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Indigo has opened an enormous new location in Toronto, and it's in one of the city's most talked-about developments, The Well. Offering the requisite co. ....
Rebuilding a culture of beauty Tuesday, December 29, 2020 | Robert Knight - Guest Columnist Knight In order to achieve equality, everything had to be leveled and replaced with the gray, lifeless forms of a totalitarian society. President Trump thinks we should stop paying for ugly government buildings. On December 21, he announced the formation of a “President’s Council on Improving Federal Civic Architecture.” He wants more of the kind of buildings that tourists flock to see and fewer that resemble Soviet-style “brutalist” designs. In 2007, my wife and I were in Warsaw, Poland for a World Congress of Families conference. During our cab ride from the airport, we saw miles and miles of ugly modernist architecture foisted on the Polish people by their communist masters. ....
Trump attempts to turn the tide on ugly government architecture Follow Us Question of the Day ANALYSIS/OPINION: President Trump thinks we should stop paying for ugly government buildings. On Dec. 21, he announced the formation of a President’s Council on Improving Federal Civic Architecture. He wants more of the kind of buildings that tourists flock to see and fewer that resemble Soviet-style “brutalist” designs. In 2007, my wife and I were in Warsaw, Poland, for a World Congress of Families conference. During our cab ride from the airport, we saw miles and miles of ugly modernist architecture foisted on the Polish people by their communist masters. ....
THIS week’s selection of readers’ photographs is a great mix showcasing some of Ryedale’s landscapes, as well as some of its wildlife. A picture of a robin never fails to make you smile, and this one taken by Elizabeth Gray in Cold Kirby certainly knows how to strike a pose for the camera. Digby the dog looks like he has missed going to his local while out on his daily walk. Here he is during lockdown, snapped in action by Robert Rayner. Talking of food and drinks, Jenny Stead photographed “feeding time” for this flock of sheep on Levisham Moor. The view is looking towards the Hole of Horcum. ....