Thomas de Monchaux

Notes on the American museum, the natural, and history

No doubt it’s a finer fate than the place becoming an Apple Store.

In which a nascent futurist, seasoned operator, and master craftsman attends to his legends

Penn Station’s condition has had little to do with its architecture, and much to do with how people who don’t live in big cities feel about big cities.

In praise of New York’s heavenly “hellhole”

“The rock tries to fall; it can’t fall because there’s other rocks holding it together.”