Unfrozen – Details, episodes & analysis

<p>Intro: “S.P.Q.R.” by This Heat</p><p>Discussed:</p><p><a href="https://paulgoldberger.com/">Paul Goldberger</a></p><p>“<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/opinion/culture/white-house-ballroom-trump.html?searchResultPosition=1">Trump Will Destroy Washington if It’s the Last Thing He Does</a>,” New York Times, March 13, 2026</p><p>More Times<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/29/upshot/white-house-ballroom.html"> analysis</a> on the White House ballroom plans</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law">Godwin’s Law</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Speer">Albert Speer</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Henry_Latrobe">Benjamin Latrobe</a></p><p>Alternate venues, that would not require a new ballroom at the White House:</p><ul><li><a href="https://nbm.org/">National Building Museum</a></li><li><a href="https://www.eventsatmellon.com/">Mellon Auditorium</a></li></ul><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moynihan_Train_Hall">Moynihan Train Hall</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulles_International_Airport">Saarinen's Dulles Airport design</a>&nbsp;</p><p>“<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-trump-demolish-rebuild-washington/">Fedlandia</a>” – a plan to rebuild 230 acres of Federal downtown Washington</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7046638/2026/02/14/lawsuit-trump-takeover-dc-golf-course/?searchResultPosition=2">East Potomac Golf Links</a> Trump takeover plan, and the resistance</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Garden_of_American_Heroes">National Garden of American Heroes</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Christopher_Columbus_%28Baltimore%29">Christopher Columbus statue, Baltimore</a></p><p>White House ballroom architects</p><ul><li><a href="https://mccreryarchitects.com/">James McCrery</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/us/politics/trump-ballroom-architect.html?searchResultPosition=1">Shalom Baranes</a></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-31/trump-says-triumphal-arch-construction-to-begin-in-two-months">Arc de Trump</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Shubow">Justin Shubow</a></p><p>Suit <a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/03/23/nx-s1-5757505/kennedy-center-trump-lawsuit">against Kennedy Center renovations</a></p><p>Mamdani’s <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/mamdani-pitches-sunnyside-yards-housing-project-trump-queens/6470480/?utm_source=copilot.com">Trump-whispering</a> to get funding for the Sunnyside Yards overbuild</p><p><a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150521848/design-proposals-for-trump-s-dulles-international-airport-overhaul-include-zaha-hadid-architects-adjaye-associates-grimshaw">Dulles Airport overhaul proposals</a></p><p>Original Dulles Airport <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_lounge">mobile lounges</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Foster_Dulles">John Foster Dulles</a></p><p>Trump offer to release Gateway Tunnel funds <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-asked-dulles-penn-station-named-exchange-gateway-money-released-rcna257708">in exchange for naming Penn Station after him</a></p><p><a href="https://cbs12.com/news/local/palm-beach-international-airport-rename-representative-brian-mast-bill-would-codify-president-donald-j-trump-international-airport-name-and-seek-code-djt">Renaming of Palm Beach airport</a>, after Trump</p><p><a href="https://www.weissmanfredi.com/projects/25-u-s-embassy-in-new-delhi-india">Renovation and expansion of the US Embassy in Delhi, India</a> (Edward Durell Stone &gt; Weiss Manfredi)</p><p>Penn Station reconstruction under Trump:</p><ul><li><a href="https://gothamist.com/news/trump-weighs-moving-madison-square-garden-for-penn-station-rebuild-sources-say">Move Madison Square Garden</a>?