Ana M. Manzo
Charles R Wolfe :: Achievable Placemaking on a Morning Walk
5August 27, 2010
In the city, as always, new and old seek balance, against a backdrop of trying economic times.
At the doctrinal level, old battles return: Is new urbanism with its inherent and neighborhood-based walk, bike and ride really overly nostalgic and prescriptive? Is the prescription unsustainable because it can ignore an existing and organic urban fabric, regardless of reduced carbon footprint? [ . . . ]
Ana M. Manzo :: Emotional Architecture
17August 26, 2010
It takes a lot of courage to open our hearts and express to the world how we feel at any given time, especially if the emotions that invade us, at that particular time, are negative. Some, those who dare, express themselves by crying, screaming, laughing, talking. But there are those too, who display emotion through creative expression (sometimes even unconsciously).[ . . . ]
