Inside the past, present and future of stadium design with Populous
by @cityam
@cityam— One of the cherished memories for any sports fan is that intake of breath from sheer disbelief when you first climb the concrete steps from the bowels of a stadium to glimpse the scale of the arena which a team you’re about to both fall in love with and despise for a lifetime calls home. []
Urban Milwaukee—See The Design Concepts To Replace Stadium Freeway. More than 10 alternatives released for the northside freeway spur.
DutchNews.nl—The National Holocaust Museum and me: where past meets present. As Jews worldwide gather around the Seder table this week for Passover, recounting the biblical story of the Israelites’ escape from slavery in Egypt, Lauren Comiteau reflects on injustices past and present, adding a second helping of bitter herbs to her own Seder plate. The Dutch National Holocaust Museum opened last month with much pomp and ceremony—and protest—all broadcast live on national television. There was Dutch king Willem-Alexander wearing a yarmulke and talking about how Sobibor...
The A.V. Club—The Russo Brothers' vision for cinema's future doesn't account for the present. The post-Avengers: Endgame career of directors Joe and Anthony Russo has been marked by uninspiring output (Cherry, The Gray Man, Citadel) and relentless futurism. Their stated goal has been to create brand-new, sprawling IP franchises and to get ahead of the curve regarding technologies that are changing cinema, to control the tech before the tech controls artists. That includes artificial intelligence (they’re on the board of some AI companies), “three-dimensional projectors that don’t require...