</li><li><a href="https://media.amtrak.com/2026/03/trumps-transportation-secretary-sean-p-duffy-and-amtrak-announce-progress-on-new-york-penn-station-transformation/">AECOM joint venture to lead project management</a></li><li>ASTM + HOK + PAU Plan: <a href="https://www.6sqft.com/new-penn-station-overhaul-proposal-adds-vishaan-chakrabarti-to-design-team/">Keep MSG, remove Hulu Theater</a></li></ul><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moynihan_Train_Hall">Moynihan Train Hall</a></p><p><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ballpark-paul-goldberger/1129614867">Ballpark: Baseball in the American City</a></p><p>FIFA Sites include:</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillette_Stadium">Gillette Stadium</a>, Foxborough, MA</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrowhead_Stadium">Arrowhead Stadium</a>, Kansas City, MO</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoFi_Stadium">SoFi Stadium</a>, Inglewood, CA</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T_Stadium">AT&amp;T Stadium</a>, Arlington, TX</li></ul><p>Chuck Klosterman: “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_%28book%29?utm_source=copilot.com">Football</a>” as a “hyperobject”</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Siro">Milan San Siro</a> (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza)</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Stadium">NY Jets plan for West Side stadium</a></p><p>Upcoming Goldberger book (11/17/2026): “<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720345/the-imperfect-city-by-paul-goldberger/">The Imperfect City: Design, Serendipity, and the Real Life of Cities</a>”</p><p>--</p><p>Outro: “The Leopards Ate My Face,” by Franchesca Ramsey</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>Intro/Outro: “America,” by Neil Diamond</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed:</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-burkham-05799417/">Jonathan Burkham</a></p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/migrant-midwest-the-case-for-immigration-and-economic-growth-in-the-american-heartland-dr-jonathan-mann-burkham/6d3473bccb748f47?ean=9798216276098&amp;next=t&amp;next=t&amp;affiliate=94913&amp;utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email">Migrant Midwest</a></p><p>Ed Glaeser – “<a href="https://nyti.ms/4lWnHrJ">Human Capital Follows the Thermometer</a>,” New York Times, April 19, 2011</p><p>Civic Federation’s report “<a href="https://www.civicfed.org/blog/chicagos-budget-growth-2019-2025?utm_source=copilot.com">Chicago's Budget Growth: 2019–2025</a>”</p><p>Minneapolis’ resilience and defense of its Somali community against ICE raids</p><p>Springfield, Ohio – myths and realities about its Haitian population</p><p><a href="https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/cityDCD/planning/plans/Citywide/plan/Data.pdf?utm_source=copilot.com">Milwaukee</a> – population trends 1960-2024</p><p>Michigan governor Rick Snyder’s 2014 <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/michigan-us-give-immigrants-visas-help-bankrupt-detroit-flna2D11980300?utm_source=copilot.com">call for 50,000 visas</a></p><p><a href="https://www.michigan.gov/mcda/population/michigan-population-analysis/2026/01/27/vintage2025-estimates">Michigan’s population growth</a>, 2021-2025</p><p>Nick Reding, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methland">Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town</a>”</p><p><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/provincial-nominee-program.html">Canadian Provincial Nominee Program</a></p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-provincial-nominee-program-focusing-temporary-workers-9.7063307">Backlash to the CPNP</a> + no housing growth</p><p><a href="https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&amp;&amp;p=d1f235259799d092d7a3a21233a2f18a9b8ce8b565b7f3ab789fcc5a0a063bb0JmltdHM9MTc3NDY1NjAwMA&amp;ptn=3&amp;ver=2&amp;hsh=4&amp;fclid=0dc8a875-56a9-618d-0c45-be1a57e460cc&amp;psq=Canada%e2%80%99s+population+decline&amp;u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2JjLmNhL25ld3MvcG9saXRpY3MvY2FuYWRhLXBvcHVsYXRpb24tZGVjbGluZS1maXJzdC10aW1lLTkuNzEzMzY0Mw">Canada’s population decline</a> – 102,000 in 2025, the first since Confederation in 1867</p><p><a href="https://unfrozenarch.net/episodes/61-smaller-cities-in-a-shrinking-world">Allan Mallach – Smaller Cities in a Shrinking World – Unfrozen</a> 61&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://unfrozenarch.net/episodes/108-north">Jesse Keenan – North – Unfrozen 108</a></p><p>“<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/climate/climate-migration-duluth.html">Climate-proof Duluth</a>”&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/darylfairweather?utm_source=copilot.com">Daryl Fairweather,</a> Redfin chief economist, new resident of Williams Bay, WI</p><p><a href="https://cms.nar.realtor/sites/default/files/2024-11/2024-migration-trends-report-11-25-2024.pdf">National Association of Realtors migration trends 2024</a></p>

