The Literal City
28 November 2011 | Hidden City Daily
A simplistic interpretation of history is dumbing down our architecture and making Philadelphia seem a whole lot less interesting than it really is.
Posts tagged with “Septa”
Surely You Jest
13 March 2009 | Philly Skyline
I’ve been reading D.T. Max’s profile of the late novelist David Foster Wallace, which appeared in last week’s New Yorker. Wallace apparently struggled — in his writing and in his life — to come to terms with what felt to him like an increasingly vapid and seemingly inane American way of life.
“This Is Not Pie In The Sky”
29 April 2008 | Philly Skyline
It isn’t history that has excited him. Rather Hague seems inspired imagining a future for Nicetown and Lower Germantown. “There is a lot of opportunity here,” he says then pauses. “And a lot of opportunity for missed opportunity.”
Non-Performance Clause
10 April 2008 | Philly Skyline
Once buildings start performing, we’re going to have to ask our cities to do so too. A city that functions provides shelter, transportation, common ground for the production of culture and commerce. A city that performs also wows us, inspires, entertains, dazzles, and raises the specter of our consciousness.
“It Really Could Be Something”
15 February 2008 | Philly Skyline
“Sabes, how do you stem the tide? You like it here, you want to come eat in our restaurants, buy up our stores, go for it. You want to come live here? No.”