Comments for environments - built and unbuilt http://ellenbrenna.com architecture - culture - ecology - history - the conservation of all worthy things Sun, 08 Jul 2012 18:03:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Apple Tag & Label, Long Island City by Alain De Carolis » Blog Archive » L’Appartamentino a Long Island City http://ellenbrenna.com/2012/03/03/apple-tag-label-long-island-city/#comment-48 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 18:03:57 +0000 http://ellenbrenna.com/?p=342#comment-48 [...] manifatturiera di New York City. Ultimissimo caso quello dell'Apple Building, l'edificio in cui ha operato la Apple Tag & Label Company fino agli '70 e che grazie ai lavori di restauro entro l'anno sarà in grado di ospitare 25.000 [...]

]]> Comment on Non-magical thinking by ellenbrenna http://ellenbrenna.com/2011/05/29/non-magical-thinking/#comment-7 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 16:04:47 +0000 https://ellenbrenna.wordpress.com/2011/05/29/non-magical-thinking/#comment-7 Thanks. It is interesting that sometimes my chosen field of study, historic preservation, is treated as a frivolous, purely aesthetic or sentimental pursuit when it seems to me to be highly consequential.

]]> Comment on Non-magical thinking by daybookexchange http://ellenbrenna.com/2011/05/29/non-magical-thinking/#comment-6 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:27:49 +0000 https://ellenbrenna.wordpress.com/2011/05/29/non-magical-thinking/#comment-6 Overwhelming that is true. But in the end all these things are just complex versions of the primary earthly matter. It’s funny how we can sometimes hold these items in such high esteem, like they are needs when in reality they are just a want.

A profound post you’ve made Ellen. Very wise.

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