“I love L.A. How can you not see that? I suppose the book is, in the end, a failure if it betrays none of the sense of deep feeling I have about the city. But that’s where being a radical comes in — you have to rain on the parade.”

My obit for Mike Davis:
latimes.com/obituaries/sto…

Both are terrible, though if I was forced to do this job for them I'd rather do 5,000 words for $100 than 500,000 words for the same.
(Did I do that math correctly?)

Seriously? Not sure what's worse, the dismally low pay rate or the numerous grammatical errors in a posting asking for 'text without grammar mistakes.'
upwork.com/freelance-jobs…
(I feel bad even including the link)

Anyone know the story on this MeierPartners proposal for 3 Columbus Circle? Or any proposal for the site?
I haven't heard of any competition or development on that block behind MAD.
MP website has some renderings and design description but no other info: meierpartners.com/project/columb…

This week on A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books is 'American Modern Home: Jacobsen Architecture + Interiors' by by Simon Jacobsen, published by Rizzoli Publications: archidose.blogspot.com/2022/10/americ…

Bertrand Goldberg, Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook, New York, Axonometric View, 1969 #bertrandgoldberg #artinstituteofchicago artic.edu/artworks/21261…

Wish I could work on a project with a $3.87 million/sf budget

In 2012, David Schalliol (David Schalliol) photographed one hundred Chicago buildings destined to be demolished. Ten years later, he returned to document what had changed at each of those building sites.

mascontext.com/observations/a…

This week on A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books is 'Adjaye: Works 2007-2015: Houses, Pavilions, Installations, Buildings' edited by Peter Allison, published by Thames & Hudson: archidose.blogspot.com/2022/10/adjaye…

Open House Chicago is this weekend, Oct. 15-16! I probably can't visit many sites as this is also my busiest time of year, but I am going to tweet out some favorites and sites of interest over the next day, for whatever it's worth. An #OHC2022 🧵

Sunday's Hunters Moonrise...I stacked 107 shots taken 15 secs apart Washingtonian Problems Visit Washington, DC Washingtonian PoPville Capital Weather Gang National Mall NPS nationalmall DCist National Park Service #WashingtonDC #findyourpark #NikonNoFilter #igdc #StormHour #ThePhotoHour @buzzfeedstorm

Myron Goldsmith, Thesis Project, Effects of Scale, Elevations, 1952 #artinstituteofchicago #museumarchive artic.edu/artworks/23625…

Huh?

Hear hear! I've learned numerous times over the years to be careful lending books to others, not just students. I used to assume people appreciated books the same way I did, only to to get them back with dog-eared corners, damaged covers, or not at all.

La cultura como pilar de la sociedad.

This week on A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books is 'Olmsted Trees' by Stanley Greenberg, with contributions by Tom Avermaete, Kevin Baker and Mindy Thompson Fullilove, published by Hirmer: archidose.blogspot.com/2022/10/olmste…

The Language of Secret Proof challenges the conditions under which Indigenous rights to protect and regain traditional lands are currently negotiated in United States legal frameworks.

These two SLCE towers, both of which just started construction, will face each other across Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. Normally I'd ignore such blandness, but they both in today's YIMBY Tweets newsletter and look like a spot the difference game.