Sometimes the most poignant qualities of a site come not from what is actually there, but from what is connected to it, through time and space, by our recollections and hopes. The Poetics of Gardens It is all too easy to think of gardens as consisting simply of physical stuff — of plants and paths, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Lincoln center’
The essence of gardens
Posted in France outside Paris, Gardens, History, Italy, UK, tagged genius loci, Great Dixter, Lincoln center, memory, photography, Vaux le Vicomte, Villa Madama on February 10, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Dan Kiley and New York Fashion Week
Posted in Modern design, Parks, United States, tagged Damrosch Park, Dan Kiley, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Lincoln center, New York Fashion Week, North Court on September 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Damrosch Park at the Lincoln Center was designed in the 1960s by master landscape architect Dan Kiley. Much diminished through neglect and misuse, the park is about to host New York Fashion Week, which is moving from its old home in Bryant Park. I am a huge fan of Kiley (see my previous posts on [...]











