Sapere Aude
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Our ancestors were bold and industrious. They built a significant portion of our energy and road infrastructure more than 50 years ago. It would be almost impossible to build that system today. Could we build the Hoover Dam today? We have the technology. We seem to lack the will.
If America does not act, it will have the infrastructure of a third-world country within a few decades.
it doesn’t already?
If you like contemporary art, the armory show is amazing.
a leading international contemporary and modern art fair and one of the most important annual art events in New York, takes place every March on Piers 92 & 94 in central Manhattan
between this and the The Lowline could soon have 3 parks refurbished from transit
The Queensway
With little more than paint, planters, and a few well-placed boulders, Bloomberg and former Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan‘s street interventions have been some of the most evident changes around the city.
A new city is possible.
“neckdowns,” left behind by snowplows, provide an existence proof of the ways that changes in curbs and streets would make things safer for drivers and pedestrians.
walking through the doors is like traveling back in time to the 1930s.
The Nicholas Roerich Museum is like a mini-Frick Collection but with a few exceptions–the museum is free, and all the artwork and artifacts were painted and discovered by Nicholas Roerich himself. Housed in this 3-story Upper West Side town house are over 200 works of art ranging from paintings of the Himalayas to scenes from historical references to sketches from his early days designing sets for Russian ballets like The Rite of Spring composed by Igor Stravinsky.
saturday nights in bushwick
this egyptian mummy from the roman period reminds me of a certain lady from spain who “there, i fixed it” a painting. seen at the brooklyn museum, which has an amazing egyptian collection. mostly new kingdom, but also some middle and even some old kingdrom artifacts.
Gregor J. Rothfuss 