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New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · 2d

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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 3d

New rule, all literary readings should feel like union rallies.

Thanks to @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social and all the architects, advocates, policymakers, and impacted families who shared their stories with me. (No thanks to Spencer Pratt.) LARA #2 available soon at nyra.nyc

It’s me wearing a leopard print jumpsuit standing on top of a very tall ladder reading from a newsprint publication to a large group of people in what looks like a factory

A closeup of me wearing that leopard print jumpsuit holding a microphone and reading from a newsprint publication on top of a tall ladder with a cluster of lighting fixtures behind me

Me standing with four other women at the same event but now on the ground: Jia Yi Gu, Joanne McNeill, Chelsea Kirk and Mimi Zeiger, and Chelsea is holding a copy of the Los Angeles Review of architecture showing an illustration of two rats in the iconic Julius Shulman photo of the Stahl House looking out over LA

A page from the publication impaled on a hook from the ceiling. The text reads Angeles Ashes
Postfire redevelopment could help long-term Altadena residents regain their footing — or hasten their exit. Alissa Walker
The illustration shows a burned home with a for sale sign plastered over with a SOLD sign

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New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · 5d

“‘Joyspace’ contends that the neocon neomods are doomed to failure, because social media is an unstoppable phenomenon that chews up even the most haughty ideology and recuperates it for its own ends.”

Huw Lemmey is a killjoy in NYRA no. 46/47.

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New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · 6d

“All the spectacle really does seem contrived to prohibit actual shopping: It’s been reported that the clothing inventory carries a very limited range of sizes.”

Whitney Mallett drinks up Printemps New York in NYRA no. 46/47.

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Canari Gazette @canarigazette.bsky.social · 7d

Nantes la rouge et ZAD dans un article de la New York Review of Architecture.‬

New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · Aug 27

"Ross finds in the precapitalist rhythms of the paysans the seeds of a postcapitalist ecology."

@jakeromm.bsky.social‬ doesn’t put peasantries aside in NYRA no. 46/47.

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New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · 8d

“The dwellings that once sheltered a sexual revolution are now collateral in a real estate one, as preservation and precarity compete on the same narrow stretch of scrub.”

Eric Schwartau burns for Fire Island’s modernism in NYRA no. 46/47.

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Dan Miller @meelar.bsky.social · 9d

Hell Gate is one of my favorite media subscriptions, and they're currently on sale. Sign up--if you care about NYC local news they're a great source to follow.

Nick Pinto @nickpinto.bsky.social · 9d

It is very dark out there for the news business. The old business models are fucked. Outlets are bending to authoritarian pressure. Now more than ever, we need worker-owned, subscriber-funded journalism.

How's that going at @hellgatenyc.com?

Pretty well, actually!

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Hell Gate 2025 Annual Report

As Hell Gate enters our fourth year, here’s how things are going. (Spoiler: Very nicely.)

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New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · 12d

Ladies and gentlemen:

Benjamin Samuel @benjaminsamuel.wtf · 12d

Closing out the week with @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social

A copy of the New York Review of Architecture next to a glass of beer on a yellow cafe table

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Andrew Marzoni @andrewmarzoni.bsky.social · 12d

As #NYFF63 opens tonight, now is as good a time as any to revisit my @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social round-up of last year’s slate. nyra.nyc/articles/fol...

Folie à Doom

Phillips’s musical sequel to his haggardly wrought early Scorsese pastiche more aptly encompasses the existential malaise of NYFF62 than the proudest members of its main slate.

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New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · 15d

“It is cartoonish and overwrought and looks more like the mascot of a minor league baseball team than a self-respecting civic monument.”

Justin Beal minds the bullocks in NYRA no. 46/47.

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New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · 16d

We are on this list!

The Cooperative Economy @cooperatives.bsky.social · 16d

Jimmy Kimmel's show has been restored by ABC. If you have extra money from cancelled subscriptions due to the show being pulled, why not support independent and worker-owned media outlets from now on?

We need voices that aren't influenced or bought by corporate interests and the billionaire class.

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New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · 17d

”All I’ll say is that if Lady Whistledown wrote on architecture, she would be working at NYRA."

We receive a lot of testimonials, but were so touched by this letter we recently received that we asked the student if we could share them with our audience.

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New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · 19d

“Why must we ask for permission to open a show or to live in an apartment that is sitting empty, accruing value for an absent owner?”

Andreas Petrossiants revisits ABC No Rio in NYRA no. 46/46

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New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · 20d

“Knickerbocker Village’s record of democratic governance suggests that simply voting blue harder won’t resolve chronic housing issues.”

Charlie Dulik inspects a breach in Manhattan’s blue wall in NYRA no. 46/47.

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New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · 21d

“‘[There’s] something fascinating about seeing something so big come down,’ murmured the man with the mic.”

Sue Park attends a memorial for Kingda Ka in NYRA no. 46/47.

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New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · 23d

“How much Minecraft is enough? To quote John D. Rockefeller, ‘Just a little bit more.’”

Travis Diehl yearns for the metaverse in NYRA no. 46/47.

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Michèle Champagne @michhham.bsky.social · 29d

“A bad mood board of good intentions.”
— lol via @glindsay.bsky.social

New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · 29d

“By Saturday, the pavilions had started to blur into a bad mood board of good intentions. Nordic: Trans. Korea: Cats. Canada: Bacteria. Uruguay: Water. Brazil: Wood. Australia: Sandbox.”

Eric Schwartau vernissages in Venice in NYRA no. 46/47.

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New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · 26d

"Rather than a battle for the future of Brooklyn, the conflict over Atlantic Yards devolved into a tug-of-war between competing short-term interests."

Willa Glickman attends a screening of “The Battle for Brooklyn” (2011) in NYRA no. 46/47.

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New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · 28d

“Flatness—thinness—means something other than it did in 1912 or 1955. Who, amid the image-thin spectacle of daily life, could think it’s a virtue?”

Phil Coldiron immerses himself in "Laura Owens," up last spring at Matthew Marks, in NYRA no 46/47.

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New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · 29d

“By Saturday, the pavilions had started to blur into a bad mood board of good intentions. Nordic: Trans. Korea: Cats. Canada: Bacteria. Uruguay: Water. Brazil: Wood. Australia: Sandbox.”

Eric Schwartau vernissages in Venice in NYRA no. 46/47.

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New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · Sep 5

“Who could have guessed that microcinema was the intersection of the NYRA–New York Post Venn diagram?”

Eric Schwartau attends the premiere of Low Cinema in NYRA no. 46/47.

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New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · Sep 4

You’re invited to join us—in Los Angeles—at the launch of the second issue of Los Angeles Review of Architecture!

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New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · Sep 3

I walked into a premodernist Broadway theater, and I walked out of a postmodernist commercial tower.”

Samuel Stein comes to this place for magic in NYRA no. 46/47.

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New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · Sep 1

We definitely built our own website: nyra.nyc

Not particularly easy, but people say they like it.

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New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · Aug 29

“Buildings themselves serve as construction sites of labor relations.”

Happy Labor Day weekend! In honor of the workers of the world, we’re reading Jessica Fletcher’s review of “Building the Metropolis” (@uchicagopress.bsky.social‬) by Alexander Wood in NYRA no. 46/47.

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