Ted Lott
@tedlott.bsky.social
Lott3Metz Crutcher Architecture; GRR/DET; Architect & Urban Designer; In the City; In the Arena; Bike advocate, socializer & racer; Street corner critic; Citybuilder.
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Ted Lott
@tedlott.bsky.social
· Nov 12
I disapprove of the form you make, but I will fight to the death your right to make it... #citybuilding
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Read @adamserwer.bsky.social on the Roberts' court's attempts to "to turn the guarantees of the Civil War amendments back into what James Madison called "parchment barriers.'"
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Read @adamserwer.bsky.social on the Roberts' court's attempts to "to turn the guarantees of the Civil War amendments back into what James Madison called "parchment barriers.'"
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
As Big Ten commissioner, Kevin Warren played an important role in expanding the conference to the west coast.
Could the Bears CEO and president orchestrate another big move — this time to northwest Indiana?
Could the Bears CEO and president orchestrate another big move — this time to northwest Indiana?
December 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Grand Avenue has LA's best architecture clumped haphazardly along a very bleak street. Yet Frank Gehry had a vision to change that.
"You close that piece of Grand Avenue, put some chairs out there and you've got something special," he said. "We're not just building buildings, we're building places"
"You close that piece of Grand Avenue, put some chairs out there and you've got something special," he said. "We're not just building buildings, we're building places"
The Grand scheme
This is the downtown that Frank Gehry wanted. When will LA's leaders give it to us?
www.torched.la
December 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Grand Avenue has LA's best architecture clumped haphazardly along a very bleak street. Yet Frank Gehry had a vision to change that.
"You close that piece of Grand Avenue, put some chairs out there and you've got something special," he said. "We're not just building buildings, we're building places"
"You close that piece of Grand Avenue, put some chairs out there and you've got something special," he said. "We're not just building buildings, we're building places"
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RIP Frank Gehry.
One of my fave things of working at LAT when it was downtown was looking up Bunker Hill and seeing the sun hit the stainless steel sails of Disney Hall.
Obit by Chris Hawthorne with additions by me.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
One of my fave things of working at LAT when it was downtown was looking up Bunker Hill and seeing the sun hit the stainless steel sails of Disney Hall.
Obit by Chris Hawthorne with additions by me.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Frank O. Gehry, the architect who changed the civic landscape of his adopted hometown of Los Angeles, has died
Frank Gehry, known for ebullient cultural buildings like Disney Hall who helped invigorate the field of architecture at a moribund time, has died.
www.latimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
RIP Frank Gehry.
One of my fave things of working at LAT when it was downtown was looking up Bunker Hill and seeing the sun hit the stainless steel sails of Disney Hall.
Obit by Chris Hawthorne with additions by me.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
One of my fave things of working at LAT when it was downtown was looking up Bunker Hill and seeing the sun hit the stainless steel sails of Disney Hall.
Obit by Chris Hawthorne with additions by me.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Golly gee, damn. Our architectural David Bowie. A designer that made you need to sit down. A Lion.
Rock on, Frank.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
Rock on, Frank.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
Frank O. Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Golly gee, damn. Our architectural David Bowie. A designer that made you need to sit down. A Lion.
Rock on, Frank.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
Rock on, Frank.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
Well, Jimmy, at least you got out before it got too ugly... I'm sure it will be different for the next guy... and the next guy...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump hires new White House ballroom architect
Although the two had clashed over the size of the project, the decisive factor was the small firm’s limited capacity to handle such an enormous project.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Well, Jimmy, at least you got out before it got too ugly... I'm sure it will be different for the next guy... and the next guy...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
This is why we have a #housing problem... 'We understand we need housing... just not this housing, in this place, at this time...'
www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/real-es...
www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/real-es...
New developer taking on Huff Park housing plan attempts to win over neighbors
Indigo Design + Build plans to introduce a “light density” townhome project that is in the early planning stages but already stirring opposition.
www.crainsgrandrapids.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is why we have a #housing problem... 'We understand we need housing... just not this housing, in this place, at this time...'
www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/real-es...
www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/real-es...
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"I believe that to have interfered as I have done — as I have always freely admitted I have done — in behalf of His despised poor, was not wrong, but right." -- abolitionist John Brown, executed #tdih 1859
Read about Brown + the other Harpers Ferry Raiders ⬇️
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Read about Brown + the other Harpers Ferry Raiders ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/jo...
