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Few Second Acts at U.Va.

J. Michael Welton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Louis Kahn, Robert A. M. Stern, Mckim, Thomas Jefferson, Hugh Stubbins, Daniel Bluestone, W. G. Clark, Va., U.Va., "Buildings, Historic Preservation, Landscapes and Memory, Stanford White, Mead & White, Sasaki, Pietro Balluschi, Charlottesville, Dawson and Demay, University of Virginia, Michael Graves, Polshek, Louis Ballou, Arts News
J. Michael Welton

Pity the architects who've tried for almost 200 years to follow the genius of Thomas Jefferson at the University of Virginia.

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Drawing Like a House Afire

J. Michael Welton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Getty Center, Brian MacKay-Lyons, Jim Curtin, Som, Chicago, Jack Kerouac, Giancarlo De Carlo, Architecture, Mckim, Brian Shawcroft, Kohn Pedersen Fox, Alberto Alfonso, New York, Hok, Stanford White, Mead & White, Ross Wimer, Ken Drucker, Truman Capote, Le Corbusier, Solomon Cordwell Buenz, Richard Meier, Frank Harmon, Michael Graves, Centerbrook, Arts News
J. Michael Welton

These days,it's almost impossible to find a young architect who can draw freehand. To others, though, a computer and a pencil are simply two different ways of developing an idea. There are those who can draw, and those who prefer a computer.

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A Hotel, a Phone Number and a Son

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Glenn Miller, Twin Peaks, Hotel Pennsylvania, Billboard, Dorsey Brothers, Milli Vanilli, Andrews Sisters, Penn Plaza, Jack Robbins, Decca, Mckim, Elie Hirschfeld, Heptet, Carl Sigman, The Simpsons, Gary Shandling, Artie Shaw, Brill Building, Mead & White, American Dad, Bugs Bunny, Johnny Mercer, Carol Burnett, Lindy's, Great Neck, Rca-Victor-Bluebird, The Muppets, Benny Goodman, Brian Setzer, Helen Forrest, New York News
Michael Sigman

The 15 Penn Plaza plan will bring down the legendary Hotel Pennsylvania. The hotel, built in 1919, has a rich history, an essential part of which is bound up with my father's first hit as a songwriter.

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Might the Obamas Restore Lost White House Glory?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chandilers, Theodore Roosevelt, Blue Room, Jacqueline Kennedy, East Room, Red Room, Stephane Boudin, Green Room, Barack Obama, James Archer Abbott, Senator Arlen Specter, White House State Dinner, Yellow Room, George Washington, Curtains, White House Garden, Decor, Mead & White, White House Swing Set, President Truman, Antiques, White House Decoration, Michelle Obama Style, Kennedys, Mckim, State Dinner, Style News
Michael Henry Adams

To date the Obamas' most noticeable change to their new home outside has been to install a de-luxe swing-set near the President's office. How have past administrations redecorated?

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