Unfrozen

<p>Intro/Outro: “Here on Earth,” by Love and Rockets</p><p>--</p><ul><li>“<a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/dwelling-on-earth">Dwelling on Earth</a>,” by <a href="https://www.stefanal.com/">Stefan Al</a></li><li>“<a href="https://www.stefanal.com/books/supertall">Supertall</a>,” by Stefan Al</li><li>Unfrozen 29, “‘<a href="https://unfrozenarch.net/episodes/al-in-on-supertalls-061">Al’ in on Supertalls</a>”</li><li>Etymology of “<a href="https://academic.oup.com/chicago-scholarship-online/book/58728">oikonomia</a>” = “economy” in ancient Greek</li><li><a href="https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2023/dangerous-liaisons/david-wengrow-and-eyal-weizman-forensic-architecture-and-nebelivka-project">The Nebelivka Hypothesis</a></li><li>“<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Poetics_of_Space">The Poetics of Space</a>,” by Gaston Bachelard</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Bourdieu">Pierre Bordeau</a>’s theory of “habitus”</li><li>The Roman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insula_(building)">insulae</a></li><li>“<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_at_the_Center_of_the_World">The Island at the Center of the World</a>,” by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Shorto">Russell Shorto</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkor_Wat">Angkor Wat</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidar">Lidar scanning</a></li><li>Mesopotamia’s use of plaster leading to deforestation</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_kitchen">The Frankfurt Kitchen</a></li><li>Communal living at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delft_University_of_Technology">TU Delft</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosco_Verticale">Bosco Verticale</a>, Milan</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mj%C3%B8st%C3%A5rnet">Mjostarnet</a>, Brummundal, Norway</li><li><a href="https://www.iconbuild.com/">ICON Technology</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/technology/manufacturing-materials-3-d-printing/nasa-looks-to-advance-3d-printing-construction-systems-for-the-moon-and-mars/">3D printing on the Moon</a></li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>Intro: “Stop the Rock,” by Apollo 440</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed:</p><ul><li>“<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lunch-Beam-Making-American-Photograph/dp/XXXXXX">Lunch on a Beam: The Making of an American Photograph</a>,” by Christine Roussel</li><li>“<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Art-Rockefeller-Center-Christine-Roussel/dp/0393060829">The Art of Rockefeller Center</a>,” by Christine Roussel</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_Center">Rockefeller Center</a> history</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tishman_Speyer">Tishman Speyer</a> acquired in 2000</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Rockefeller">Nelson Rockefeller</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller_Jr.">John D. Rockefeller Jr.</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre">The Ludlow Massacre</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1945/05/13/archives/john-r-todd-dies-noted-builder-77-former-head-of-firm-which.html">John R. Todd</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Hood">Raymond Hood</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Harrison">Wallace Harrison</a></li><li><a href="https://www.cfa.gov/about-cfa/who-we-are/l-andrew-reinhard">Andrew Reinhard</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delirious_New_York">Delirious New York</a> (Rem Koolhaas) and “Manhattanism”</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building">Empire State (Empty State) Building</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Lee">Ivy Lee</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1956/08/15/archives/merle-crowell-editor-67-dead-readers-digest-senior-aide-was-first.html">Merle Crowell</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Clyde_Ebbets">Charles Clyde Ebbetts</a></li><li>Thomas Kelley</li><li>William Leftwich</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_Safety_and_Health_Administration">Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)</a>, est. 1971</li></ul>

<p>Intro: “S.P.Q.R.” by This Heat</p><p>Discussed:</p><p><a href="https://paulgoldberger.com/">Paul Goldberger</a></p><p>“<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/opinion/culture/white-house-ballroom-trump.html?searchResultPosition=1">Trump Will Destroy Washington if It’s the Last Thing He Does</a>,” New York Times, March 13, 2026</p><p>More Times<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/29/upshot/white-house-ballroom.html"> analysis</a> on the White House ballroom plans</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law">Godwin’s Law</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Speer">Albert Speer</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Henry_Latrobe">Benjamin Latrobe</a></p><p>Alternate venues, that would not require a new ballroom at the White House:</p><ul><li><a href="https://nbm.org/">National Building