Dec. 2, 1859: John Brown Executed
Abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia for leading the infamous Harpers Ferry Raid.
www.zinnedproject.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"I believe that to have interfered as I have done — as I have always freely admitted I have done — in behalf of His despised poor, was not wrong, but right." -- abolitionist John Brown, executed #tdih 1859
Read about Brown + the other Harpers Ferry Raiders ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/jo...
Read about Brown + the other Harpers Ferry Raiders ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/jo...
This is why we have a #housing problem... Giving air to an entity that clearly has an interest to limit supply without identifying that interest... Giving air to the guy that brought us "Brutal Disney by The Freeway'...
www.mlive.com/news/grand-r...
www.mlive.com/news/grand-r...
Developer says Grand Rapids housing study ‘not based on history, facts or common sense’
Dan Hibma, of Land and Company Apartments, says the projected housing need doesn't align with expected population growth and questions Grand Rapids' use of tax subsidies to fund new projects.
www.mlive.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This is why we have a #housing problem... Giving air to an entity that clearly has an interest to limit supply without identifying that interest... Giving air to the guy that brought us "Brutal Disney by The Freeway'...
www.mlive.com/news/grand-r...
www.mlive.com/news/grand-r...
'Trump’s vision has caused tension with contractors. His architect has taken a step back as the president personally manages the project.'
Hey, JimmyMac! You taking a step back bc you ain't been paid?
It was all gonna be different this time, wasn't it...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Hey, JimmyMac! You taking a step back bc you ain't been paid?
It was all gonna be different this time, wasn't it...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Inside Trump’s Push to Make the White House Ballroom as Big as Possible
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
'Trump’s vision has caused tension with contractors. His architect has taken a step back as the president personally manages the project.'
Hey, JimmyMac! You taking a step back bc you ain't been paid?
It was all gonna be different this time, wasn't it...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Hey, JimmyMac! You taking a step back bc you ain't been paid?
It was all gonna be different this time, wasn't it...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Always an inspiration for me and our island of misfit toys. I remain a proud member of the @millerscave.bsky.social fan club.
Buy one for yourself and the ones you love.
Buy one for yourself and the ones you love.
"The Hours are Long But the Pay is Low," out Tuesday, details Miller’s three-decade journey through music and how he helped build the prominent indie-punk-country label.
Rob Miller’s new memoir captures the crescendo, and crash, of Chicago indie label Bloodshot Records
chicago.suntimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Always an inspiration for me and our island of misfit toys. I remain a proud member of the @millerscave.bsky.social fan club.
Buy one for yourself and the ones you love.
Buy one for yourself and the ones you love.
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Lemon, it's Monday morning.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Lemon, it's Monday morning.
God bless your city and mine.
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
God bless your city and mine.
No, Mr. Betsky. The bigger issue is not that the 'White House is not... a particularly good building. The bigger issue is that a lawless POTUS & a member of our profession has destroyed a feature of a national park.
www.architectmagazine.com/design/the-a... @architectmagazine.bsky.social
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www.architectmagazine.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
No, Mr. Betsky. The bigger issue is not that the 'White House is not... a particularly good building. The bigger issue is that a lawless POTUS & a member of our profession has destroyed a feature of a national park.
www.architectmagazine.com/design/the-a... @architectmagazine.bsky.social
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While it may be tempting, do not click on the #sanctimonioushobbit ‘s think piece in today’s @freep.com … it is particularly offensively stupid
November 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
While it may be tempting, do not click on the #sanctimonioushobbit ‘s think piece in today’s @freep.com … it is particularly offensively stupid
See also 'Architects'...
October 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
See also 'Architects'...
Who's the architect that put their seal on this?
The National Trust for Historic Preservation warned that President Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom would “overwhelm the White House itself,” which spans just 55,000 square feet. https://wapo.st/4hmL8rC
October 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Who's the architect that put their seal on this?
Your Comeback Guide to all the Anti-Cycling Arguments You’ll Hear This Year.
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momentummag.com/your-comebac...
Your Comeback Guide to all the Anti-Cycling Arguments You’ll Hear This Year
Anti-bike arguments aren’t just frustrating—they’re outdated, inaccurate, and often repeated without a shred of evidence.
momentummag.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Bless Mayor Johnson for calling for a general strike!
Bless The Chicago Mayor’s Call For A General Strike
Can God get an amen?
www.thegodpodcast.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Bless Mayor Johnson for calling for a general strike!
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I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.