How can the Hague meeting two million square feet of additional living space? That was the question on March 5 in theaters on Spui was made. A debate, following the successful photo exhibition living in The Hague, had to give an answer. The invited speakers had their opinion. The executive sat with head nodding.
- Proposal for Conservation Black Madonna by Archipelago Designers.
“Living in The Hague” is a cartoon created by the nomadic house that seeks a complete picture of the Hague housing situation. Now, after realizing the three-VINEX locations: Wateringseveld, and Ypenburg Leidschenveen, a clear picture which emerges from the deficiencies of the fourth policy paper, seized the opportunity the current demand for housing in an intelligent way to deal with. Read the rest of this entry »
A 1929 proposal by the Larkin Company to establish a “Larkin Square” at the corner of Seneca and Swan streets was shelved by a reticent Common Council and assailed by the Socialist council president Frank C. Perkins as a corporate give-away that “smelled to the heavens.”
The public square proposal would have seen Van Rensselaer Street cut through Seneca Street to Swan Street to relieve traffic congestion (yes, there was traffic congestion!), setting aside a triangular plot of cleared land for a public space honoring the company’s late founder, John D. Larkin.
The Larkin Company at the time was running the Larkin Department Store and the Larkin Food Market at full tilt, filling the entire ground floor of its massive factory complex at 701 Seneca Street with a shopping wonderland for discount foods and household goods. The company desired to create the square to rationalize traffic flow that had been bottled up as a result of the store’s opening and to establish an attractive gateway at the front lawn of the Larkin District. Read the rest of this entry »
Under the prosaic title “Infrastructure as a showcase for the ingenuity” was the Dutch Architecture Institute (NAI) its second Major Projects debate. The stakes were clear: “The infrastructure can play a leading role in organizing the rest of the country.” What should have been a fierce debate among politicians, critics and designers turned into a private chat between developers and officials. Nieuw Amerongen Frido of reports.
Construction of the Betuwelijn
The discussion has already crippled by the initial absence of the two speakers. Michelle Provoost critic (author of Asphalt) let sickness turn up and Minister of Transport Tineke Netelenbos was absent because of construction fraud investigations. She had a duty of confidentiality. Read the rest of this entry »
The Buffalo & Attica Railroad, Buffalo’s first eastbound rail line, was built in 1843. Amazingly, the original right-of-way of the Buffalo & Attica, laid out over 166 years ago, is still in use for rail transportation today.
Opening to passenger and freight traffic on January 8, 1843, the Buffalo & Attica Road completed the last link in a chain that connected Buffalo to New York City for the first time by rail. Bypassing the Erie Canal only 18 years after the canal’s completion, the rail lines promised a trip to New York in 25 hours, far quicker than the 6 days it would take on canal boats pulled by mules named Sal. The Buffalo & Attica Road, the embryo of a system of iron highways that would Read the rest of this entry »
The new year is an apt time to reflect on how American life is changing. A sea change in the way the built environment is being constructed, the way people communicate and interact, the way in which cities play a role in the global and local economy, are trends of particular relevance to Buffalo and to neighborhoods on the rebound, including the Larkin District and the Hydraulics. Read the rest of this entry »
