I hate to share this very sad news about my former Stony Brook colleague, Ann Eden Gibson. She was the loveliest person, in addition to being a pioneering scholar of Black and #LGBT art, and a much-loved teacher. www.sensiblecf.com/obituaries/a...

Great view of the [pre-internet] research methods involved in developing the pathbreaking book New York 1900. You have no idea of how hard and dirty this was!! Also wonderful first-hand story of working with #RobertAMStern. #architecture #NewYorkCity #Academicsky commonedge.org/how-robert-a...

Scenes from newly reopened #StudioMuseumofHarlem

Happy Thanksgiving to my dear American friends!

An important, helpful resource for understanding past and threats to the #NewDeal art, so crucial to the US cultural landscape and legacy. livingnewdeal.org/art-preserva...

Simply stupid.

The Fogel murals are major. Can say more later. www.change.org/p/save-the-w...

Would put it a bit more forcefully—the art and architecture MUST be saved!!! “The art and architecture of the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building is worth saving” www.archpaper.com/2025/11/gsa-...

I’m gonna go get the papers, get the papers.

Is there a specific programmatic reason for this particular look? Seems a little busy. #architecture #museum www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

Great #preservation success story in #Florida. commonedge.org/flagler-coll...

www.wral.com/story/white-... This is great news for the public, but oh, the price—whoa! #illustration #art #NormanRockwell

Makes perfect sense.

Read this to learn about so-called architectural "delineators"—a term, and occupation, I hadn't heard of before—and for an introduction to a horticultural designer with the perfectly fitting name M. Betty Sprout...!

Herewith my recommendations for one key yet overlooked area for positive Mamdani action. #Urbanism+ #statues #parks www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/no-...

Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants national program provides up to $3,000 to professional dancers w. financial emergencies & loss or lack of recent/current live performance work from circumstances out of their control. accepting applications through 5:00 PM ET Tuesday, Dec 2.

My latest, on famed landscape architects/planners Clarke and Rapuano and the delineators that helped to “make” them, now in the 12/25 issue of #TheNewCriterion. #Urbanism+ #planning #art #illustration #landscapearchitecture #parks #highways #RobertMoses #drawing newcriterion.com/article/behi...

Looks great. www.nypl.org/events/exhib...

Great interview with #EveKahn, author of book about turn of century author/little magazine publisher Zoe Norris, a sort of female equivalent to Jacob Riis, but with far sharper wit. Kahn’s a good one for wit herself. #Urbanism+ www.nyhistory.org/blogs/eve-ka...

“WETA to cut staff, cancel ‘PBS News Weekend’ and close News Hour West bureau” — current.org/2025/11/weta...

Highpoint I, Highgate 1933-35 Berthold Lubetkin and Tecton Image from RIBApix

More on the demise of Upper Room, and a bit about its significance. www.ebroadsheet.com/upper-room-l...

More on the demise of Upper Room, and a bit about its significance. www.ebroadsheet.com/upper-room-l...

Gone. www.newyorkalmanack.com/2025/11/uppe...

Ned Smyth’s Upper Room was, according to one close to the subject, was the “first piece of public art commissioned for Battery Park City (1986, artist Ned Smyth) and now it is the first art to be demolished in Battery Park City.” #publicsculpture #Urbanism+

Destruction of Ned Smyth Upper Room sculpture supposed to happen this morning Nov 12, 8am, near Upper Room, 1985, by Ned Smyth, at Albany Street and Esplanade. People can show up to support the #publicsculpture and witness demise of this NY State property ($1.7M value). #Urbanism+

this looks absolutely amazing!

Reason given is for coast line resiliency work, but when asked why flood gates are specifically under the art plaza, discussions were ended with public and community board. NB most of the $65M public art collection is site specific along Esplanade, as. More is in jeopardy.

People to gather at 8am, Wednesday Nov 12, near Upper Room, 1985, by Ned Smyth, at Albany Street and the Esplanade / Hudson River to show support for the #publicsculpture and witness destruction of this NY State property ($1.7M value).

NPR Ukraine bureau’s dispatch: “Racing to Save a Ukrainian Archaeological Site Exposed by the War” one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5601...

The late Agnes Gund was part of that original committee. They also commissioned the Scott Burden, and more. (I wrote about this history in my book Sculpture in Gotham.)

A link to an article in local paper discussing the imminent destruction of Ned Smyth’s “Upper Room” at #BatteryParkCity. #publicart #Urbanism+ ebroadsheet.com/upper-limit/

Now this is *very* cool ‘Google Maps’ for Roman roads reveals vast extent of ancient network archive.ph/UnfvV #maps #mapping #DH #Rome #archaeology

Wollf on the Lame Duck Dictator with Dementia.

America deserves better than JD Vance

My recommendations to #mayor elect #Mamdani for how to bolster #NewYorkCity image. #monuments #publicart #parks #Urbanism+ www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/no-...

This is bad. It’s like the 2nd most iconic thing in the whole city after that bridge or whatever.

This #NormanRockwell scholar concurs with the family. Good for them. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

San Francisco votes to remove fountain, for reasons of public safety, that it shouldn’t have allowed to deteriorate in the first place. Removal of controversial fountain from S.F.’s Embarcadero Plaza formally approved - San Francisco Chronicle

Mamdani transition team. www.transition2025.com#team

Check out the #moon right now!!

Oy vey. Trump Adds Ugly Gold Sign So No One Misses ‘The Oval Office’ - New York Magazine

Mamdani wins decisively: www.electionatlas.nyc/maps.html#!N...

Urbanism+

Donald Trump, lame duck dictator.

Hearing is this pm. My guess is that it’s a done deal, and once it’s gone, it’s gone. They’re not going to fix it up and bring it back. Turning water off was kind of the death knell. But fountains also huge challenge maintenance-wise. San Francisco Chronicle, October 31, 2025. #Urbanism+ #publicart

I’m gonna go get the papers, get the papers: back page edition.

You can see the exposed asbestos while relieving yourself in this bathroom.

Morning Spew for Night Owls—Another freakish rain record broken and other links to start your Halloween.