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10/22/2021
13 : 4
New and Old #28
Friday roundup and commentary
10/21/2021
13 : 4
Do NIMBYs Love Beautiful Buildings?
Some thoughts on housing and aesthetics
10/20/2021
13 : 4
What Do You Think You're Looking At? #28
An illustrated series on the unexpected lives of commercial buildings
10/19/2021
13 : 4
Election Nights and Ice Cream Cones
Strong memories and ordinary things
10/18/2021
13 : 4
To Grill a Steak
Foray into a new cooking method
10/16/2021
13 : 4
New Jersey Driving
A little preview of what your subscription pays for
10/15/2021
12 : 55
New and Old #27
Friday roundup and commentary
10/14/2021
13 : 4
What Do You Think You're Looking At? #27
An illustrated series on the unexpected lives of commercial buildings
10/14/2021
9 : 26
Happy Birthday, Paul Simon
A follow-up to my tribute to the great American songwriter
10/12/2021
13 : 4
The Birthday Song in the Buffet
These places are about much more than unlimited food
10/11/2021
13 : 4
Baltimore's Lovely Cookie-Cutter Rowhouses
Some mass-produced architecture ages well, and sets an example
10/7/2021
13 : 4
The Spider Skeleton
Is consumer junk clogging up global shipping?
10/6/2021
13 : 4
What Do You Think You're Looking At? #26
An illustrated series on the unexpected lives of commercial buildings
10/5/2021
13 : 4
We're Still Making Car Cassette Players
They just aren't in cars these days
10/4/2021
13 : 4
What Kind of House Is This?
Take a look at these tiny midcentury houses in a working-class neighborhood of Cambridge, Maryland. Cambridge, in the Eastern Shore region, is a former powerhouse for the canning industry (seafood, but
10/1/2021
13 : 4
New and Old #25
Friday roundup and commentary
9/30/2021
13 : 4
Apple Orchard Upzoning
Or, teaching fruit trees to grow up
9/29/2021
13 : 4
What Do You Think You're Looking At? #25
An illustrated series on the unexpected lives of commercial buildings
9/28/2021
13 : 4
What If I Want to Walk?
Car dependence is social engineering
9/27/2021
13 : 24
Apartments, Ownership, and Responsibility
Owning a detached house does not indicate moral superiority