A Building Is Not An Institution

Good Morning,Modernization was supposed to sand the world down to one global culture. The evidence says otherwise: under pressure, people tend to sharpen their differences rather than surrender them (Psyche).
Which is useful context for the day’s buildings. The Kennedy Center is technically open — doors unlocked, staff at their posts — and nearly empty, a marble shell deactivated (Washington Post), even as a federal panel rules Trump’s name stays off it while appeals proc