We have a new president. As a person of mixed-race today quite special for me, as it was for most Americans, regardless of their ethnic-identity. There is not a lot for me to to add to the chatter about our new Commander-in-Chief. I am hardly qualified to be a political pundit so I won’t even [...]
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National Mall Photo: Inauguration 2009
Posted in Architecture, Government, architectural history, memorials, politics, tagged 2009, DC, history, Inaguration, memorials, monuments, national building museum, obama, photos, politics, urban planning, Washington DC on January 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Posted in Architecture, Government, Modern Architecture, architectural history, memorials, politics, tagged Government, memorials, New York, NYC, world trade center on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The American Architectural Foundation is donating a giant architectural model of the World Trade Center to the museum that now resides at ground zero.
The massive 7-foot, gleaming towers were used to pitch architect Minoru Yamasaki’s design for the site. The foundation brought in a restoration team to spiff-up the model which was, of course, [...]
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