Just for a moment, return with me to just a few months ago. Most everywhere, the need for urban retrofits and recalibration to avoid disease…
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Watering Can as Symbol: Sustenance in a Sustainable Place
In these times, is it an outright elitist thing to run around with a Leica M-10P waxing poetic about how how to sustain the culture…
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Modified Dystopia, I Salute You
With apologies to Julius Caesar, all pandemic rail transport behavior is divided into three parts.
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Observing Pandemic Patterns
If anyone doubted how concerns for public safety and associated protective rules guide human behavior, take a look at the seating configurations depicted above. In…
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A Pandemic Escape to a West Berkshire Field
After months inside, the outside certainly beckons, an invitation to explore from an old and treasured friend. Where better than where the Romans walked, across…
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If You are Still Staying Home, I Understand
I suppose that walking to church in 1285, the village resident had risks to consider when going outside versus staying home. After yesterday, I have…
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In Search of Context in ‘Alfresco Twickenham’
During the relative calm of July in the United Kingdom, when the COVID curve is flattened (for now), it is time to explore. I discussed…
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A Deeper Dive on Structuring Post-COVID Cities
There is no shortage of punditry about the pandemic and its impact on cities, their density, form, and structure. The last several months have demonstrated…
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