<p>Imagine a New York City in the double python squeeze of political corruption and traffic congestion, where creative attempts to alleviate said congestion are thwarted at every turn by vested interests. This very contemporary-sounding condition was also very much in force in the late 1860s and early 1870s, when Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall ran the city, and an inventor named Alfred Beach built a short pneumatic-tube conveyance under Broadway, carrying dignitaries beneath the chaotic, horse-manured streets. This is the story of <a href="https://islandpress.org/books/new-yorks-secret-subway#desc"><i>New York’s Secret Subway: The Underground Genius of Alfred Beach and the Origins of Mass Transit</i></a>, as told by Matthew Algeo.</p><p>Intro/Outro:</p><p>“Sub-Rosa Subway," by Klaatu</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed:</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Ely_Beach">Alfred Ely Beach</a></li><li>Oscar Munn</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_American">The Scientific American</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Tweed">“Boss” Willam Tweed</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammany_Hall">Tammany Hall</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweed_Courthouse">The Tweed Courthouse</a></li><li><a href="https://www.historylink.org/File/8105">The Great Barbecue: Vernon L. Parrington</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Turney_Stewart">Alexander T. Stewart</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRT_Ninth_Avenue_Line">West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway &gt; IRT Ninth Avenue Line</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinway_Tunnel">William Steinway Tunnel</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interborough_Rapid_Transit_Company">Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) subway</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Pneumatic_Despatch_Company">London Pneumatic Despatch Railway</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Arriv%C3%A9e_d%27un_train_en_gare_de_La_Ciotat">L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat</a>, Louis Lumiere</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Avenue_Subway">Second Avenue Subway</a></li><li><a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324001522">Ghost Road, by Anthony Townsend</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_von_Siemens">Siemens dynamo</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperloop">Hyperloop</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_High-Speed_Rail">California High-Speed Rail</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staplehurst_rail_crash">The railway accident at Staplehurst, Kent, England</a>, 1865, that almost killed Charles Dickens</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1873">Panic of 1873</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Yale_Beach">Stanley Yale Beach</a></li><li><a href="https://arlohotels.com/williamsburg/eat-and-drink/water-tower/">Water tower speakeasy, Arlo Hotel, Williamsburg, Brooklyn</a></li><li><a href="https://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/tribeca/city-hall-tower-258-broadway/8168">258 Broadway</a></li></ul>

<p>Brutalism has had a rough time over the past decade. Can it be redeemed before it’s too late?</p> <p>Originally published in The Faster Times on October 8, 2012 and on <a href="https://arch-unfrozen-blog.tumblr.com/post/36271293355/too-late-modernism">Unfrozen 1.0</a> on November 22, 2012.</p> <p>- Intro: “Creep,” by Radiohead</p> <p>- A Teardown?</p> <p>o &nbsp;[“Alma Matters,” by Morrissey]</p> <p>- Truthiness be Told</p> <p>- Brutalism is the Prog-Rock of Architecture</p> <p>o [“2112 – Overture,” by Rush]</p> <p>o [“The Wives of Henry VIII,” by</p> <p>o [“Aqualung,” Jethro Tull]</p> <p>o [“Sailing,” by Christopher Cross]</p> <p>- NU-Wave</p> <p>o [“Atomic,” by Blondie]</p> <p>- Dedicated Followers of Fashion</p> <p>o [“Dedicated Followers of Fashion,” by The Kinks]</p> <p>o [“Government Center,” by The Modern Lovers]</p> <p>- …And When You Smile for the Camera…</p> <p>o [“Peg,” by Steely Dan]</p> <p>- Outro: “Aqualung,” by Jethro Tull</p>

