why we need critics, in a nutshell.

Q: What do the Beatles, Doris Day, Raquel Welch, the Teamsters, Katrina refugees, a jail, the Roman empire, and affordable housing have in common? A: The Cabana Motor Hotel. www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...

Lamster: The epic saga of the remade Dallas Cabana Hotel

What do the Beatles, Doris Day, Raquel Welch, the Teamsters, Katrina refugees, a jail, the Roman empire and affordable housing have in common? Dallas’ remade Cabana Motor Hotel.

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your eyes don’t lie, but architectural renderings sure do, especially in the age of aia. my latest is a short history of how we got to the dubious place we're at. www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...

Lamster: Is that building really going to look like that?

The idealized renderings served up by architects and developers are increasingly prone to deception, a problem that is only becoming more pervasive with the growing accessibility of AI.

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FREE HENRY MOORE! lost in the debate over city hall has been the fate of “three forms vertebrae,” aka “the dallas piece,” the long-neglected site specific henry moore sculpture that has long sat in a cage of security barriers on city hall plaza. www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...

In City Hall's shadow, another neglected icon with an uncertain future

Lost in the controversy over the future of I.M. Pei's City Hall is the fate of another masterwork, one that sits in the building's shadow. That would be Three Forms Vertebrae, the 13-ton Henry

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this event looks great, from @loebfellowship.bsky.social @gsd.harvard.edu tonight, with leading architectures eyes/critics @ollywainwright.bsky.social, @mlamster.bsky.social, @anjulierao.bsky.social et al. + my eternal wish: can event pages say if, and link to, stream &/or recording? #WebinarGuide

Henry Grabar@henrygrabar.bsky.social · 5mo ago

If you're in the Boston area tonight, consider attending this absolutely stacked panel on architecture criticism. It will also be streamed online www.gsd.harvard.edu/event/critic...

my latest on the future of dallas city hall after a 16-hour city council hearing. there are some reasons for optimism, but the process has been disingenuous, disorganized, rushed, and lacking in transparency. www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...

Lamster: Preserve Dallas City Hall, don’t destroy it

If there was any heartening news to be gleaned from last week’s City Council meetings on the future of City Hall, it was surely the show of public support for...

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and finally, at 2:19, motion passes 9-6. good night

one potential revelation: a move out of city hall might require supermajority vote, which is not assured.

another controversial ammendment at 12:40. no way to do business.

still jabbering over ammendments at 12:30am

now a motion for an amendment to determine whether the plaza is a park. i think this is far less clear than has been suggested.

there has never been a stronger argument against the weak mayor system than this meeting.

and…..hour 15!

the west ammendment is a fig leaf to at least give the appearance of die dilligence…. bit a fig leaf may be better than stark naked.

now a vote of 8-7 to reconsider bazaldua’s conflict of interest motion. smdh

passes 15-0. good!

cm west, with an assist from cm mendelsohn, ammends motion to add costing of staying in city hall……..

ridley ammendment to add planning to include review of costs to stay in city hall dies 8-7. bad

and now, after 13 hours, council is too dazed to even know what they’re voting on. dallas gonna be dallas.

ridley deferral vote di s 9-6.

cm blackmon “this place moves at the speed of the titanic.” and with similar results. ….and on it goes….

at 9:06 cm ridley puts forward deferral motion to investigate repair plan for city hall.

been here all day…

Robert Wilonsky@robertwilonsky.bsky.social · 5mo ago

If you're bored, or you give a damn, this is JUST starting: Council will vote to explore relocating City Hall staff out of the building, including 311 AND 911, and "explore options for the disposition of the City Hall site." What else ya got to do tonight? Tune in: dallastx.new.swagit.com/views/113

council meeting moving toward hour 12 since scheduled beginning with zero end in sight…maybe the meeting will outlast the building?

does not inspire confidence in an institution when it can’t get its most consequential meeting in ages started anywhere close to on time. now ~40 mins late and counting…

ummm, what is going on at city hall? council meeting not being broqdcast…,

coming aug 4!!!!!!

Attn: Dallas. This is how you can activate a civic plaza in front of an iconic, brutalist city hall building. Reimagine, renovate, and keep Dallas City Hall. cc: @mlamster.bsky.social @mcuban.bsky.social

Gintautas Dumcius@gintautasd.bsky.social · 6mo ago

SOCCER PITCH, PT. 2: Official FIFA fan festival for World Cup 2026 matches in Foxborough will held on Boston City Hall Plaza

taking a (short) break from the dallas city hall shenanigans to bring you this feature on one of the secret gems of dallas, phylls glazer’s lord of the rings inspired compound in preston hollow, complete with a full-on hobbit house and, of course, lots of dragons. www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...

In Preston Hollow, a hobbit house inspired by ‘The Lord of the Rings’

A quirky visionary and a team of craftsmen bring a dragon-filled interpretation of Tolkien’s Middle-earth to North Dallas.

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Our piece on single stair: a crucial change that is slowly coming to Canadian cities By me and @johnlorinc.bsky.social

The Globe and Mail@theglobeandmail.com · 7mo ago