Interstate water wars solved… in 1883
The beginnings of the Georgia / Florida / Alabama water wars have been in the news recently. The biggest problem is the usage needs that pit the states against one another for access to Lake Lanier and the Chattachoochee River. But what if state lines had been drawn up to prevent this and encourage preservation … Read more
Aging infrastructure in first ring suburbs.
Infrastructure is kind of a hot topic right now. The American Society of Civil Engineers released its 2009 Report Card for Infrastructure, giving the nation a cumulative grade of “D”. Obama has been pushing for infrastructure improvements as a way to improve the economy while any mayor with a half baked, “shovel ready” project salivates … Read more
the structure of vagueness
To waste time before school starts to kick in, I’m reading TransUrbanism, and thus naturally jumped right to the first chapter with Lars’ name in the byline, ‘The Structure of Vagueness’. He actually starts off with the same historical architecture references that he uses in our studio proposal (Transurbanism published in 2002, studio proposal written … Read more
Old Argonne
Here’s an image of the southern view down Argonne Ave, from 1940-ish. Imagine the Krispy Kreme on the right and a litter filled, dirt patch of a lot on your left and that’s how it looks today. Too bad they knocked down those cute little houses to put up such an ill-used park.
