if you'd help support independent local journalism in D.C.! (And thank you a million billion times. Really.)
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"I quickly noticed that the punches in my ticket were never circular holes. Instead, they were abstract squiggles like the ones in the ticket shown above. I’d study these tiny glyphs while sitting in my train seat, trying to discern if there was any rhyme or reason to them."
A Close Look at Ticket-Punch Shapes
A teeny-tiny design niche with a near-endless range of possibilities. Plus a new Inconspicuous News Roundup, and more.
www.inconspicuous.info
July 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"I quickly noticed that the punches in my ticket were never circular holes. Instead, they were abstract squiggles like the ones in the ticket shown above. I’d study these tiny glyphs while sitting in my train seat, trying to discern if there was any rhyme or reason to them."
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When full borrowing costs are counted, the House budget would add about $3.4 trillion to the federal debt despite safety-net cuts, according to the CBO. 🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
House Policy Bill Would Add $3.4 Trillion to Debt, Swamping Economic Gains
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
When full borrowing costs are counted, the House budget would add about $3.4 trillion to the federal debt despite safety-net cuts, according to the CBO. 🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
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Such an important story from @bencasselman.bsky.social correcting common fallacies about the China Shock www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/b...
The ‘China Shock’ Offers a Lesson. It Isn’t the One Trump Has Learned.
Economists say the U.S. manufacturing decline in recent decades was not mainly about free trade, but about the pace of change without time to adjust.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Such an important story from @bencasselman.bsky.social correcting common fallacies about the China Shock www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/b...
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