Louis Kahn bath house, Trenton, New Jersey — © Brian Rose
Philadelphia Inquirer article. Two of the photos in the slide show are mine. The first one, of the new snack bar is actually a progress photo taken by a staff person of Farewell Mills Gatsch, the restoration architects.
Inga Saffron, architecture critic for the Inquirer:
Unable to afford real stone, he chose concrete blocks ground from Delaware River rock, so the building would sit heavy on the earth and you would feel the massiveness of its walls. Close up, you can see the rough block was an inspired choice, giving the modern pool house the dignity of a Levant ruin. The high, solid walls shield a serene refuge. Entering from the recessed side door is like navigating an ancient souk.
Expected completion of the project, mid-September. I’m looking forward to photographing it.
hello Brian — I wanted to say thank you for the photo of the New Museum from the back — from a blog post back in 2007 (on your old blogspot site, thus the out-of-place comment here). I am an artist working on a print of a Bowery cityscape which includes the Museum; I had some photo reference but was missing crucial information. Yours was the only photo of the museum from *behind* that I could find on the internet! Thanks!
— Jean Cozzens
That photo was taken from my roof on Stanton Street. Now in my book/exhibition proposal Time and Space on the Lower East Side.