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In defense of Generation Y, and a new standard?

I’ve dabbled in so many pieces of information in so many fields in the past week–even in the past day. I realized that the contemporary knee-jerk term “instant gratification” is not what is really at the heart of the common generation-Y (?) mindset. Let’s curb our cynicism for a moment and consider a more optimistic […]

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Louis Sullivan’s Horoscope

A Virgo Architect par excellence ! Represent

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Lutyens’ Page Street Flats

While weaving through the armory show’s booths (with sights like that), a lubricated Charlotte and I got to talking about the past. We eventually arrived at London, 2007. As I spoke of the neighborhoods and the walks I took, I noticed my recollection of the place was very idyllic. It dawned on me that my […]

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Workers of the world— stop working

A brief (but good) review of Kathi Weeks’ “The Problem With Work.” Channeling Paul Lafargue. I am incrementally beginning to appreciate society’s need for reviews– it is in fact a very real need, and just one example of how we, the social and societal species, rely on language and conveyance for understanding. In fact, I […]