Brian Goldstein
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Brian Goldstein
@bgoldst.bsky.social
Urban & architectural historian at Swarthmore. Writing: If Architecture Were for People: The Life and Work of J. Max Bond Jr. Wrote: The Roots of Urban Renaissance: Gentrification and the Struggle Over Harlem. Architecture & race, cities, baseball, jazz.
I mean he’s not wrong. Whoever follows him would probably not even be an architect!
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Basically the moral of the story is that our heckling is working.
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
You are one of the few who can slather the syllabus in pope advice.
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
For someone who fancies himself a Vitruvian, there is no greater violation than an out of proportion, out of symmetry, "untutored" (to use Eisenman's term) building. He doesn't want to be a laughing stock. But also sees a future (and career) beyond Trump.
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Can’t tell if joking bc you teach at a Jesuit school. (Anyways, the pope is right.)
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Hopefully I can find a "grocery" store!
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Happy birthday!!!!
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I know!
November 21, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Oops! That should be 2001. I’m in denial of my middle age because I remember reading those articles like it was yesterday.
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
*Shockingly*, “we go high” doesn’t work but standing up to the bully does. This is Schoolyard Knowledge 101.
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It's all very "No, I don't have any background in the arts but I am qualified to lead the Kennedy Center because I watch Dancing with the Stars"
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Not the first time I’ve been distracted by the trivial fact!
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Ha, I had the exact same thought. Beside the point but still, I noticed!
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM