Clem Labine

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Clem Labine is the founder of Old-House Journal, Clem Labine’s Traditional Building, and Clem Labine’s Period Homes. His interest in preservation stemmed from his purchase and restoration of an 1883 brownstone in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn, NY.  Read his full bio here.


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Berlin Palace
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Calder Loth Refutes the “Disneyland” Canard

Pennsylvania Station
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To Transform Penn Station, Madison Square Garden Must Move!

Traffic Plans for a Rebuilt Penn Station
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Powerful New Backing for “Rebuild Penn Station”

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More Penn Station Flim-Flam

Original Penn Station Main Waiting Room
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The Great Penn Station Hoax

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“Beauty” Wasn’t Always a Dirty Word

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Come Mingle With the Lions of Classicism

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Getting Stuck with Starchitecture’s Bill

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McKim’s Penn Station Can Rise Again

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Architecture’s Invasive Species

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Coming Soon: The Perfect Modernist Pastiche

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Why Doesn’t the AIA Have a TAG?

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New Tools for Rescuing Wood Windows

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Architects Display Selective Outrage

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Buildings That Eat Their Owners

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Oops! Those Glass Towers Were a Mistake

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End of the Line for Gehry’s Eisenhower Memorial

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The Bold and the Traditional

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When Modernism Is Deprived of Contrast

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The Taliban of Architecture

The proposed design by Robert A.M. Stern Architects for the new Museum of the American Revolution uses restrained Classicism to achieve compatibility with its location in Philadelphia’s historic Independence Hall district. Modernist critics lament that the design isn’t “revolutionary.”
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Stern Gets Slammed for His Urban Civility

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The Bare Brick Mistake Will Not Die!

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Loving Old Houses to Death

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Taxpayer Revolt Adopts Preservation’s Reasoning

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