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April 15, 2005
City & Suburb Energies
Two great entries in the blogsphere...
--> People who live in cities use half as much energy as suburbanites.
--> If it were a state, New York City would rank 51st in energy use per capita.
| via Veritas et Venustas
And over at Starts and Fits, skyscrapers and efficiency.
So yes, while it may not be alright to condemn the suburbs strictly in terms of the experiencial/aesthetic, how elitist, I can surely flip the bird when it comes down to consumption (feeding right into leadership and foreign policy). So, a heavy pluck you to all the suburban leaches out there who are unabashadly sucking our planets last reserves, and painting the sky black.
Back in the hometown, the Walker Art Center addition (Herzog & de Meuron) gets a nice review in the New York Times. "Anchored by an aluminum-clad tower, the addition is a masterly example of how exhausted motifs can acquire new meaning when reworked in a fresh setting."
Daily Dose's coverage of the Walker opening...
Posted by jmarston at April 15, 2005 10:34 AM