et après ça, la ville

Plying from Nought to Nought
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« It is a new and bracing way to write about architecture. Kimmelman seems to care very little for these games and would rather focus on whether or not that peg fits into the hole into which it has been placed, something that really does not happen enough. The only problem is it can lead to articles that read quite a lot alike. »
Tags: Michael Kimmelman architecture architecture criticism
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« Meanwhile infrastructural crises that affect millions of people a day drag on, among them our abysmal airports ; noisy, erratic subways ; lack of high-speed rail ; and Penn Station. No other great city in the world would abide a station like it. »
Tags: Michael Kimmelman nyc penn station infrastructure
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« The best public spaces encourage diverse urban experiences, from people watching to protesting, daydreaming to handball, eating, reading and sunbathing to strolling and snoozing. Witness the High Line. »

I love the High Line even if it’s just another scenester New York rip-off of a Parisian idea, but it doesn’t exactly facilitate what I’d call “diverse urban experiences”.
Tags: high line landscape michael kimmelman occupy the high line public space paysage