While Saarinen’s groundbreaking works gave him international prominence, many people don’t realize that his earliest architectural and design laboratory was in Michigan. — New York Times
John L. Dorman, for the travel section of the New York Times explored Michigan's modern architecture, and more specifically, buildings by modern architect Eliel Saarinen and his son Eero. He reports visiting the Saarinen's house designed by Eliel and the first buildings realized by Eero, such as his office, the University of Michigan School of Music, Dance and Theatre, and the General Motors Technical Center. The article describes the genesis of Eliel's career in Michigan before becoming famous internationally.
The New York Times shared the article with a tweet insinuating that midwest architecture wasn't renown, generating many angry responses.
Who says the Midwest lacks architecture of note? Saarinen's early designs stand the test of time. https://t.co/wuVNFffKF7 pic.twitter.com/n1kpCVvs2W
— New York Times Arts (@nytimesarts) October 6, 2017
Without question, one of the most clueless @nytimes tweets ever.
— Lynn Pounian (@Panger2024) October 8, 2017
Sincerely: Whoever wrote this, pick up a book on American architecture.
Frank Lloyd Wright, Daniel Burnham, Louis Sullivan, Mies van der Rohe, Harry Weese, William Le Baron Jenney and Bertrand Goldberg right now: pic.twitter.com/01TYkmOX7G
— Chicago Architecture Center (@chiarchitecture) October 9, 2017
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Why is everyone angry at a tweet and not their awful architecture coverage for the past 5 years. The “Chicago is also good” crowd is also missing the point.
The NYT is basically an architecture troll at this point, New York, Chicago and everywhere in between. They send their arch critic to ogle foreigners and their failing infrastructure, leaving little resources for any substaintal US coverage
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