Posts by Michelle Goldchain — Guest Contributor

Michelle Goldchain is a Washington, DC-based journalist, photographer, podcaster, YouTuber, and visual artist. Her bylines have been seen in Washington City Paper, DCist, Curbed, Eater DC, Racked, Recode, Vox, and Whurk Magazine. She is the founder of the newsletter and podcast, called Capital Women, which is focused on women in DC. She is also the co-creator of the YouTube show, Artsplained.

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  Here’s what the Metro could have looked like

  ArchitectureHistoryBy Michelle Goldchain (Guest Contributor) August 2, 2020 4

  The look of the Metro could have been much, much different. It took some time before Chicago-based architect Harry Weese finally got approval from members of the US Commission of Fine Arts.  Keep reading…

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  How Pennsylvania Avenue’s Freedom Plaza failed

  ArchitectureHistoryBy Michelle Goldchain (Guest Contributor) May 16, 2020 19

  One of Freedom Plaza’s designers, architect Denise Scott Brown, described the original design as “a lovely success” but said “I see the execution as a failure.”  Keep reading…

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  Why is Pennsylvania Avenue’s Freedom Plaza such a failure?

  ArchitectureHistoryBy Michelle Goldchain (Guest Contributor) July 31, 2018 61

  One of Freedom Plaza's designers, architect Denise Scott Brown, described the original design as “a lovely success” but said “I see the execution as a failure.”  Keep reading…

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  What the Metro could have looked like

  ArchitectureHistoryBy Michelle Goldchain (Guest Contributor) May 30, 2018 49

  The look of the Metro could have been much, much different. It took some time before Chicago-based architect Harry Weese finally got approval from members of the US Commission of Fine Arts.  Keep reading…