Author: Mark Kingwell
Mark Kingwell is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. His most recent books are the essay collection Measure Yourself Against the Earth (2015), Fail Better: Why Baseball Matters (2017), and Wish I Were Here: Boredom and the Interface (2019).
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His Seagram Building made the largest aesthetic point in New York.
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