Arthur Drooker

City Hall, written by Arthur Drooker, is a pleasant surprise. While architecture is one of my favorite topics, for some reason I don’t often read books that talk about it. Given the quality I found within the pages of CH, it’s something I’ll have to rectify asap.

You see, I love classical architecture, okay? Modernism can be good–I have this puzzling fascination with brutalism, say–but it doesn’t hold a candle to classical. There’s a solid, timeless beauty with buildings like the New York City Hall or the Philadelphia City Hall; I wish I had enough walls to frame a staircase detail, the design of a railing.

Long story short, if you like architecture, then you’re in for a treat.

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