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An Elegiac Moon Landing Anniversary

  • by Jason Tebbe
  • Posted on July 20, 2019August 1, 2019

The very effort to go to the moon feels like something impossible accomplished by an ancient civilization, like the statues on Easter Island or the Egyptian pyramids.

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Plains, Projects, and Alleyways: The Problem of Environmental Determinism in Architecture & History

  • by Alex Sayf Cummings
  • Posted on January 7, 2016January 7, 2016

Years ago, I saw a man at a Quaker meeting stand up and say, “Who…

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Can the Parking Lot Speak? Uncovering Untold Histories of Parking in America

  • by clatlanta3
  • Posted on October 15, 2015October 15, 2015

Lots of Parking: Land Use in a Car Culture is in some ways a ground-breaking book.…

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State Space and Victor Serge: Midnight in the Century

  • by Adam David Morton
  • Posted on September 3, 2012September 5, 2012

Continuing my series of posts on the novels of Victor Serge at my personal blog…

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