From the outside, at least, the Mets' new Citi Field is more attractive than the new Yankee Stadium. The Mets chose to go with reddish brick which gives their stadium a classic old timey baseball feel. Also the roman arch window openings (I don't know the technical term) that march around the outside of Citi Field are slightly wider, less cramped feeling, than the similar windows around Yankee Stadium.

Michael, I'm pretty sure you're not a snob, so I don't understand the statement about Americans' insensitivity to their physical surroundings, or the general ugliness of those surroundings. In terms of domestic architecture there is nothing to compare to the beauty of the older established suburbs, that's right, suburbs, in the northeast corridor of the nation. Drive through Westchester and it's equivalents: miles and miles of classic clapboard and brick unattached homes set back from the road and from each other on beautiful old growth acreage.
I've been to Europe and I can tell you that the old grey stone everywhere gets pretty tired after a while.
Plus, a lot of the hodgepodge mixed industrial, commercial, residential landscape in America has a dynamism that is positively invigorating. Jersey, that's right, north Jersey is one such area. Would I want to live there? Maybe. All I know is that everytime I drive through north Jersey on my way in or out of the city the visual stimulation is intoxicating. No joke.

Posted by: ricpic on April 10, 2009 2:10 AM

$242 million arts high school in downtown Los Angeles.

Clearly education is underfunded.

Posted by: slumlord on April 10, 2009 5:52 AM






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