Alexandra Lange
@langealexandra.bsky.social
Design critic, author, 1970s, malls, kids, Marimekko // more at www.alexandralange.net
I have to take the LIRR tomorrow and I think it is only the second (?!?) time in my 30+ years in NYC. I'm afraid of getting lost in that part of Atlantic Terminal!
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I have to take the LIRR tomorrow and I think it is only the second (?!?) time in my 30+ years in NYC. I'm afraid of getting lost in that part of Atlantic Terminal!
Eyes on the street but only security guards are home
There are blocks I won't go jogging down because it's just a wall of Ring cameras right up against the street with no setback and I do not need everyone and their grandmother recording me struggling at sunrise.
www.theverge.com/podcast/8220...
www.theverge.com/podcast/8220...
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Eyes on the street but only security guards are home
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Wild. We always say on the podcast that owning a car is required for effective full enfranchisement in most places of the USA because we are such a car-dependent society, but this is...next level. They say it like it's disqualifying for office.
WaPo editorial board launches a disgusting car-brained attack on Seattle's new mayor Katie Wilson.
"Who is Wilson? She does not own a car"
It's so bad you need to read it, so a gift link: wapo.st/4r2peP3
"Who is Wilson? She does not own a car"
It's so bad you need to read it, so a gift link: wapo.st/4r2peP3
November 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Wild. We always say on the podcast that owning a car is required for effective full enfranchisement in most places of the USA because we are such a car-dependent society, but this is...next level. They say it like it's disqualifying for office.
Our podcast project on American women architects was turned down for an NEH grant earlier this year — amazing reviews but women? It was a no. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
November 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Our podcast project on American women architects was turned down for an NEH grant earlier this year — amazing reviews but women? It was a no. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
For the weekend reader: Why Finnish-style baby boxes became a talking point in the NYC mayoral election www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Finnish-Style Baby Boxes Get a New York Twist
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani campaigned to offer citywide baby boxes, a free care package program for expectant NYC mothers. Outgoing Mayor Eric Adams already paved the way.
www.bloomberg.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
For the weekend reader: Why Finnish-style baby boxes became a talking point in the NYC mayoral election www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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“Many of its nearly 50 grant programs have been paused or ended, according to an examination of its website. About 2/3 of the staff has been laid off and, last month, most members of the scholarly council that must review a majority of grants were abruptly fired by the White House.”
[gift link]
[gift link]
Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
“Many of its nearly 50 grant programs have been paused or ended, according to an examination of its website. About 2/3 of the staff has been laid off and, last month, most members of the scholarly council that must review a majority of grants were abruptly fired by the White House.”
[gift link]
[gift link]
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A student journalist fired... For asking follow-up questions to the president of the state's flagship university.
Student journalist terminated following interview with UVA interim President Paul Mahoney - C-VILLE Weekly
Getting an interview with, let alone answers from, upper leadership at the University of Virginia is an uphill battle for any news organization. The groups with the most access to UVA’s administration...
c-ville.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A student journalist fired... For asking follow-up questions to the president of the state's flagship university.
Speaking of the teens and young adults … www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/r...
New York Lacked an Affordable Housing Portal. So These Teenagers Made One.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Speaking of the teens and young adults … www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/r...
I had no idea what I was doing in college but I did write a critique of the leadership of the architecture school, then in its darkest days, and I edited reviews on Halloween candy and Madonna's Sex book so there was something there. I appreciate students who go for it.
November 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I had no idea what I was doing in college but I did write a critique of the leadership of the architecture school, then in its darkest days, and I edited reviews on Halloween candy and Madonna's Sex book so there was something there. I appreciate students who go for it.
I love that the Daily Princetonian published a special issue about their new museum + it included criticism! www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...
November 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I love that the Daily Princetonian published a special issue about their new museum + it included criticism! www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...
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Need a little midday distraction? I know I do, so I present to you JOYS OF JELL-O (1967), found in my grandmother's house.
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Need a little midday distraction? I know I do, so I present to you JOYS OF JELL-O (1967), found in my grandmother's house.
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Get in losers we're ruining the workplace.
Poster designed by Lois Ehlert for Manpower Temporary Services, 1979, in the collection of @cooperhewitt.org.web.brid.gy.
Poster designed by Lois Ehlert for Manpower Temporary Services, 1979, in the collection of @cooperhewitt.org.web.brid.gy.
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Get in losers we're ruining the workplace.
Poster designed by Lois Ehlert for Manpower Temporary Services, 1979, in the collection of @cooperhewitt.org.web.brid.gy.
Poster designed by Lois Ehlert for Manpower Temporary Services, 1979, in the collection of @cooperhewitt.org.web.brid.gy.
