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The architecture of a civilization is always in communion with its technology. Its effects are deeper than just the immediate appearance of buildings: the process of technology colors everything about how a culture interacts with the world. In the early 20th century, the mathematical rationalism of inventors and engineers intermixed with the... See more
Noah Putnam • The Concrete Oasis
It is the kind of building that when entered can make you feel infused with the opportunity of a world very different from the one you used to know. This is the essence of a futurist architecture. It is the ethic to make a building that convinces people they are living in the future.
Noah Putnam • The Concrete Oasis
Diners, as a rule, are time machines; whether through the formica sheen of the nineteen-forties, the chromium optimism of the fifties, or the pastel geometries of the eighties, a diner traffics in nostalgia for past decades and past selves. The only era a diner should never reference is now.
Helen Rosner • The Best Diners Are Still Just Diners | The New Yorker
American nostalgia — The Capital City Diner (Albany, New York) https://t.co/5LGoBUPcJz