"One of the joys of the
daily New York Sun–the new New York Sun–is Francis Morrone's
excellent column on city architecture; it gives Lewis Mumford's famous
'Skyline' column a run for its money."
–James Panero, The New Criterion
Francis Morrone began
writing his weekly column, "Abroad
in New York," for the New York Sun
on April 19, 2002, on the
Friday of the paper's first week of existence. He hasn't missed a week
since. The column now appears every Thursday. It's a column on
New York buildings and history. It attempts to relate new development
and changes in the environment to the dynamics of New York's fast-paced
history.
You
may want to read the Sun every day. One reason is that the more
broadsheets a city has, the better. However much you may like the
Times, you have to wonder how New York--New York!--ever ended up a
one-broadsheet town. (London has four.) A better reason to read the Sun
every day is that it has the best arts and sports commentary of any New
York paper, among much else, and Morrone, in addition to writing his
Thursday column, frequently reviews books and exhibitions for the Sun.
"One
of the undiscussed developments in NY newspapering is that the New York
Sun outdoes the New York Times in arts coverage--in fact, is downright
embarrassing the paper....The Sun has superb dance coverage from Joel
Lobenthal, excellent architectural criticism by James Gardner and
Francis Morrone, and sports coverage that doesn't condescend to soccer
and tennis."
–James Wolcott, jameswolcott.com
Click
on the titles below to read recent pieces Morrone has written for the
Sun. For the rest, rest assured that all the columns will one day be
collected in a book.
| August 23, 2007 |
A Cultural Superblock Gets a Makeover |
| August 23, 2007 |
Overwhelming to Behold |
| August 16, 2007 |
A New Yorker in Heart & in Paint |
| August 16, 2007 |
The Waterfront That Sugar Built |
| August 9, 2007 |
The Rebirth of McCarren Park |
| August 2, 2007 |
Rediscovering a Master of the Leafy Landscape |
| August 2, 2007 |
Nostalgia for Stuyvesant Town |
| July 26, 2007 |
The Fate of the Hudson Yards |
| July 19, 2007 |
Take the High Line |
| July 12, 2007 |
The Charms of Third Avenue |
| July 12, 2007 |
The Lay of the Landscape |
July 5, 2007
|
Changes on the Waterfront |
June 28, 2007
|
Founders' Keepers |
June 28, 2007
|
A Home for Ancient Mariners |
June 21, 2007
|
Up from the Flames in Bushwick
|
June 14, 2007
|
The Overhaul of the Upper West Side |
June 7, 2007
|
The Cracks in City Hall Park |
May 31, 2007
|
On the Red Hook Waterfront |
May 24, 2007
|
Trying to Rescue a Sunken Plaza |
