Examples of Classical Revival architecture around Lancaster County, from the time period 1820-1850, are scarce but very distinctive. See some examples by clicking on the arrows to move through the ...
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines revival as “renewed attention or interest in something.” Classical Revival is the first of many revival styles to appear on the architectural scene in Lancaster ...
Architecture inevitably entails large expenditures of money, and where there is money, there is politics. What might seem like strictly stylistic affinities are rarely only that. For patrons and ...
My previous piece for The American Conservative concerned the mayhem postwar “urban renewal” wrought in Washington, D.C.’s southwest quadrant. A conspicuous feature of that mayhem is the Robert C.
Shortly after Donald Trump’s election and his own appointment as Uncle Sam’s chief architect, David Insinga cited his involvement with the design and construction of a federal courthouse in Cedar ...
The ideals that prompted a revival of classical edifices in America are stronger, and better, than the president who wants to force their return. Federal design guidelines for government buildings ...