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"Hello, my name is John. I'm a recovering architect."

I like all sorts of towns, cities and buildings, but what I design are Classical buildings and Traditional towns and cities. You can see some of them at www.massengale.com.

With Robert A.M. Stern I wrote a history of architecture and urbanism in the Progressive Era, New York 1900, Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism 1890–1915 (Rizzoli, 1983) as well as an introduction to the history of suburbia before sprawl, The Anglo–American Suburb (St. Martin's Press, 1981). I have a grant to write Do The Right Thing: Architecture, Urbanism, Democracy, the Zeitgeist & the Soul.

I'm the Chair of CNU New York a Founding Member of the Congress for the New Urbanism, a former Director of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America and Federated Conservationists of Westchester County, and a co-founder of the New Urban and Traditional Architecture Councils.

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

The Best Coffee in New York

SantaI'VE BEEN to them all: Gorilla Coffee, Gimme Coffee, Gray Dog Coffee, Joe ... and I don't care what they say: the Madison Avenue branch of Sant Ambroeus has the best cappuccino and espresso in New York. A gourmet friend* with an apartment in Rome says their espresso is better than at all but five or six places in Rome.** When he's in New York he stays at the Carlyle just so he can walk across Madison for breakfast at Sant Ambroeus.

* While he's apologizing that he has "nothing for dinner" he's kneading the pasta.

** And that's saying a lot since we all know the best coffee in the world is at Sant'Eustachio.

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