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I am writing a book that explains why Washington DC is the way it is: leafy, monumental, and segregated. I am also a licensed architect.

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Bridge? We’re selling the whole borough. What a bargain!

06.03.2026 23:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Didn’t surprise me at all, he hated birth control

06.03.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Neoliberalism of Robert A.M. Stern The passing of postmodern architecture’s last living holdout marks the end of an eraβ€”and reminds us that we’re in a new, worse one.

β€œIt is impolite to speak ill of the dead, but the times in which the dead were living and working are fair game.”

06.03.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

James Kunstler is finally getting the oil crisis he always wanted.

06.03.2026 23:07 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

It’s to see if you are paying attention

06.03.2026 22:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

how it feels taking public transit rn

06.03.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 1852 πŸ” 339 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 29

Of course if they didn’t hate her they’d be spending time here.

06.03.2026 17:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My impression is that this is still pretty early in DD down there, and it’s not a priority. I suspect all resources at SBA are focused on footing to grade and facade

06.03.2026 17:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

At least some of those will be the First Lady’s offices

06.03.2026 17:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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FBI relocation forcing National Children's Museum out of the Reagan Building - Washington Business Journal It's official: With the FBI taking over the Reagan Building, the National Children's Museum will be forced out.

Moving the FBI into the former USAID building means kicking the National Children’s Museum out:

06.03.2026 17:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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A hearing on Trump’s ballroom gets heated Speakers weighing in during a marathon session yesterday included architects, preservationists, and a Labrador retriever from New Orleans named Willie; β€œIf you want to sue me, I’ll see you in court”

Good summary of yesterday's meeting from @hawthorne.bsky.social

06.03.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm loving the rebirth of classical symmetry and order.

06.03.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
plans of the Epstein Ballroom

plans of the Epstein Ballroom

The CFA has released its letter on the Epstein Ballroom. It's 100% glaze and I have never seen anything like it.

Here are the floorplans.
www.cfa.gov/records-rese...

06.03.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Another option is that this is a manifestation of the increasing Catholic cultural domination of conservatism, particularly among the young and politically active. The main woman behind Evie magazine is apparently Catholic. While not all Catholics would approve the Evie issue by any means, I think it's fair to say that such a thing would be much less acceptable in the evangelical world.
Whatever the case, this sort of thing is certainly a new development in the conservative landscape.
I can't help but compare the reactions to this to those of a pinup calendar aimed at conservative dads. This spawned major blowback. It would be interesting to track those who rejected this calendar vs. those who rejected Evie. I checked one of the bigger names quoted in the anti-calendar article, and she did not say anything about the Evie issue that I could find.

Another option is that this is a manifestation of the increasing Catholic cultural domination of conservatism, particularly among the young and politically active. The main woman behind Evie magazine is apparently Catholic. While not all Catholics would approve the Evie issue by any means, I think it's fair to say that such a thing would be much less acceptable in the evangelical world. Whatever the case, this sort of thing is certainly a new development in the conservative landscape. I can't help but compare the reactions to this to those of a pinup calendar aimed at conservative dads. This spawned major blowback. It would be interesting to track those who rejected this calendar vs. those who rejected Evie. I checked one of the bigger names quoted in the anti-calendar article, and she did not say anything about the Evie issue that I could find.

In a recent newsletter, he insinuated that the absence of evangelical cultural figures is letting the fairer sex be mislead by Libidinous Papists.

06.03.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do this in Tulum and it's classy. Do this Milwaukee and... oh, no I do understand.

06.03.2026 15:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Look, roll up your windows when you take I-90 through Gary or you'll hallucinate insane stuff like "Northwestern University."

06.03.2026 15:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
06.03.2026 15:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Nice try but you won't convince me Chicago is real.

06.03.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's called "Sybaris?" Damn, our horndogs used to be so literate.

06.03.2026 15:20 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing says β€œgets things done” like not showing up to campaign events.

06.03.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Never heard of her

06.03.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe 2,400 for the World War I memorial but 2,393 of those were from Charles Birnbaum.

06.03.2026 01:56 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

32,000 comments for a single NCPC presentation really is absurd. I think the Eisenhower Memorial never cracked 50.

06.03.2026 01:54 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It looks like the side of the portico to me.

It does look like it terminates behind a vehicular gate. Want to make some veteran do that?

05.03.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The van loading area?

05.03.2026 23:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hmm yeah, where do you see the ADA spaces?

05.03.2026 23:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Genocidal, honestly

05.03.2026 23:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I doubt we’ll see the detailing. Ordinarily on a project of this importance we would get that in a third or fourth CFA meeting. But they just voted for final approval on the fly so we have to hope for a data accident

05.03.2026 23:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Zoom in on the colonnade

05.03.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know how close it is to construction, but it is interesting to see very thin stone wrapping the wide flange columns. What is shown is plausible but based and trad it is not.

05.03.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0