Museum</a></li><li><a href="https://www.eventsatmellon.com/">Mellon Auditorium</a></li></ul><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moynihan_Train_Hall">Moynihan Train Hall</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulles_International_Airport">Saarinen's Dulles Airport design</a>&nbsp;</p><p>“<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-trump-demolish-rebuild-washington/">Fedlandia</a>” – a plan to rebuild 230 acres of Federal downtown Washington</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7046638/2026/02/14/lawsuit-trump-takeover-dc-golf-course/?searchResultPosition=2">East Potomac Golf Links</a> Trump takeover plan, and the resistance</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Garden_of_American_Heroes">National Garden of American Heroes</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Christopher_Columbus_%28Baltimore%29">Christopher Columbus statue, Baltimore</a></p><p>White House ballroom architects</p><ul><li><a href="https://mccreryarchitects.com/">James McCrery</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/us/politics/trump-ballroom-architect.html?searchResultPosition=1">Shalom Baranes</a></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-31/trump-says-triumphal-arch-construction-to-begin-in-two-months">Arc de Trump</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Shubow">Justin Shubow</a></p><p>Suit <a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/03/23/nx-s1-5757505/kennedy-center-trump-lawsuit">against Kennedy Center renovations</a></p><p>Mamdani’s <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/mamdani-pitches-sunnyside-yards-housing-project-trump-queens/6470480/?utm_source=copilot.com">Trump-whispering</a> to get funding for the Sunnyside Yards overbuild</p><p><a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150521848/design-proposals-for-trump-s-dulles-international-airport-overhaul-include-zaha-hadid-architects-adjaye-associates-grimshaw">Dulles Airport overhaul proposals</a></p><p>Original Dulles Airport <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_lounge">mobile lounges</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Foster_Dulles">John Foster Dulles</a></p><p>Trump offer to release Gateway Tunnel funds <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-asked-dulles-penn-station-named-exchange-gateway-money-released-rcna257708">in exchange for naming Penn Station after him</a></p><p><a href="https://cbs12.com/news/local/palm-beach-international-airport-rename-representative-brian-mast-bill-would-codify-president-donald-j-trump-international-airport-name-and-seek-code-djt">Renaming of Palm Beach airport</a>, after Trump</p><p><a href="https://www.weissmanfredi.com/projects/25-u-s-embassy-in-new-delhi-india">Renovation and expansion of the US Embassy in Delhi, India</a> (Edward Durell Stone &gt; Weiss Manfredi)</p><p>Penn Station reconstruction under Trump:</p><ul><li><a href="https://gothamist.com/news/trump-weighs-moving-madison-square-garden-for-penn-station-rebuild-sources-say">Move Madison Square Garden</a>?</li><li><a href="https://media.amtrak.com/2026/03/trumps-transportation-secretary-sean-p-duffy-and-amtrak-announce-progress-on-new-york-penn-station-transformation/">AECOM joint venture to lead project management</a></li><li>ASTM + HOK + PAU Plan: <a href="https://www.6sqft.com/new-penn-station-overhaul-proposal-adds-vishaan-chakrabarti-to-design-team/">Keep MSG, remove Hulu Theater</a></li></ul><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moynihan_Train_Hall">Moynihan Train Hall</a></p><p><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ballpark-paul-goldberger/1129614867">Ballpark: Baseball in the American City</a></p><p>FIFA Sites include:</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillette_Stadium">Gillette Stadium</a>, Foxborough, MA</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrowhead_Stadium">Arrowhead Stadium</a>, Kansas City, MO</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoFi_Stadium">SoFi Stadium</a>, Inglewood, CA</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T_Stadium">AT&amp;T Stadium</a>, Arlington, TX</li></ul><p>Chuck Klosterman: “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_%28book%29?utm_source=copilot.com">Football</a>” as a “hyperobject”</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Siro">Milan San Siro</a> (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza)</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Stadium">NY Jets plan for West Side stadium</a></p><p>Upcoming Goldberger book (11/17/2026): “<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720345/the-imperfect-city-by-paul-goldberger/">The Imperfect City: Design, Serendipity, and the Real Life of Cities</a>”</p><p>--</p><p>Outro: “The Leopards Ate My Face,” by Franchesca Ramsey</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>Intro/Outro: “America,” by Neil Diamond</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed:</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-burkham-05799417/">Jonathan