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...four projects in “Lift” depend heavily upon circulation patterns—the scripted movement of people through architecture. From his California experience, Maltzan seems to have picked up on one of the ubiquitous forms of movement through space: the sinuous ramps of freeway overpasses. Beyond this formal analogue, Maltzan’s geometry of bands and tubes follows after the work of Iraq-born and London-based architect Zaha Hadid. Its tubular forms recall Diller and Scofidio’s proposal for a new Institute for Contemporary Art in Boston...
Let’s be honest: in the mid-20th century New Haven got the stuffing kicked out of it. The factories and the department stores closed. A huge chunk of downtown was gouged out to make room for a freeway connector, but it couldn’t stop the migration to the suburbs. Mayor Richard Lee, a giant of ’60s-style urban liberalism, steered hundreds of millions of federal dollars into town but succeeded only in wiping out entire neighborhoods in the name of “urban renewal.” New Haven sprouted...
...After a bruising day at the office and a hair-raising commute on the freeway, you are standing in the kitchen about to prepare a healthy, satisfying dinner for your spouse, your two school-age children and yourself. As usual, all they want to know is "What's for dinner?" and "When do we eat?" You dump a box of thin spaghetti into a pot of boiling water, zap 3 cups of green beans in the microwave, pop a loaf of frozen garlic bread into the toaster oven and pour a medium-size jar of marinara sauce into a saucepan...
With just one song, Respect, Franklin introduced feminism to popular music, but she has also sung about lesser things convincingly--like riding on a freeway of love in a pink Cadillac and being drawn through destiny to duet partner George Michael. She can basically do anything, and So Damn Happy, Franklin's first album in five years, proves the point again. So Damn Happy doesn't have a single great song, and it doesn't matter...
...possesses a completely different but equally distinctive talent, reveals herself in the lyrics she performs. Now both have terrific new CDs that showcase their strengths. With just one song, Respect, Franklin introduced feminism to popular music, but she has also sung about lesser things convincingly - like riding on a freeway of love in a pink Cadillac and being drawn through destiny to duet partner George Michael. She can basically do anything, and So Damn Happy, Franklin's first album in five years, proves the point again. So Damn Happy doesn't have a single great song, and it doesn...