Gotham, Metropolis, The Big Apple…

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Winston Smith

A quote from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald “Over the great bridge, with the sunlight through the girders making a constant flicker upon the moving cars, with the Continue Reading →

Weekend 372.1

Posted on August 6, 2016 by Winston Smith

“So the little prince, in spite of all the good will that was inseparable from his love, had soon come to doubt her. He had taken seriously words which were Continue Reading →

Weekend 361.1 (…my green, my fluent mundo)

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Winston Smith

(1) A quote from Before Tomorrowland by Jeff Jensen, Jonathan Case, Damon Lindelof, and Brad Bird: “The cloaked Plus Ultra zeppelin, still visible in his alternate spectrums, hovered over the Continue Reading →

Weekend 361.0 (Per inoequalem motum respect totes)

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Winston Smith

“Let us apply ourselves energetically in the present life, and hope in the future. Now is the time for the painful struggle; then will come the recompense.” – Saint Augustine Continue Reading →

Weekend 357.0

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Winston Smith

(1) The limestone reading queue: (a) 1946 by Victor Sebestyen (b) Robert Moses: The Master Builders of New York City by Pierre Christin and Olivier Balez (c) Before Tomorrowland by Continue Reading →

Weekend 356.0 (…the moon belongs to everyone -or- the man with the mini orchestra)

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Winston Smith

“cuius regio, eius religio” (1) Garry Kasparov: Hey, Bernie, Don’t Lecture Me About Socialism. I Lived Through It. (The Daily Beast) “A society that relies too heavily on redistributing wealth Continue Reading →

Weekend 345.0

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Winston Smith

(1) A quote from In Unfamiliar England by Thos D. Murphy: “There is not much left of the abbey. Henry VIII., with characteristic thrift, floated the stone down the river Continue Reading →

Weekend 343.1

Posted on September 6, 2015 by Winston Smith

(1) On September 13, You Can Ride the 7 Train to Hudson Yards (2) ÖBB Headquarters / INNOCAD Architecture (ArchDaily) (3) More quotes from The Heart of our Cities by Continue Reading →

Weekend 341.0 (Project X)

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Winston Smith

What do you do with several gigs of photos from various trips to Walt Disney World and a bevy of books on the same subject? How about a project that Continue Reading →

Subcityscape

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Winston Smith

A Gruen inspired renaissance? (1) The Mall Rises Again: How to breathe new life into America’s much-maligned indoor shopping centers. (City-Journal) (2) A related quote from Walt Disney: The Triumph Continue Reading →

Limestone Roof

Our history now descends from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust.

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