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Karachi, Pakistan, as a microcosm for the 21st century city
Rome dominated the ancient world. Paris starred as the cultural diva of the 1800s. And New York soared as the steel-and-glass incarnation of the American Century.
So what metropolis best defines our restless, rickety present age — Shanghai; Mumbai,...Tags: Asif Ali Zardari, NPR, India, Defense, World War II (1939-1945)
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Reading L.A.: Richard G. Lillard on the growth machine and its discontents
Culture MonsterNew essay in Reading L.A. series by architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne, this one on the book Eden in Jeopardy by Richard G. Lillard, a book on architecture, the environment, ecology and growth in Los Angeles and Southern California.... -
Reading L.A.: Introducing a yearlong project
Culture MonsterLos Angeles, with its car-dominated landscape and unusually dense brand of sprawl, can be a slippery place to get a handle on. As the architect Charles Moore put it in the introduction to "The City Observed: Los Angeles," the 1984...... -
The road more traveled
"Autophobia" is one of those concepts that carries a useful double meaning. As Brian Ladd defines it early in this brisk analysis of cars and car culture, it's "an obscure psychiatric diagnosis of 'fear of oneself.' " But, if bent just a little, it can...Tags: Transportation, Road Transportation, Ford, Science and Technology, Pete Townshend
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'The Death and Life of the Great American School System' by Diane Ravitch
The Death and Life of the Great American School System
How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
Diane Ravitch
Basic Books: 284 pp., $26.95
Diane Ravitch, probably this nation's most respected historian of education and long one of our most...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Charity, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Learning Disability, Heads of State
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Planning the next L.A.
Culture MonsterThe late urban planning legend Jane Jacobs was skeptical of Los Angeles because it violated one of her central tenets: that a city be made of vibrant neighborhoods linked by public transportation. Our lovely sprawl is stocked with colorful neighborhoods,.... -
Theater review: 'The Wake' at the Kirk Douglas Theatre
Culture MonsterHuffington Post, meet Ellen, the liberal protagonist of Lisa Kron’s “The Wake.” If ever there was a character in need of a blog it’s this one, a freelance intellectual so obsessed with her own political musings she can’t stand to...... -
Where Modernism hit an Art Deco wall
Sociologist NATHAN GLAZER is the author of "From a Cause to a Style: Modernist Architecture's Encounter with the American City," to be published in April.THE AMERICAN Institute of Architects recently asked a national sample to judge American buildings, monuments and other structures. Each participant in the survey rated some of the 247 buildings nominated by the institute, and the scores were tallied...Tags: Education, Death, Charles, Prince of Wales, Rem Koolhaas, Thomas Jefferson
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Hartford Neighborhoods Offer Tours, Events On Saturday
The Hartford CourantIn an effort to promote the West End and Asylum Hill neighborhoods, several city organizations will hold activities Saturday designed to draw visitors and spark interaction among residents. At 7 a.m., more than a dozen landscape architects and...Tags: Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Connecticut Historical Society, The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., Tourism and Leisure, Travel
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The Life of a City: A new documentary looks to urban planning to solve tomorrow's problems
If you're optimistic about our chances of tackling the big challenges facing humanity in the 21st century — poverty, overpopulation, the environment, the fair allocation of political power — then you're likely to feel good about the state of...Tags: Politics, Documentary (genre), Architecture, Rem Koolhaas, Architecture
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Hartford Community News: Teen Science Program A Hit; Pope Park Cleanup Needs Volunteers
It's been a hectic couple of weeks. And unfortunately some worthy community news has fallen through the cracks. Here's my attempt at making amends. The Connecticut Science Center launched its Teen Science Ambassador Program, a competitive program...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Education, Politics, Restaurants, Science and Technology
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