<p>Silicon Valley prides itself on "innovation" and "disruption," and its products are meant to drive "sharing" and "collaboration," but the architecture it builds can be stunningly conservative and insular.</p> <p>From the <a href="https://arch-unfrozen-blog.tumblr.com/post/51615608029/the-spell-of-hot-desk" target="_blank">Unfrozen 1.0 post</a>, May 28, 2013</p> <p>--</p> <p>Intro: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4kqSSYwgoCNHWX7CG6pTQc?si=d3fe63bebc78462f">I Know Where the Summer Goes</a>,” by Belle and Sebastian</p> <p>Too Much, the Magic Bus</p> <p>[“<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3hXfw2gP25VxNwESNVJjqV?si=c947ab72e04142e5">Magic Bus</a>,” by The Who]</p> <p>Casual Collisions</p> <p>[“<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4YBUZ9I5tW53S11o2F6FBz?si=ad45f85b30934fc5">Strangers When We Meet</a>,” by David Bowie]</p> <p>Will Code for Pizza</p> <p>[“<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1058yvPlMj1v7yZr3ZNZV9?si=40f4dc9e98f34f6b">Pizza Butt</a>,” by MC Chris]</p> <p>Let’s Hang Out / Don’t Look at Me</p> <p>Arrested Development</p> <p>[“<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1coE1zDitXxB9qKHdzjI2a?si=3927040421484eea">Arrested Development</a>,” by David Schwartz]</p> <p>I Want The Best – Whatever That Is</p> <p>[“<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2W2ieVidLIx9TDvxu0ZT6F?si=5a83a9908ba543ad">The Best</a>,” by Tina Turner]</p> <p>He’s The Guru of the City / No One Told the Councilor</p> <p>[“<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4kqSSYwgoCNHWX7CG6pTQc?si=d3fe63bebc78462f">I Know Where the Summer Goes</a>,” by Belle and Sebastian]</p> <p>Stand In the Place Where You Are</p> <p>[“<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/22UhQSbYimuCnvI0Y07gFX?si=0552f7a06f8f48a4">Stand</a>,” by R.E.M.]</p> <p>I Liked It So Much, I Bought the City</p> <p>[“<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5Q7ayTarb9Tpmkik5cVMug?si=8bbe65d3431e40ef">Viva Las Vegas</a>,” by Elvis Presley]</p> <p>Outro: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6To7bOJKzFFMIsZopq3J0o?si=c99d20787c1a4e41">Back in the Box</a>,” by David Byrne</p>

<p>Greg and Dan, back at it again, talking about Olympics architecture and urbanism, the Housing Crisis 2.0, and the greatest hits from the 60s, 70s and 80s, come back to life as Zombie Capitalism.</p> <p>--</p> <p>Intro: "Games Without Frontiers," by Peter Gabriel</p> <p>Outro: "Paper Money," by Montrose</p> <p>Discussed:</p> <p>· Beijing Olympics</p> <ul> <li>2008 and 2022 games <a href="https://www.dezeen.com/2022/02/02/beijing-2022-winter-olympics-venues-architecture-roundups/">looking very different architecturally</a> – no international superstarchitects</li> <li>The official attendees are largely debtor nations – and Russia</li> <li>China joins WTO 2001 &gt; Beijing 2008 games the manifestation of that</li> <li>Beijing 2008 = Crystal Palace 1851 or Columbian Expo 1893 or maybe NYC 1939</li> <li><a href="https://www.dezeen.com/2022/02/03/big-air-shougang-beijing-olympic-ski-jump-teamminus/">Shuoguang Big Air by Team Minus</a></li> <li>Koolhaas “Content 2004,” – pivot to China away from WTC rebuild competition</li> <li><a href="https://www.dezeen.com/2022/01/28/ice-ribbon-populous-beijing-2022-winter-olympics/">Skating oval by Populous</a></li> <li>Where’s Ma?</li> </ul> <p>· Other Olympic Riffs</p> <ul> <li>Montreal 1976 &gt; Quebec secession &gt; L.A. 1984</li> <li>The day Modernism died = <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Biosphere">Biosphere fire Montreal 1976</a></li> <li>Paris 2024 – Urban Air Mobility</li> <li>Los Angeles 2028 – The walkable games?</li> </ul> <p>· Safe as Houses?</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.buildersshow.com/?utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_source=google&amp;utm_campaign=IBS22&amp;utm_content=branded&amp;gclid=EAIaIQobChMIm9fI07Pp9QIVYRtlCh0JRwh9EAAYASAAEgJ6h_D_BwE">NAHB IBS Show</a></li> <li>Single family rentals</li> <li>Inflation</li> <li>Rents up above core inflation</li> <li>CBRE: wildcard scenario – multifamily asset class going from $7T to $37T</li> <li>Rent to Own, or Rent Forever?</li> <li>Mass-producing neighborhoods with fleet-level management of housing</li> <li>Housing became CRE</li> <li>Is this the point where we see 3D printing takes off? <ul> <li><a href="https://www.iconbuild.com/">ICON homes inks deal with Lennar and BIG</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/cobod-3d-prints-construction-applications-live-at-the-world-of-concrete-2022-in-las-vegas/">COBOD 3D live at World of Concrete</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>ETH Zurich &gt; Alien Rococo</li> <li>What is the future of the “starter home”?