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Obama vs. McCain - Urban Policy
How is urban policy represented on the respective campaign websites of John McCain and Barack Obama? This was the simple question I asked myself while reading about Obama’s economic policies. I half expected to come out empty handed on both websites, and in actuality, half was the appropriate word.
[Image courtesy of ABC News.]
Pattern Recognition 6 (double dose)
This week’s patterns come from a different source - my friend Lauren Bebry. After discussing my obsession for patterns with her, she practically burst at the seams to share her own pattern photography.
Recently, she had discovered the overwhelming number of patterns present in the urban environment. Thus, armed with a camera, she captured her journey […]
Current State of Innovation… Say What?
Disclaimer: If you are a resident of Indiana, an employee of HKS, or a lover of faux-traditional architecture, I apologize. What you are about to read may be offensive.
Yesterday, the news feed at WAN released a description and images of the new Indianapolis Colts stadium by HKS. It claims a level of […]
Light is the Theme: Kimbell Art Museum
My trip to the Kimbell Art Museum was perhaps the first time I visited a work of architecture that I consider a masterpiece. It is timeless, elegant, beautiful, and a feat of structural engineering.
[Image: Louis Kahn inside the auditorium of the Kimbell Art Museum. Scanned from Light is the Theme.]
Of all buildings I have […]
East Village, Then and Now
When I moved to New York, my first apartment was in the East Village. More specifically, I was in Alphabet City at 10 St. and Ave. B, one block north of Tompkins Square Park. This neighborhood in many ways formed my first impressions of the city and street life in New York. To many, however, […]
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