Category Archives: Architecture

Case Statement for NCPH New Deal Working Group

Posted on February 6, 2012 by LaDale Winling

See this post for background on the NCPH Working Group. As other members of the working group have noted, academic historians and popular audiences alike tend to recognize the importance of the New Deal and much of its legacy.1 In … Continue reading →

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Reconstructing the New Deal

Posted on February 6, 2012 by LaDale Winling

NCPH Working Group: 10. Reconstructing the New Deal: Towards a National Inventory of New Deal Art and Public Works Facilitators: Eileen Eagan, University of Southern Maine; eagan@usm.maine.edu Gray Brechin, University of California at Berkeley; gbrechin@berkeley.edu Sean Lent, Independent Scholar; sean.lent@maine.edu … Continue reading →

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Research Bits

Posted on February 3, 2012 by LaDale Winling

One of the real joys of being a historian is the beginning of a project. The whole narrative, all of the discoveries stretch out before you, and it is one of pure potential. These past few busy weeks, I’ve had … Continue reading →

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National Building Museum

Posted on August 21, 2011 by LaDale Winling

This image I took of the Great Hall of the National Building Museum last year was posted on Reddit and got a flood of views, so perhaps its worth a bit of explanation. This building, designed by Montgomery Meigs and … Continue reading →

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Creative Destruction

Posted on January 31, 2011 by LaDale Winling

One thing about the federal government: they’re thorough. Doing some archival research on Independence Hall I came across a set of appraisals for all of the land the National Park Service acquired to create the national park. Part of the … Continue reading →

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Sullivan Library

Posted on February 6, 2010 by LaDale Winling

Project # 1326 Institution Temple University Building Library Completion Date 2/25/1936 Total Cost $555,334 Loan $550,000 Note The Sullivan Library at Temple University was one of only three PWA projects subsidized at private universities across the country.

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The Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago

Posted on August 9, 2009 by LaDale Winling

A brief, introductory review. Light and open on the inside. Pretty interesting looking on the outside. The new bridge creates some interesting new views. All in all good, but not as good as the original building. More to come?

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New York Times

Posted on May 15, 2009 by LaDale Winling

One of the most annoying things about the Times is their fealty to New York real estate. You can see the way it shapes their content in showing off working architects in Sketchpad, their profiles of architecture students, overpriced apartment … Continue reading →

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On the Beeb

Posted on February 4, 2009 by LaDale Winling

Desperate for a photo of the north end of the Monadnock Building, somebody from the BBC contacted me about using this photo on my flickr stream. I said “ok” and you can see a multimedia slideshow here. It takes an … Continue reading →

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Wouldn’t It Be Nice?

Posted on February 3, 2009 by LaDale Winling

The Illinois Appellate Court took a strike at Chicago’s Landmarks ordinance this week, issuing a ruling from a pair of Chicago landowners (one of whom is an executive for real estate firm Draper & Kramer) that terms the ordinance “vague” … Continue reading →

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