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A Telethon Gathers Stories About Commuting During the Pandemic in LA

by Elisa Wouk Almino June 17, 2020November 5, 2020

A virtual telethon will fundraise for an Arts Emergency Relief Fund, which provides grants to artists in Los Angeles impacted by COVID-19.

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The Father of Streamlining Gets Some Long Overdue Love from MoMA

by Allison Meier March 1, 2016March 3, 2016

Raymond Loewy earned the nickname “father of streamlining” for his influential career in industrial design, shaping sleek icons of 20th-century America such as the Lucky Strike cigarette packet and the Art Deco shell of the PRR S1 steam locomotive.

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Bringing New York City’s Underpasses Out of the Shadows and into Public Space

by Allison Meier June 22, 2015June 23, 2015

Over 700 miles of underdeveloped space are in the shadows of New York City’s elevated highways and rails.

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The Promise of Glamor and Adventure in Mid-Century Airline Advertising

by Allison Meier June 12, 2015June 12, 2015

From the end of World War II to the 1970s, airline travel experienced a revolution in extended routes and better aircrafts.

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Rebuilding Demolished Penn Station Isn’t New York’s Redemption

by Allison Meier May 12, 2015May 14, 2015

When the soaring ceilings and Doric columns of the McKim, Mead & White-designed Pennsylvania Station started to fall under the wrecking ball in 1963, architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable called it a “monumental act of vandalism against one of the largest and finest landmarks of its age of Roman elegance.”

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20th-Century Models of Speed and Wonder

by Laura C. Mallonee December 9, 2014December 9, 2014

Transportation is one of the few industries in which design has so consistently been the driving force. Who hasn’t at some point been stopped in their tracks by the polished silhouette of a classic Corvette? The car’s controlled curves evoke speed, and that speed creates the illusion of power.

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