Life in a Northern Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. B.M.A.T.C., and Etruscan typewriter erasers. Blogged by David Gorsline.
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Jospeph Shapiro files a two-part report on the Green House Project, a movement to reinvent nursing homes for the elderly, and its first built instance, in Tupelo, Miss. The project is the vision of William Thomas, who has published a popular-level book on the idea. Thomas writes in the passionate present tense, à la architectural theorist Christopher Alexander:
Rural, suburban, or urban, Green Houses are dwellings that house six to ten people. They belong in residential settings and should be good architectural neighbors. Some will be built into high-rise apartment buildings; others will be free-standing houses. Whatever form they take, there should always be as little distinction as possible between a Green House and the other housing nearby. In an ideal situation, a person looking for a Green House might pass it by because it is so inconspicuous. Inside the building, furnishings and decorations reflect the preferences of the elders of that community. Elders fill the house, to the greatest extent possible, with their own furniture, art, and decorations. At its best, the interior of a Green House closely resembles the homes of other elders in the vicinity.
I was surprised that the story caught my attention, but then again, I have an elderly parent who is beginning to assess assisted-living options. posted: 10:47:41 PM |
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Après vous... is a silly, serviceable romantic comedy, powered by the performance of José Garcia. Garcia plays Louis, a suicidal sad sack saved from himself by well-meaning Antoine (the always excellent Daniel Auteuil), who is head waiter in a Paris restaurant. Looking like a pudgy Robert Downey, Jr., Garcia's Louis utters a birdlike strangled cry when the situation gets too stressful. And Auteuil has a nice farcical turn with an uncooperative lobster. posted: 10:28:22 PM |
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