Longtime journalist James S. Russell offers fresh perspectives and often-missed context at the intersection of the cultures of architecture and cities.
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Will the Supreme Court Swallow Exaggerated Ballroom Claims?
The Supreme Court filing shows a ballroom design that has become increasingly garish, with the addition of fluting on the columns, a gold mask and a lot of doo dads on the walls. Image: US Supreme Court
At this point in the President’s Whi...
Can the White House Sue to Protect Itself?
This is about as close as visitors can get to the White House these days. Photo: © James S. Russell
In destroying the East Wing of the White House and erecting a ballroom wing one-and-a half times as large as the original executive mansion...
Why Can’t Everyone Have Nice, Healing Things?
The latest addition to the Crystal Bridges museum includes a glass bridge crossing a restored stream. Photo © James S. Russell
Summer is the season when we seek out places of unique beauty and sensuous outdoor pleasures from beaches to bar...
National Mall on Independence Day: Fenced and Fortified
The Lincoln Memorial, conscripted as a backdrop for promotion of Trump’s UFC birthday fight. Photo: © James S. Russell
By bike I spent June 9 and 10 roaming Washington’s National Mall and ancillary areas, known as the monumental core. I wa...
The State of the Threatened National Mall
Fence closing off Lafayette Park, with the White House barely visible in the distance. Photo © James S. Russell
I’ve been writing a lot about the bowdlerization of the White House and the grand historic landscape that unites it with the Na...
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