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Milestone 20 Aug 2013 | 11:42 pm
I wanted to take a moment to announce that as of a day or two ago, this blog has passed 150,000 pageviews! Thank you so much to all my readers for showing me this hasn't all been a waste of my time. T...
Culture Clashroom 13 Aug 2013 | 04:35 am
I'd like to try to analyze as carefully as I can the extremely complicated controversy that erupted at a debate between Lawrence Krauss and Hamza Andreas Tzortzis on March 9th, 2013. The event was par...
A Crisis, For Real 20 Jul 2013 | 07:20 am
The latest reading in my journey on the road to Social Justice in Architecture and Design was Melvin L. Mitchell's The Crisis of the African-American Architect: Conflicting Cultures of Architecture an...
GET LOST!--A New York Tour Guide's Guide to New York #13 5 Mar 2013 | 11:54 pm
13. TIPPING One of the reasons I thought of this as something worthy of discussion at all is that I happen to be in an industry that leaves people unsure as to whether or not I should be tipped. I'm ...
VillaWitte #4--Entertaining 1 Mar 2013 | 05:17 am
Next are the main entertainment rooms. The Dining Room can be accessed down the stairs in either direction, but it's through the glass double doors directly across the Atrium when you enter the front ...
GET LOST: A New York Tour Guide's Guide to New York #12g 12 Feb 2013 | 02:29 am
12g. TRANSPORTATION--BICYCLES & BOATS There are plenty of places to rent bicycles, especially near Central Park. I was shocked to learn how cheap they can be. You might need to leave a credit card or...
VillaWitte #3--Office 7 Feb 2013 | 12:52 am
The first room to discuss is down a couple of stairs, the first door on your right coming in through the main entrance. For lack of a better term, I'll call it the Office, but this room has evolved so...
GET LOST: A New York Tour Guide's Guide to New York #12f 29 Jan 2013 | 12:20 am
12f. TRANSPORTATION--HANSOM CABS AND PEDICABS I thought I'd combine these two into one installment because there's not much to say about either. Hansom cabs, for anyone who doesn't know, are the hor...
VillaWitte #2--Atrium 21 Jan 2013 | 11:38 pm
Villa Witte was a name I've long loved. I think it offers the most exquisite opportunities for creating a logo. Here is the proper front elevation, which doesn't directly face the road to the north, b...
GET LOST: A New York Tour Guide's Guide to New York #12e 18 Jan 2013 | 02:20 am
12e. TRANSPORTATION--LIVERY CABS For anyone who doesn't know what this means, a livery cab is a little nicer than the basic yellow cab. It can be a short limousine, but most often it's a plain black ...
