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    Boston Government Center Walking Tour: Urban Renewal and its Legacies

    Saturday, November 18, 20232:00pm - 3:30pm Corner of Cambridge and Bowdoin St This tour will this visit this focal point of Boston to consider how urban redevelopment of the 1960s played out here and its legacies for today. Twenty-first century redevelopment is transforming this area rapidly...
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    2023 Pritzker Prize - Sir David Alan Chipperfield

    About damn time… More projects & photos.
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    Richard Rogers, 1933-2021

    The bard of High-Tech Expressionism has set down his pen…
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    Alex Ross on Richard Neutra

    What happens when one of our most perceptive music journalists decides to write about architecture? Find out here…
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    Just for Laughs: Architecture, Urbanism, and Historic Preservation in the Age of Trumpian Kleptocracy

    Two quick hits: https://www.archpaper.com/2020/11/petition-calls-for-four-seasons-total-landscaping-national-register-of-historic-places/ https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/12/21/trump-wants-the-president-to-be-notified-if-the-government-constructs-a-brutalist-building/?fbclid=IwAR2zuRxUqmbwOEiE6-
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    Neuroscience & Modernism

    Of internet...
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    Yet another Virtual Public Hearing on the Charles F. Hurley Building

    Join Us for a Virtual Public Hearing December 17, 2020 at 6:30 PM The Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) intends to submit a Project Proposal to the Asset Management Board for the redevelopment of the Charles F. Hurley Building. We will host a virtual public...
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    Virtual public meeting to discuss the redevelopment of the Charles F. Hurley Building

    The Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) is hosting a virtual public meeting on Thursday, November 19, at 6:30 PM to discuss the redevelopment of the Charles F. Hurley Building at 19 Staniford Street in Downtown Boston. This public meeting will allow you to provide input...
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    RIP Michael McKinnell

    I learned the sad news of his passing yesterday evening, while watching a rebroadcast of Wagner’s Die Götterdämmurung. Seems oddly appropriate.
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    HISTORIC RESOURCES: BOSTON GOVERNMENT SERVICES CENTER—HISTORY IN THE UNMAKING

    February 13, 2020 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM BSA Space 290 Congress Street Boston, MA The Boston Government Services Center is especially well known for its associations with Paul Rudolph and Edward Logue and its assertive role in the later stages of Boston’s Government Center development, which had...
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    350 Boylston Street Public Meeting

    Oct 07, 2019 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Contact Name: Raul Duverge Contact Email Address: Raul.Duverge@Boston.gov Contact Phone: 617.918.4492 Type: Public Meeting Location: Boston Public Library- Central Branch McKim Conference Room B (Lower Level) 700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116 Description...
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    Notre Dame de Paris

    For some of us, this is a bit like the Kennedy Assassination... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47941794 https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/notre-dame-fire/index.html
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    2019 Pritzker Prize - Arata Isozaki

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyFNW4-a80M Isozaki began his career in the offices of fellow Pritzker Laureate Kenzo Tange.
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    RIP Kevin Roche

    Another great one has left the planet.
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    What's everyone drinking...?

    A combination of boredom and deep curiosity has inspired me to start this thread. We're a fairly discerning lot here, so I imagined this to be fertile ground for conversation and learning. If you'll pardon the pun, the spirit here is similar to this thread. I'm a brown liquor person, single...
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    Celebrating 50 Years of Boston City Hall

    Join Mayor Martin J. Walsh in celebrating Boston City Hall’s 50th birthday at an afternoon reception with building architect, Michael McKinnell. February 2019 marks the 50th anniversary since Boston City Hall’s first dedication ceremony took place. To celebrate this milestone, Mayor Walsh...
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    Sumner Tunnel Entrance Reconstruction and Toll Plaza Demolition Project Update

    MassDOT will host a Sumner Tunnel Entrance Reconstruction and Toll Plaza Demolition Project Update Meeting to provide information about the advancing construction at the tunnel entrance and former toll plaza resulting from the elimination of toll booths. Link
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    Happy 100th Birthday, Paul Rudolph!

    Another true giant of Modernism reaches the century mark. Given the often contentious nature of his vision and artistry, I say don't hate -- celebrate... > Paul Rudolph Foundation > Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation

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