</li> <li>Rent control – <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-26/spain-acts-to-rein-in-housing-costs-surge-with-controls-on-rents">Spain</a> and <a href="https://www.twincities.com/2021/12/23/st-paul-city-council-anger-over-unanswered-rent-control-questions-overshadows-vote-on-mayoral-inauguration/">St. Paul</a> &gt; Capital strike</li> <li><a href="https://tiger21.com/about-us/">Tiger 21</a></li> </ul> <p>· Greg’s book reccs:</p> <ul> <li>“Adam Smith” – Peter Goodman:&nbsp;</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Money-Game-Adam-Smith/dp/0394721039">The Money Game</a>,&nbsp;</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Super-Money-Adam-Smith/dp/B0014IAY58/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1NWNG5FOR9Z4Y&amp;keywords=%EF%82%A7+Super+Money&amp;qid=1644093259&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=super+money%2Cstripbooks%2C86&amp;sr=1-2">Super Money</a>,&nbsp;</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Paper-Money-Adam-Smith/dp/0671448250/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BSX2I39VNI70&amp;keywords=paper+money+adam+smith&amp;qid=1644093290&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=%EF%82%A7+Paper+Money+Ada%2Cstripbooks%2C68&amp;sr=1-1">Paper Money</a></li> <li>Prefigured the 2008 financial crisis</li> <li>Averting Penn Central becoming the Lehman Brothers of the ‘70s</li> <li>OPEC and the oil crisis changed everything</li> <li>Beginning of the idea of housing as an inflation hedge</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><br></p>

<p>An interview with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Velas">Sara Velas</a>, founder, <a href="https://panoramaonview.org/">Velaslavasay Panorama</a>, Los Angeles.</p> <p>Intro / Outro: “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6WPWEHhr1tdX2ZUAWBmksK?si=cb4a1638ea7b47ef">Heartaches</a>,” Al Bowlly, Sid Phillips &amp; His Melodians</p> <p>Discussed:</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Barker_(painter)">Robert Barker</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.rubycarlsonstudio.com/contact">Ruby Carlson</a></p> <p><a href="https://panoramaonview.org/major-projects/mush-movies">Mush to the Movies with LAFF</a></p> <p>Magical Urbanism</p> <p>Unrestored Restoration</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauntology">Hauntology</a></p> <p><a href="https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_t28ia247">The Union Square Florist Shop: A Case of Spectral Immersion</a></p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Barrag%C3%A1n">Luis Barragan</a></p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Andersen">Thom Andersen</a></p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Fisher">Mark Fisher</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.heinoldsfirstandlastchance.com/history">Heinold’s First and Last Chance Saloon</a>, Oakland, CA</p> <p><a href="https://clarklibrary.ucla.edu/">William Andrews Clark Memorial Library</a>, UCLA</p> <p><a href="https://revolutionario.com/">Revolutionario Taco</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.ohioswallow.com/author/Charles+Hood">Charles Hood</a></p>

<p>A tour of the abandoned Pacific Electric Subway Terminal in downtown Los Angeles. From Unfrozen 1.0, originally <a href="https://arch-unfrozen-blog.tumblr.com/post/22828558566/notes-from-underground" target="_blank">posted </a>May 11, 2012.</p> <p>Intro/Outro: "<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4uhM9VQqb4ZNZDex9UjzRp?si=b09e9e45c8674f92" target="_blank">Do Not Feed the Oyster,</a>" by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks</p> <p>Midsection: "<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4lBdn1pjyfsOWI1ptWyoOf?si=6957cae0e0f74edb">Judge Doom</a>," by Alan Silvestri and the London Symphony Orchestra</p>

<p>Unfrozen interviews <a href="https://twitter.com/mcmansionhell" target="_blank">Kate Wagner,</a> creator and curator of <a href="https://mcmansionhell.com/" target="_blank">McMansion Hell</a>.</p> <p>Intro: "<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4fZEunCCLG9cr2IQAsZj83?si=9e9db92b21ee471f" target="_blank">Suburbia</a>," by Pet Shop Boys</p> <p>Discussed:</p> <p>- The special McMansion Hell that is <a href="https://mcmansionhell.com/post/672504597059911680/suburban-chicago-mcmansions-follow-a-dark-logic">Barrington, IL</a></p> <p>- Why surprise-visiting teachers in their suburban homes is a bad idea</p> <p>- The best the Metaverse can do is take us <a href="https://www.gawker.com/tech/i-do-not-want-to-go-to-walmart-in-the-metaverse">shopping at Wal-Mart</a> and just browsing at H&amp;M?</p> <p>- Best places to see a McMansion in the Wild</p> <p>- What it's like to be a critic during the media meltdown of the early 2020s</p> <p>- I'd rather be biking</p> <p>Outro: "<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5rQKjP9forn7JVuiZBj6eZ?si=e902130fbf2f469e" target="_blank">Bicycle Race</a>," by Queen</p> <p><br></p>