Nicholas Gueterman
@according-to-fact.bsky.social
Husband
Architect
Bon Vivant
Collector of Books and Brown Liquor
(He/Him)
📍Alexandria, Virginia
Architect
Bon Vivant
Collector of Books and Brown Liquor
(He/Him)
📍Alexandria, Virginia
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congratulations to 17 voters on not being entirely bored of Aaron Judge's greatness
November 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
congratulations to 17 voters on not being entirely bored of Aaron Judge's greatness
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
Oldest Selfie on your phone
9 years ago
(I came late to the smartphone era)
Feat.: medallion, chest hair, and Campari
9 years ago
(I came late to the smartphone era)
Feat.: medallion, chest hair, and Campari
November 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Oldest Selfie on your phone
9 years ago
(I came late to the smartphone era)
Feat.: medallion, chest hair, and Campari
9 years ago
(I came late to the smartphone era)
Feat.: medallion, chest hair, and Campari
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in honor of the reopening of the met breuer, sotheby's, its new tenant, let me write the introductory text on brutalism and its many afterlives www.sothebys.com/en/articles/...
How Brutalism Became Both a Utopian Dream and a Dystopian Meme
Brutalism, an architectural movement associated with state power and science fiction, is perpetually misunderstood – yet it has left an indelible imprint on popular culture.
www.sothebys.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
in honor of the reopening of the met breuer, sotheby's, its new tenant, let me write the introductory text on brutalism and its many afterlives www.sothebys.com/en/articles/...
A great step forward in the process! Thrilled and honored to be working on those 88 affordable units. Onward to DSUP!
The Alexandria Planning Commission approved three interconnected amendments Thursday night that will enable development of the final vacant parcels in South Potomac Yard, including 88 committed affordable housing units.
Planning commission approves Potomac Yard amendments to enable final development phase
Changes shift density from office to residential use, clearing way for 640 new homes including 88 affordable units near Metro station
www.alexandriabrief.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A great step forward in the process! Thrilled and honored to be working on those 88 affordable units. Onward to DSUP!
A private to call this place Home.
(the Free City of Alexandria, not the GW Masonic Memorial.)
(the Free City of Alexandria, not the GW Masonic Memorial.)
November 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A private to call this place Home.
(the Free City of Alexandria, not the GW Masonic Memorial.)
(the Free City of Alexandria, not the GW Masonic Memorial.)
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Every hot dog stand will in fact be replaced by the deconstructivist falafel stand from the 1995 Parker Posey vehicle Party Girl.
November 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Every hot dog stand will in fact be replaced by the deconstructivist falafel stand from the 1995 Parker Posey vehicle Party Girl.
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Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago
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Yay, Virginia! Tits out, tyrants trampled.
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Yay, Virginia! Tits out, tyrants trampled.
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The Alexandria Planning Commission will consider on Thursday whether to allow more flexibility for developers in South Potomac Yard’s remaining vacant blocks.
Planning Commission to consider flexibility for Potomac Yard development
Staff propose eliminating use-by-use density caps in favor of overall maximum, minimum requirements for transit-adjacent sites
www.alexandriabrief.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The Alexandria Planning Commission will consider on Thursday whether to allow more flexibility for developers in South Potomac Yard’s remaining vacant blocks.
Glenn Brown mentioned:
As I said in my piece on history, a good design process will help you redesign the problem itself.
But this is obviously not what someone like Trump has ever wanted to hear.
But this is obviously not what someone like Trump has ever wanted to hear.
White House Architecture Was an Honor System. Trump Noticed.
For 125 years, informal norms constrained what a president could do to one of the nation’s most famous landmarks.
www.theatlantic.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Glenn Brown mentioned:
Important PSA:
Do not give in to Thanksgiving Erasure, we’re still not at peak autumn
November 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Important PSA:
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Old Town North developments to be highlighted in annual walking tour
Old Town North developments to be highlighted in annual walking tour | ALXnow
An annual walking tour with Old Town North's Urban Design Advisory Committee this month will highlight several new developments in the area. During the walk on Wednesday, Nov. 12, city staff will provide...
www.alxnow.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Old Town North developments to be highlighted in annual walking tour
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Report: Alexandria real estate developer files bankruptcy, faces federal takeover of properties
Report: Alexandria real estate developer files bankruptcy, faces federal takeover of properties | ALXnow
The sale of two large Alexandria properties could settle millions owed to the government by real estate developer and former Connection Newspapers CEO Peter Labovitz, according to a report from the Washington...
www.alxnow.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Report: Alexandria real estate developer files bankruptcy, faces federal takeover of properties
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I'm just a lowly art historian, but in moments like these I always think back to one early sign of Trump's wanton, pointless destructiveness: his demolition of the priceless & irreplaceable Art Deco relief sculptures on facade of the Bonwit Teller building, which he tore down to build Trump Tower
April 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I'm just a lowly art historian, but in moments like these I always think back to one early sign of Trump's wanton, pointless destructiveness: his demolition of the priceless & irreplaceable Art Deco relief sculptures on facade of the Bonwit Teller building, which he tore down to build Trump Tower
What are wait times like at Stracci these days?
October 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
What are wait times like at Stracci these days?
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Antifa, like steely Dan is lead by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker but otherwise a collection of studio musicians.
Antifa, like Steely Dan, is not really a group.
October 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Antifa, like steely Dan is lead by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker but otherwise a collection of studio musicians.
October 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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One of my many dismays over these times (in the schema, a relatively trivial one) is that the authoritariofascistic powers of our day are such culturally incurious nits that they will never produce art as interesting as the OG Italian Futurists.
www.arthistoryproject.com/timeline/mod...
www.arthistoryproject.com/timeline/mod...
October 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
One of my many dismays over these times (in the schema, a relatively trivial one) is that the authoritariofascistic powers of our day are such culturally incurious nits that they will never produce art as interesting as the OG Italian Futurists.
www.arthistoryproject.com/timeline/mod...
www.arthistoryproject.com/timeline/mod...
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We all know the way to a man’s heart is through appliances! Discover the Young Man's Fancy with Bridget and Mary Jo. New short!
www.rifftrax.com/young-mans-f...
www.rifftrax.com/young-mans-f...
Young Man's Fancy
We all know the way to a man’s heart is through appliances. And thusly, lively and bright teenage Judy manages to snag the egghead of her dreams, her brother’s college friend Alexander Phipps. How?
www.rifftrax.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
We all know the way to a man’s heart is through appliances! Discover the Young Man's Fancy with Bridget and Mary Jo. New short!
www.rifftrax.com/young-mans-f...
www.rifftrax.com/young-mans-f...
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Battleships are literally a case study in “preparing for the last war instead of the next one,” everybody spent 30 years building them after World War 1 and within the first month of the Pacific war it was clear they were outmatched
The president wants more of them now, in 2025
The president wants more of them now, in 2025
September 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Battleships are literally a case study in “preparing for the last war instead of the next one,” everybody spent 30 years building them after World War 1 and within the first month of the Pacific war it was clear they were outmatched
The president wants more of them now, in 2025
The president wants more of them now, in 2025
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Laughing like DeNiro in Cape Fear at every line Kevin Hart says in every commercial he's in.
September 29, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Laughing like DeNiro in Cape Fear at every line Kevin Hart says in every commercial he's in.
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It is our patriotic duty as American citizens to install the gayest, most vintage kitchens the world has ever seen.
September 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
It is our patriotic duty as American citizens to install the gayest, most vintage kitchens the world has ever seen.
Town & County in the Mayflower Hotel.
It's Monday so we're posting about bars that we're mad that they closed (Angry Wade's)
September 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Town & County in the Mayflower Hotel.
Hard yes.
September 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Hard yes.