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11/22/2021
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When Small Towns Wanted Tall Buildings
A simple picture, a dispatch from another era
11/19/2021
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New and Old #32
Friday roundup and commentary
11/18/2021
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Hilltop Hotel Rises
Good news from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
11/17/2021
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Glass Blocks, Glass Blocks, Glass Blocks
What Do You Think You're Looking At? #32
11/16/2021
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The Record-Tape Missing Link
A fascinating piece of industrial design evolution
11/15/2021
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Development and Open Space in Madison, NJ
Save the forest or build in the town
11/11/2021
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Floating in the Air
The death of place is greatly exaggerated
11/10/2021
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A Small Virginia Market
What Do You Think You're Looking At? #31
11/9/2021
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NIMBYism and Existence Value
When you love a store you never shop at
11/8/2021
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Pandemic Memories
Or not.
11/6/2021
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Urbanism and Perception
Revisiting and appreciating an ordinary place
11/4/2021
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A Little More on Rockville Pike
A few miles of suburban Maryland are a compendium of America's urban history
11/3/2021
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Is This Really a Strip Mall?
What Do You Think You're Looking At? #30
11/1/2021
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The Rest of Fairfax
Same town, different perspective
10/30/2021
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Lonely Condiments
On the meaning of those nearly-finished jars and bottles
10/29/2021
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New and Old #29
Friday roundup and commentary
10/28/2021
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Main Street Manufacturing
We've come a long way from tanneries and slaughterhouses. Now it's microbreweries and roasteries.
10/27/2021
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A Magnificent Liquor Store in High Bridge, NJ
What Do You Think You're Looking At? #29
10/26/2021
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A Dish I Knew Existed
But I didn't know its lineage
10/22/2021
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New and Old #28
Friday roundup and commentary