by Brian McCormack | Mar 30, 2020
Having built these circle-in-the-Square templates for Paolo Soleri in 1971 for his Arcosanti planetary non-gravity interstellar space housing ( which never really got off the ground), bery egalitarian in intent, I also grew up fishing on the Mississippi in Davenport,...
by Brian McCormack | Mar 30, 2020
I feel ambivalent about “gentrification.” NYC has always remade itself. Iconic buildings of today such as Grand Central Station, Rockefeller Center, and the Empire State Building, bulldozed and replaced earlier buildings–offices, homes,...
by Brian McCormack | Mar 30, 2020
In the concrete world, as well as abstract, change often comes with a present/past kicking as one structure gives way to a new mode of construction as noun and as act metaphors built on both sides of the tracks. Over time, frameworks of the same truths are refined...
by Brian McCormack | Mar 30, 2020
I feel ambivalent about “gentrification.” NYC has always remade itself. Iconic buildings of today such as Grand Central Station, Rockefeller Center, and the Empire State Building, bulldozed and replaced earlier buildings–offices, homes,...
by Brian McCormack | Mar 30, 2020
Ronald Reagan, once the TV frontman for General Electric light bulbs, would intone the corporate mantra “ Progress is our most important product” every Sunday night following Disney in the 60’s. Sic.k. This collaborative artwork, done with Jerry Hirniak, also...