Living in apartments for the past several years has been an adjustment. I grew up with a backyard and being limited to my one bedroom apartment and small deck is quite a difference from the sprawling lawns of suburbia. What makes city apartment life more doable are the spaces preserved so that all urban dwellers […]
Archive for August, 2009
Times of economic uncertainty provide the fertile ground for change. When stability abounds we tend to ignore the potential for collapse and thrive in states of elated compliance. When the structures that we have come to rely on become undependable moments exist for restructuring and rebirth. It is from these growing pains that we will, […]
Categories: Events
The architecture of World Fairs have always been of particular interest to me and my favorite has always been Chicago in 1893 or the World’s Columbian Exposition. The ‘White City’ has an ethereal beauty to it unlike anything that I have stumbled across in my readings. The white stucco walls at the Court of Honor […]
Categories: Events
With a long weekend in full swing excitement abounds over having three days off. Why do we get the weekday closest to August 1st off? and what exactly, beyond being a holiday, does it mean? It is not that old of a holiday, to my surprise it was first introduced as a Bill in 1974. […]
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