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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 11h

It was great to see you! Thanks for coming out!

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Had no idea! Well, that's why you're great I guess.

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Julia, how am I only learning now that you are also from Cincinnati??? I don't think I ever knew this.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Brian D. Goldstein discusses how Max Bond initially lobbied for the National Museum of African American History and later co-designed it for @hyperallergic.com. Get @bgoldst.bsky.social’s new biography on Max Bond, out now! buff.ly/tBeJRHx

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The Overlooked Black Architect Who Shaped a Landmark Smithsonian Museum

Max Bond Jr., who lobbied for and co-designed the National Museum of African American History and Culture in DC, deserves a larger place in history.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Tomorrow, Sept 23 @ 7:00pm EDT, head to Celia Bookshop to hear about @bgoldst.bsky.social's Max Bond! In conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic @ingasaffron.bsky.social, Goldstein will discuss Bond’s extraordinary career and the relationship between architecture & social change

Max Bond: The Life and Work of the People's Architect by Brian D. Goldstein

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Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · 15/09/2026

Brian D. Goldstein (PhD ’13) is the author of Max Bond: The Life and Work of the People’s Architect, published today! Bond (MArch ’58) designed buildings from northern Ghana to rural Mississippi to Harlem to the National Mall. www.harvardmagazine.com/alumni/arch…

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How J. Max Bond Jr. Honored Black History Through Architecture | Harvard Magazine

A new book explores the Harvard-trained architect’s vision and impact, from Ground Zero to the Smithsonian.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Lovely to see @apollo-magazine.com recommend @bgoldst.bsky.social’s Max Bond in their September issue. Learn more about this definitive biography of a preeminent postwar architect who championed the cause of freedom through architecture and transformed Black history and modernism: buff.ly/wu4I5kb

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Now available, Max Bond: The Life and Work of the People's Architect by @bgoldst.bsky.social is the first biography of a preeminent postwar architect who championed the cause of freedom through architecture & transformed Black history & modernism. Find it here: buff.ly/H5kDXd9 10 November UK pub.

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tonight!! And book publication day is today! Order from your favorite bookstore!

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Thank you for including my work, Shannon ❤️. I'm excited to hear what the students think!

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Can’t wait to see what colossally stupid work will replace Joel Shapiro’s “Blue”

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Going through the Frontier purchasing interface feels like walking through a casino

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Booking a flight, you realize that there are airline employees who sit at their desks all day whose only job is to figure out new ways to create tiny things that they can trick you into buying.

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Am I deeply annoyed and offended by the WH stuff as both a DC resident and U.S. resident? Yes, I am. But the other shenanigans have already dramatically cut access to both public resources, undermined their larger purpose, and created dangerous precedent for violation of any historic site beyond DC.

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The ballroom stuff is bad but honestly East and West Potomac Parks, the Kennedy Center, and Reflecting Pool are more important because they are actually under the umbrella of preservation law while the WH was always a carve out. Bad stuff w/them has far broader public impact.

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I guess the silver lining is the next Democrat in the White House can take a wrecking ball to the ballroom with no worries about illegality.

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The only thing about this that is funny is that in trying to rename two different major bodies of water he could only think to use the same name for both.

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Don’t forget that Dolly bought millions of books for millions of kids without being preachy or judgey, she just wanted kids to read. I loved those books’ monthly arrival and was deeply sad about both their conclusion and the quickness of time when the last one arrived with the start of kindergarten.

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

one of the finest people to ever live

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is really great, Neil! Your masterpiece. I'm very suspicious of conspiracy theories by nature and found this very compelling. It even has a strange package that you discovered, the key to solving a mystery!

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Yes, Justin S. got this right, I can't deny it. Forrestall site would be the right one for these two very important museums.

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Maybe they take what they can get now and push that under another admin? I assume they have a plan to make this work if it goes forward. Dig dig dig...

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A&I is deceptively small, less than half the square footage of NMAAHC. It’s disappointing that NMAL has to make a choice under duress. Would they be allowed to dig down for more space? Would perhaps be an okay outcome if so.

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

NMAAHC was planned for Arts & Industries but when it advanced in early 2000s many said it deserved a new bldg. On one hand A&I would help NMAL move forward. On other, would mean it doesn’t get same treatment as its peers. People saw A&I as a slight to NMAAHC. Is this a slight or better than nothing?

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

On its way in a month! And available to preorder now 📚!

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Karen Kubey @karenkubey.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Brian Goldstein has been working on this biography of the inimitable Max Bond for a decade. Pub date: 9/15. I can't wait to read it! Pre-order: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... @bgoldst.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social #maxbondthelifeandworkofthepeoplesarchitect

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Just straight up holy freakin' Moses, look at this masterpiece

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Of course the sickest thing of all in this story is how Trump and the board have completely destroyed the Kennedy Center only to claim that only they can save it.

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This game has become his livelihood at this point so who can blame him

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I love the very specific and weird encounters we have with these people when you are an actual resident of this town

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

So overtan that tanning salons won't let him in (incidentally, he's been oft-spotted going to the Palm Beach Tan in DC's Cleveland Park neighborhood, but still).

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I agree! Beauty in the chaos.

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Thank you, Christine! You are my teammate on the architecture biography kickball team.

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The first review is in! "Destined to become the definitive account of an architect whose quiet influence has long exceeded his recognition." -Mark Gardner "Max Bond: The Life and Work of the People's Architect" out 9/15 @princetonupress.bsky.social! www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/183...

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A New Biography Chronicles the Life and Career of a Groundbreaking Black Architect and Advocate

Written by Brian D. Goldstein, the first-ever biography of Max Bond emphasizes his creativity, leadership, and determination to expand the possibilities of the profession.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Wonderful to see eight forthcoming PUP (including one @islandpress.bsky.social) titles featured in @publisherswkly.bsky.social's Fall Announcements, with Max Bond: The Life and Work of the People’s Architect listed in the top ten of the the Art, Architecture, and Photography category!

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

As a proud DC resident, I will always remain a die-hard Cincinnati Reds fan because that way I never have to worry about having hope and then having that hope dashed.

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

When you look at whose jobs Harvard College is cutting, it doesn't make you feel good about the institution's priorities: the writing center, the co-op that served students who felt safest & happiest in alternative housing, & the campus's center for public service www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

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Nearly Half of Phillips Brooks House Staff Positions Impacted by FAS Restructuring | News | The Harvard Crimson

The Phillips Brooks House was the hardest-hit Harvard College unit by share of staff positions in a recent round of layoffs tied to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ sweeping administrative overhaul, ...

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Find me here, opining on one of my local airports!

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Commission of Dark Arts 🧱🗃️ @jgbollard.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I also second @bgoldst.bsky.social's comment here: “The best airports have specificity and speak to you of the place where you are. The DC region has a lot of personality and placeness but the renderings have ignored those aspects." Saarinen's elements have a VIBE that shouldn't be tossed aside.

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Listen, if you said that these were the ones that have a secret bunker, I think most people would have just gone with it.

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Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Just feels possible in this moment

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