A ton of strip malls and also mall malls and corporate headquarters
"...they’re seeing that go up everywhere. So it just didn’t connect. So I said, you know, I’m not building on open spaces, I’m doing transit-oriented development, repurposing – there’s a ton of strip malls that could be repurposed…it just didn’t connect..." (5/5)
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A ton of strip malls and also mall malls and corporate headquarters
Great piece that argues, Less playable art, more everyday play
The piece I was writing which uses this pavilion as a starting point has just been published. Thought you might be interested: www.mediapolisjournal.com/2025/11/citi...
When Cities Aren’t Playable: Placing Children’s Play in Urban Environments
Contrasting the visibility of playful art installations with a decline in funding for public infrastructures, Alison Stenning discusses how playability of ordinary urban environments is often ignored,...
www.mediapolisjournal.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Great piece that argues, Less playable art, more everyday play
A new art for today’s homemaker
November 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
A new art for today’s homemaker
I keep going Charlotte? CHARLOTTE? because my image of Charlotte is just a bunch of midrise bank buildings looking at each other.
November 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I keep going Charlotte? CHARLOTTE? because my image of Charlotte is just a bunch of midrise bank buildings looking at each other.
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College students in St. Louis faced off in a friendly competition to see who could take the most bus and train trips in a day — and to shine a light on the importance of transit to undergraduates.
St. Louis Competition Gets College Students Onboard Transit — Streetsblog USA
Advocates pit five colleges together into a friendly competition to ride transit, highlighting its benefits.
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
College students in St. Louis faced off in a friendly competition to see who could take the most bus and train trips in a day — and to shine a light on the importance of transit to undergraduates.
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Eero Saarinen's mobile lounges at Dulles were a mobility solution that “bridged architecture and transportation design," as @langealexandra.bsky.social put in 2006.
The lounges are a relic of the jet age that deserve more than a politically-tinged send off.
byerussell.substack.com/p/much-ado-a...
The lounges are a relic of the jet age that deserve more than a politically-tinged send off.
byerussell.substack.com/p/much-ado-a...
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Eero Saarinen's mobile lounges at Dulles were a mobility solution that “bridged architecture and transportation design," as @langealexandra.bsky.social put in 2006.
The lounges are a relic of the jet age that deserve more than a politically-tinged send off.
byerussell.substack.com/p/much-ado-a...
The lounges are a relic of the jet age that deserve more than a politically-tinged send off.
byerussell.substack.com/p/much-ado-a...
This is fun: a competition for a permanent Bauhaus style public restroom at the Gropius House gropiuscompetition.info
November 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is fun: a competition for a permanent Bauhaus style public restroom at the Gropius House gropiuscompetition.info
This is not going to happen but it would be fun if the whole new mayoralty was Queens first: LIC housing, the IBX, making Flushing Meadows-Corona Park on par with CP and PP, new bus lanes etc etc etc
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This is not going to happen but it would be fun if the whole new mayoralty was Queens first: LIC housing, the IBX, making Flushing Meadows-Corona Park on par with CP and PP, new bus lanes etc etc etc
Since it's gift season, after wooden blocks these are my top 4 building toys www.alexandralange.net/blog/274/fou... + I also like Plus Plus as a portable option www.plusplususa.com/pages/open-p...
November 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Since it's gift season, after wooden blocks these are my top 4 building toys www.alexandralange.net/blog/274/fou... + I also like Plus Plus as a portable option www.plusplususa.com/pages/open-p...
KIDS ARE PEOPLE
One more thing. When I wrote about this study showing one-third of Americans don't drive, people were messaging me saying this cannot be true for LA.
In LA County *23 percent* of the population is under 16. Kids are people! We must plan for their movement, just like all nondrivers. Hope that helps!
In LA County *23 percent* of the population is under 16. Kids are people! We must plan for their movement, just like all nondrivers. Hope that helps!
Highly recommend diving into NRDC's study on car access, which @keawilson.bsky.social wrote about here: usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/02/report-16-million-have-no-car-access-at-all
Where Nadir was killed, 14% of LA households are car-free. But the infrastructure does not match that reality
Where Nadir was killed, 14% of LA households are car-free. But the infrastructure does not match that reality
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
KIDS ARE PEOPLE
Zohran Mamdani endorses Magna-Tiles (as do I)
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Zohran Mamdani endorses Magna-Tiles (as do I)
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Real dream-team situation going on over here. @katewagner.wehwalt.net / @anjulierao.bsky.social / @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/c...
New Chicago Review of Architecture wants younger voices weighing in on the city’s built environment
An offshoot of the New York Review of Architecture, the magazine will feature “erudite, humorous and hyperlocal writing.”
www.chicagotribune.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Real dream-team situation going on over here. @katewagner.wehwalt.net / @anjulierao.bsky.social / @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/c...
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I’m hiring for a visual designer! Come work with me for a very cool org doing very cool work: grnh.se/943kjeba6us
Some examples →
Some examples →
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I’m hiring for a visual designer! Come work with me for a very cool org doing very cool work: grnh.se/943kjeba6us
Some examples →
Some examples →