construction material and labor pricing is up enormously BUT I think we’d also be able to build remarkable things with today’s budgets if we didn’t have to include HVAC and sprinklers and designed according to early 20th century electrical and plumbing standards
William H. Whyte would have loved this
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/d...
the Washington Post ran a piece on Zwiesel Fortessa’s Jupiter glassware series, crediting them as the originator of the style when they’re very obviously copying Iittala’s Kastehelmi series, designed by Oiva Toikka and first produced in 1964, reintroduced in 2010 and quite popular
to be fair this is someone who’s spent decades repackaging the the original creative output of others under his name, he’d understand the appeal of the technology better than most
one of many perfect two line exchanges in Jacques Tourneur’s noir Out of the Past (1947) with Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer
seems like the simple answer here is “the AI slop food images are LESS off-putting than they food they’re turning out”
rendering vs. reality, sucks so bad that glass, shear walls, and cantilevers have real physical properties
used to think El Greco painted crazy then I went to Toledo and it just looks like that
I do, but I mean a crosswalk
“Writing about accolades given to Providence- and Portland-based chefs and restaurants is the closest Boston publications will come to writing about national achievements in food.”
www.richardeaglespoon.com/blog/boston
Toledo Cathedral, 13th-15th century, really magnificent Spanish Gothic with some French roots and Mudéjar aspects, a shame the anteroom of the chapterhouse was closed but it’s still an embarrassment of riches
however, in this particular example, “my AI project landed me in the psych ward” is a follow up to “my metaverse startup landed me in the psych ward”
joinreboot.org/p/the-suicid...
100% of AI psychosis cases would cease immediately if models didn’t validate/compliment their users
for all the bullshit that living in DC currently entails, our collection of free museums have long been the greatest interface between the federal city and local residents - an incredible resource in both quantity and quality
León Cathedral, Spanish Gothic with a very French accent, 13th-15th century
IG ad algorithm has really figured out what I’ll click
remember when they blew the budget on CareFirst Arena so it would be able to host all kinds of events? There’s currently only one non-sports event listed on the entire schedule and it’s *sponsored by Events DC*
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/3249...
there’s a certain code term you can look for in local development projects that signals performance falling far short of projections and that term is “Events DC”
the cemetery might be my favorite in Europe? All the overblown moody excellence of Italian 19th and 20th century figurative sculpture set in a city of the dead, echoing the urban language of Bologna, uncrowded but not unloved. Lunch after at Trattoria Bertozzi, far enough out to be quietly great.
what a journey, the porticoes built to protect the annual procession carrying the statue of the Virgin Mary to the cathedral and back
this is a really special path - I recommend taking a cab and starting at the church at the top, walking down to the end and continuing to the equally remarkable Certosa di Bologna, a porticoed city of a cemetery
all I want is this week’s log of Florsheim’s social media team slack channel
2023: noma is closing
2024: no it isn’t
a reminder that Redzepi is not a credible source when he makes announcements about the future of his restaurant and his role there
AP Design House creates "relaxed, lived-in" taverna in Sydney
oh for sure super relaxed, super lived-in
a vision to demolish a 2019 RSHP-designed museum to make room for new museums gives away the neoclassical game
reaching 500k doors in DC seems like a very ambitious goal when the city only has 368,736 housing units (based on 2024 Census Bureau info)
fought it tooth and nail but they’re about to realize it was the best business development money they ever spent
Tulip Troubles Persist This Morning as Massive Interest Overwhelms Tulip Day’s Registration Website
mcconaughey with a Dutch clay pipe
cocktails at Monsieur and dinner at Lord’s
some panels at the 44th Annual Medieval Studies Conference at Fordham