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Buildings: The Section, Eva Hagberg

Finding Portland While Back in New York

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On Charlie Gwathmey: Legacy and Demise, an Exchange

Posted 2 years, 9 months ago

Yesterday, when I heard that Charles Gwathmey, modernist master and member of the New York Five, had died, I was struck first with a sense of historical loss, and second with the odd feeling that I should have more of a sense of what this meant than I did. Thankfully, the Faster Times is a…

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How Portland Turns You Green

Posted 2 years, 10 months ago

I landed in Portland at 8:45 Monday evening. By 5pm yesterday, I was picking spinach, chard, and lettuce out of a neighbor’s yard and transporting it home by bike. By 8:45pm last night, I was buying bulk muesli at the local Whole Feeds and taking it home in a backpack, no plastic in sight….

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Smoking My Architectural Gateway Drug: Philip Johnson’s Glass House

Posted 2 years, 10 months ago

When I was twelve and living in Canada, my brother and my stepfather and I would Three Musketeers ourselves to the Edmonton Public Library every weekend that we spent together. We’d split off–David to the epic children’s books, my stepfather to the philosophy section, me to either the most…

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