Author Archives: jamesmccown

New Book Review in ArchitectureBoston

Industrial Chic on Boston Harbor

https://www.architects.org/architectureboston/articles/books-24

http://www.nehomemag.com/article/perfect-partners

Check out my cover story for ArchitectureWeek on the new museum at Massachusetts General Hospital http://www.architectureweek.com/2012/0523/design_1-1.html

Appeared in the January/February issue of Art New England What would Isabella do? It’s hard to divine the wishes of a long dead heiress, but that it seems to me as at the heart of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum … Continue reading →

Article appears concurrently in Art New England The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is a bit of divine madness. When it opened in 1903, it was an extravagant faux “Venetian Palace” plopped down in the heart of what was then the … Continue reading →

In May of 2008, with some fanfare, the Greenway Conservancy, the non-profit group that oversees the Rose Kennedy Greenway, touted the success of Mothers Walk, a fund-raising program allowing donors to buy paving stones etched with feelings of maternal affection … Continue reading →