Of mica + memories

Do all things style go back to our playground days?

Recently I went on a modernist architectural tour in New Haven with Docomomo - and it was moving in so many ways. I grew up in a home designed by modernist pioneer, Henry Hoover, just steps from his own. And I’m sure that’s why it’s what I’m generally drawn to, where I find both beauty and emotional pull.

But there was a tiny moment on the tour that mad…