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wnet had special about triangle with emphasis on unions and ultimately the fire. Heartbreaking.
One of the owners of triangle lived in the grand brownstone on park and 38th. Still standing today.
Legion – Similar ideas of layout but Haussman rode roughshod over people & environment whereas L’Enfant – though admittedly working w/ less developed area – paid more attention to the needs of populace while also doing graceful design.
Right you are, slopey. It was horrific. If you ever read East River by Sholem Asch (one of my all time favorite books), it ha a chilling, heartbreaking account of the Triangle Fire.
wnet had special about triangle with emphasis on unions and ultimately the fire. Heartbreaking.
One of the owners of triangle lived in the grand brownstone on park and 38th. Still standing today.
Slopey, there’s a new HBO documentary on the Triangle Shirt Factory fire.
Legion – Similar ideas of layout but Haussman rode roughshod over people & environment whereas L’Enfant – though admittedly working w/ less developed area – paid more attention to the needs of populace while also doing graceful design.
Right you are, slopey. It was horrific. If you ever read East River by Sholem Asch (one of my all time favorite books), it ha a chilling, heartbreaking account of the Triangle Fire.
SORRY PEOPLE ABOUT LUNCH
GOT PULLED INTO URGENT MEETING
DAY IS FUCKED
“If one reads about Robert Haussman and his reconstruction of Paris, you would realize that he made Robert Moses look like a piker.
One cannot accomplish great things without some pain”
benson,
Which is precisely why I added in:
“the environmental sensibilities of Olmstead and Vaux”
I throw in Haussman as a city planner with forsight and Robert Moses as a man who could get things done.
Arkady,
why do you say L’Enfant would be a better choice?
How about a moment to acknowledge the 100th anniversity of the Triangle fire?
My japanese clients are the biggest PITAs. I wonder if the also subsidize asking same question 6 ways.
L’Enfant would be a better choice than Haussman.