Architectural Critic and Historian

Henry Hope Reed

4 articles 1995–1996

Henry Hope Reed was a prominent architectural critic and historian known as a passionate advocate for classical architecture and a critic of modernism. He authored the influential book 'The Golden City' and founded Classical America, an organization dedicated to the classical tradition in architecture and the arts. He contributed pieces on architecture and culture to The Weekly Standard in the mid-1990s.

PLEASURE DOME

July 8, 1996 · Henry Hope Reed, Blog

No image is more frequently seen on television than the United States Capitol. Day after day, night after night, it is there -- behind a reporter, a politician, an anchorman; in documentaries, sitcorns, and movies. Usually, the view is confined to the Capitol's massive dome. That is the picture…

PLEASURE DOME

July 8, 1996 · Henry Hope Reed, Blog

No image is more frequently seen on television than the United States Capitol. Day after day, night after night, it is there -- behind a reporter, a politician, an anchorman; in documentaries, sitcorns, and movies. Usually, the view is confined to the Capitol's massive dome. That is the picture…

YEAR OF THE UGLY DOLLAR

November 27, 1995 · Henry Hope Reed, Blog

Only the Russians, it would seem, are concerned about the promised change in the design of our paper currency. The C-note, the first to be altered, is the favorite in the old Soviet Union. There, no less than $ 15 billion circulate, mostly in $ 100 bills. By contrast, Americans have been…