Fdr Memorial

Let Eleanor Speak For Herself -- Fix The FDR Memorial

Martha Burk | Posted 03.24.2012

Martha Burk

Considering the 17 years Eleanor lived after her husband's death, it is possible that she said and wrote more about foreign policy than he did. Yet, as you stand in front of Eleanor's statue at the FDR memorial, she has nothing to say.

Censoring God From FDR's Memory

Conrad Black | Posted 01.11.2012

Conrad Black

The effort by junior administration officials to prevent the addition of any references to God from the speeches recorded on plaques at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, DC, is an outrage.

Modernisms' Olmsted: Lawrence Halprin dead at 93

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 05.25.2011

Cameron Sinclair

When I moved to the Bay Area and heard the local design community speak of Lawrence Halprin, it was as a true living legend.