The new Pérez Art Museum that opened here last week embodies a vernacular style—deep-shaded, loose-limbed and connected to the tropics—that should have been but never was because of those two invasive species, Art Deco and the air conditioner. — online.wsj.com
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"...embodies a vernacular style - deep-shaded, loose-limbed and connected to the tropics—that should have been but never was..."
Never was? Where did the vernacular come from?
The vernacular might be disappearing, because of air conditioning, but it surely existed and still does.
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