poeschl on cars

As human civilization begins to envision the end of an era dominated by the internal combustion engine, we take a look back at the masterworks and follies of the Automotive Century, detour onto the meandering two-lanes to visit a few roadside attractions, and comment on the architectural and urban planning consequences of car culture.

Monday, October 28, 2019

Cars and Coffee in New Canaan

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The late summer car festival at the Lime Rock* track in Connecticut encompassed vintage racing, a concours and car club gatherings.  If y...
Sunday, October 20, 2019

That Other Five Series: How BMW's Baroque Angel Led to the 503 and 507

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BMW resumed building motorcycles in 1948, but didn't get around to resuming car production until late in 1952, over 7 years after Wor...
Sunday, October 6, 2019

Veritas and BMW: Truth and Consequences

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In the wreckage of Germany in the years immediately after WWII, BMW alumni Ernst Loof, George Meier and Lorenz Dietrich cooked up a scheme ...
Thursday, October 3, 2019

Alfa Romeo's Genius Bar: Jano, Anderloni, Figoni and Zagato

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This 1933 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Gran Sport coupe has a unique body from Joseph Figoni's shop in Paris. The car's form and proportions ...
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Was exposed to the work of Frank Lloyd Wright early, when my parents pointed out his work in Oak Park and Riverside, IL. Had a kind of awakening when taking my 4th year of a 5-year U of I archiectural program in France. My dad had pointed out that it would be a rare chance to experience a foreign culture without having someone shoot at me, which had been his experience in France in 1944. He was right...
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