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from diane arbus posted in art and design by donkeyoti
The American photographer Diane Arbus was born as Diane Nemerov to David Nemerov and Gertrude Russek Nemerov on March 14, 1923. The Nemerovs were a wealthy Jewish couple who lived in New York City and owned Russek's, a women's clothing store on Fifth Avenue.
Diane attended the Fieldston School for Ethical Culture (also called Fieldston), an Ivy League prep school located adjacent to Central Park in Manhattan.
Fieldston's curriculum focuses on the pursuit of social justice, racial equality, and intellectual freedom. The school and the affiliated Ethical Culture Society have been havens for secular Jews who rejected the mysticism and rituals of Judaism, but accepted many of its ethical teachings.
view full location details...washington square park
from diane arbus posted in art and design by donkeyoti
One summer, the photographer Diane Arbus spent her time working in Washington Square Park. It was here in 1965 that she shot, "A young man and his pregnant wife in Washington Square Park, NY," among several others.
Upon recalling her interactions in the park, Arbus said the following:
"And there were these territories staked out. There were young hippie junkies down one row, lesbians down another—really tough, amazingly hardcore lesbians—and in the middle were winos. They were like the first echelon, and the girls who came from the Bronx to become hippies would have to sleep with the winos to get to sit on the other part with the junkie hippies. It was really remarkable and I found it very scary. I mean, I could become a million things, but I could never become that."
Hear Arbus tell the story in her own voice here.
view full location details...mcnamara alumni center
from antoine predock, kke architects posted in art and design by crabapple
Located on the same campus as the Weisman Art Museum, the McNamara Alumni Center is another example of eye-catching modern architecture. Designed by the New Mexico-based architect Antoine Predock (and named after an alumnus who donated $3 million towards its construction), the rounded, angular McNamara is intended to resemble a giant, granite-sheathed geode. Irregular windows and large slits of glass penetrate the exterior of the Great Lump of Oak St.
Inside McNamara is Memorial Hall, an 85-foot high behemoth of a room, with a processional arch from the previous property's tenant (Memorial Stadium, 1924) displayed inside.
view full location details...fasbender clinic
from frank lloyd wright posted in art and design by corporate_sunshine
Completed two months after Wright's death in 1959, the Fasbender Clinic was created for Dr. Fasbender, Jr.'s medical practice. The building is a unique blend of complex polygonal shapes, a stylization that became known as Wright's "inward house period." The sloping copper roof enshrouds the light brown utilitarian exterior.
The Fasbender Clinic is one of thirteen FLW designs that were constructed in Minnesota. The building is now owned and operated out of by Edward Jones Investments.
view full location details...the donald lovness house
from frank lloyd wright posted in art and design by corporate_sunshine
Built in 1957 on a 20-acre plot overlooking a lake, the Donald and Virginia Lovness home incorporates many elements of Wright's Usonian building practices, as well as extensive interior furnishings designed by the architect.
Constructed of Wisconsin dolomite stone and Fir wood, the home is now called the "Studio." This is to differentiate it from the "Cottage" that FLW left plans for, completed just a few yards away in the late 1970's. Wright also left plans for three additional cottages.
Today the property is up for sale, now priced just under $2 million.
Several photos can be viewed here.