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The Museum of Things
My friend and former colleague from Remains, Bryn Veditz, gave me a tour of her new gig in the Museum of Things a few weeks back. She won a yearlong fellowship in curatorship/museum studies in Germany and I overlapped with … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryn Veditz, Deutscher Werkbund, Museum Der Dinge
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From Darkness, Light
It’s spring. Buds are breaking on twig tips, fine sprays of grass fringe walkways, and a shifting palette of salt, slate and blue in the foggy mornings lifts to reveal gently sunny afternoons. With spring comes an itch to move: … Continue reading
Spongebob Would Feel Right at Home, More on the Shedd Aquarium
After exhausting the possibilities of the front rooms of the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago and pestering the staff for more information on the fixtures (they had none) and on any other old, original parts of the building (“this is it”), … Continue reading
Spongebob Would Feel Right at Home – Nudibranches
I had a few hours between meetings to explore the Shedd Aquarium, part of Chicago’s lakefront neoclassical cultural campus including also the Field Museum and the Adler Planetarium. The Shedd was conceived by John G. Shedd, designed by architect Philip … Continue reading
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Tagged Shedd Aquarium, Sterling Bronze Company
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Chas. J. Weinstein and The Loew’s Kings Theater in Brooklyn
I got a call from a friend of mine who’s bidding on the restoration of one of the massive old movie palaces in New York City. The Loew’s Kings Theater opened in Brooklyn in 1929 with marble, crystal, velvet, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Chas. J. Weinstein & Co, Loew's Kings Theater, Remains Lighting Brooklyn
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Pumpkins and Lanterns at Van Cortlandt Manor
Alix and I dragged the kids up to Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton on Hudson recently to see their annual pumpkin extravaganza. Aside from this hilarious seasonal confection, I diligently documented a few lights on the 18th Century house, lovely … Continue reading
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Tagged Great Pumpkin Blaze, Van Cortlandt Manor
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The Electric Light at the Intersection of Modern Art and Industrial Production
MOMA has an exhibition closing at the end of September of visual art organized around the theme of advertising the new mass availability of electricity. The exhibition “Electric Currents 1900-1940” is a group of poster art, two short films, and … Continue reading
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Tagged AEG, Electric Light, MOMA, Osram Azo, Rural Electrification Administration
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Chrysler Building Sconce
“I want you to have this thing, you’ll do something fun with it.” So far I’ve disappointed my friend Jo, who got this relic when she designed and ran the controversial and celebrated restoration of the Chrysler building lobby in … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Deco, Chrysler Building, Josephine Sokolski, New York City
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