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Best Books Set in Boston

Interpreter of Maladies weaves several short stories of Indian immigrants in the Boston-area. Their experiences tell a beautiful tale of daily life not only as an immigrant, but as a resident of this beautiful city.

BooksJulia FeldOctober 22, 2019Boston, Massachusetts, USA, North America

Death in Chicago

The original model for the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago was Venice, not Beaux-Arts Paris or Renaissance Rome.

UrbanismGabriel FeldOctober 22, 2019Chicago, Illinois, USA, ArchitectureComment

Burnham's World

Have you ever looked with a little care at the plan of the 1893 Chicago Exposition?

UrbanismGabriel FeldOctober 22, 2019Chicago, Illinois, USA, ArchitectureComment

Walk the Book: Interpreter of Maladies Boston Walking Tour

Stroll through the streets of Boston as you discover the buildings that make up the skyline like the Prudential Center, while also grabbing a great bite to eat and a wonderful museum along the way.

Walking Tour, City GuideJulia FeldOctober 22, 2019Boston, Massachusetts, USA, North AmericaComment

Burnham's New York

The Flatiron Building stands as an exception to the characteristic skyscrapers of New York, with their tower shafts and iconographic tops.

UrbanismGabriel FeldMay 1, 2019New York City, USA, North AmericaComment

The Siege of Boston (lessons for architecture)

The names explicitly refer to the three high points around Boston.

Most Popular, UrbanismGabriel FeldMay 1, 2019Boston, USA, North AmericaComment

City of Buidings (Copley Square)

When the fabric of Back Bay reaches Copley Square, it turns into a city of buildings.

Most Popular, UrbanismGabriel FeldMay 1, 2019Boston, USA, North AmericaComment

Table Urbanism

This is not serious.

UrbanismGabriel FeldMay 1, 2019Boston, USA, North AmericaComment

Urban Bestiary (3)

One would associate dragons, griffins and other mythical beasts to antiquity or the middle ages, not to the modern city. But I am, coming to New York and suddenly it flashed through my mind: King Kong.

UrbanismGabriel FeldMay 1, 2019New York City, USA, North AmericaComment

Sert's Urban Compendium

Between 1958 and 1973 Sert's office designed three major buildings for the university: Holyoke Center (1958-65,) Peabody Terrace (1962-64) and the Science Center (1973.)

UrbanismGabriel FeldMay 1, 2019Boston, Cambridge, USA, North AmericaComment

Superimposing Maps

In about 250 years, the city had completely reshaped its geography, turning what was virtually an island with an irregular perimeter and number of hills, into a regular and rather level urban mass almost three times its original area.

UrbanismGabriel FeldMay 1, 2019Boston, USA, North AmericaComment

Comparative Urbanism

This also reinforces my "theory" that we only know one city, the one we are from, and we simply extrapolate when we try to understand all other cities.

UrbanismGabriel FeldMay 1, 2019Istanbul, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Turkey, Eu, Asia, South America, Boston, USA, North AmericaComment

The City at Night (New York)

But he was much more than a crime photographer. He captured in his images the whole urban drama of a moment.

UrbanismGabriel FeldMay 1, 2019New York City, USA, North AmericaComment