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Architecture and the City

James S. Russell

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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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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Celebrating America When No One Was in the Mood

Kahn used welcoming forms that evoked ancient vaulted spaces in the much-admired Kimbell Art Museum, in Fort Worth (1972). He would propose similar forms for Philadelphia’s Bicentennial celebration. Photo © James S. Russell

America may be...

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Trump's Billion Dollar Taxpayer Funded Ballroom

The White House ballroom project now is touted as necessary to assure the President’s safety but the residence is wrapped in a security cordon that encompasses buildings to the east and West. Now Lafayette Park (bottom of image) is closed t...

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$1Bn White House Ballroom Derangement

The White House ballroom project now is touted as necessary to assure the President’s safety but the residence is wrapped in a security cordon that encompasses buildings to the east and West. Now Lafayette Park (bottom of image) is closed t...

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The Root of all Election Evil

Does protesting pay off when our elections are flooded with special-interest money? © James S. Russell

Are you sick of being bludgeoned by TV, radio, and social-media feeds filled with election campaign claims from the dubious to the reckl...

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