Burkham</a></p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/migrant-midwest-the-case-for-immigration-and-economic-growth-in-the-american-heartland-dr-jonathan-mann-burkham/6d3473bccb748f47?ean=9798216276098&amp;next=t&amp;next=t&amp;affiliate=94913&amp;utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email">Migrant Midwest</a></p><p>Ed Glaeser – “<a href="https://nyti.ms/4lWnHrJ">Human Capital Follows the Thermometer</a>,” New York Times, April 19, 2011</p><p>Civic Federation’s report “<a href="https://www.civicfed.org/blog/chicagos-budget-growth-2019-2025?utm_source=copilot.com">Chicago's Budget Growth: 2019–2025</a>”</p><p>Minneapolis’ resilience and defense of its Somali community against ICE raids</p><p>Springfield, Ohio – myths and realities about its Haitian population</p><p><a href="https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/cityDCD/planning/plans/Citywide/plan/Data.pdf?utm_source=copilot.com">Milwaukee</a> – population trends 1960-2024</p><p>Michigan governor Rick Snyder’s 2014 <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/michigan-us-give-immigrants-visas-help-bankrupt-detroit-flna2D11980300?utm_source=copilot.com">call for 50,000 visas</a></p><p><a href="https://www.michigan.gov/mcda/population/michigan-population-analysis/2026/01/27/vintage2025-estimates">Michigan’s population growth</a>, 2021-2025</p><p>Nick Reding, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methland">Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town</a>”</p><p><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/provincial-nominee-program.html">Canadian Provincial Nominee Program</a></p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-provincial-nominee-program-focusing-temporary-workers-9.7063307">Backlash to the CPNP</a> + no housing growth</p><p><a href="https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&amp;&amp;p=d1f235259799d092d7a3a21233a2f18a9b8ce8b565b7f3ab789fcc5a0a063bb0JmltdHM9MTc3NDY1NjAwMA&amp;ptn=3&amp;ver=2&amp;hsh=4&amp;fclid=0dc8a875-56a9-618d-0c45-be1a57e460cc&amp;psq=Canada%e2%80%99s+population+decline&amp;u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2JjLmNhL25ld3MvcG9saXRpY3MvY2FuYWRhLXBvcHVsYXRpb24tZGVjbGluZS1maXJzdC10aW1lLTkuNzEzMzY0Mw">Canada’s population decline</a> – 102,000 in 2025, the first since Confederation in 1867</p><p><a href="https://unfrozenarch.net/episodes/61-smaller-cities-in-a-shrinking-world">Allan Mallach – Smaller Cities in a Shrinking World – Unfrozen</a> 61&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://unfrozenarch.net/episodes/108-north">Jesse Keenan – North – Unfrozen 108</a></p><p>“<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/climate/climate-migration-duluth.html">Climate-proof Duluth</a>”&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/darylfairweather?utm_source=copilot.com">Daryl Fairweather,</a> Redfin chief economist, new resident of Williams Bay, WI</p><p><a href="https://cms.nar.realtor/sites/default/files/2024-11/2024-migration-trends-report-11-25-2024.pdf">National Association of Realtors migration trends 2024</a></p>

<p>Intro/Outro: “Depreston,” by Courtney Barnett</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed:</p><p><a href="https://www.bu.edu/sociology/profile/japonica-brown-saracino/">Japonica Brown-Saracino</a></p><p><a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691244358/the-death-and-life-of-gentrification">The Death and Life of Gentrification: A New Map of a Persistent Idea</a></p><p><a href="https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781315881096/gentrification-debates-japonica-brown-saracino">The Gentrification Debates</a></p><p><a href="https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-soc-060116-053427">Explicating Divided Approaches to Gentrification and Growing Income Inequality</a></p><p>Sarah Schulman: <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Gentrification_of_the_Mind/4akwDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=0">The Gentrification of the Mind</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Glass">Ruth Glass</a> and the coining of “<a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/ideas/100-years-bartlett/ruth-glass-and-coining-gentrification">Gentrification</a>” as a term in 1964</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Jacobs">Jane Jacobs</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_and_Life_of_Great_American_Cities">The Death and Life of Great American Cities</a></p><p>Robert Goldman: <a href="https://www.vitalsource.com/products/renovating-value-robert-goldman-v9781439920503">Renovating Value: HGTV and the Spectacle of Gentrification</a></p><p><a href="https://academic.oup.com/book/40953">Sharon Zukin: Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Smith_(geographer)">Neil Smith</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-gap_theory">The Rent-Gap Theory</a></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7725422/">Vida</a></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10037034/">Gentefied</a></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13623608/">The Curse</a></p><p><a href="https://sites.bu.edu/gentrification/profile/loretta-lees/">Loretta Lees</a>: Super-Gentrification</p><p>Wendy Griswold: <a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/R/bo5568025.html">Regionalism and the Reading Class</a></p>