Scale Ruler, originally uploaded by filmingilman
Somewhat lame list of Wallpaper* Architects Directory 2007 and certainly not lame list, Wallpaper* Graduate Directory 2008. I can’t help but feel that Wallpaper* hurts their cause by being so over-the-top pretentious I can barley stand it.
Mono Lake Tufa Towers, originally uploaded by chaybert
Since the Hoover Dam was built, there has never been a water shortage on the Colorado, never a day when there was simply not enough water in Lake Mead to meet all the downstream allocations. Drought, and a realistic understanding of the past, have made such a day seem more imminent. Under the pressure of the drought, the seven Colorado basin states have agreed for the first time on how to share prospective shortages.
Read this National Geographic article, Drying of the West The American West was won by water management. What happens when there’s no water left to manage?, and view the accompanying photographs. Or read The Eternal Dustbowl, Paying for the sins of L.A.’s water barons has created a half-billion-dollar boondoggle concerning Owen’s Lake and the environmental impact of water diversions on a massive scale. This reminds me of when I visited Mono Lake in California, a wasteland the result of Los Angeles water projects. Mono Lake is the now a veritable salt flat, whose water level was 45 feet higher before Los Angeles began to steal its water.
Ask yourself if those who live out West shouldn’t be paying huge taxes on the water they are consuming and wasting. Then remember that the water projects outlined in the above articles pale in comparison to the truly huge projects in China, namely the Three Gorges Dam and the South-to-North Water Transfer Project.
In case anyone is interested, this is who we stand for.
While this site is ostensibly not focused on politics, politics intrudes into the built form and is ultimately responsible for the built form’s ultimate form. The below idea for a poster is my response to the idea of dynasty in American politics.
If enough people are interested, I will be screen printing these in a limited edition of 20″ x 30″ posters. If you are interested in pricing information, please comment in the post.
Grand Central Terminal, New York City by John Collier for the Library of Congress
Gothamist points out that PBS American Experience is showcasing Grand Central Terminal tonight and Thursday:
The massive Manhattan train depot at the heart of the Vanderbilt family’s train empire made headlines for decades. After a deadly train accident in 1902, New York forced the railroad to completely reengineer the terminal and shift the trains’ power source from steam to electricity. A second deadly accident in 1907 exposed flaws in the new electric train designs.
When the new Grand Central Terminal opened in 1913, New Yorkers had much to celebrate. In 1938 the New York Central introduced a streamliner train with an instantly classic design on its famous 20th Century Limited route between Grand Central and Chicago.
Check your local listings for showtimes near you and see also:
Helvetica vs. Akzidenz Grotesk, originally uploaded by *ö*
American Graphic Design, originally uploaded by Alki1
Voting Machine – Photo by NYTimes by Ruby Washington
The Fixer:
Some people like the machines, some people don’t. Some people say: “When y’all getting rid of these things? They’re all broken down.” But it’s a machine. It takes a lot of wear and tear, and you have to do maintenance to keep it up. It’s like a car. You buy a brand new car, eventually that’s going to wear down, too, if you don’t keep up the maintenance. This machine right here might look old on the outside, but when you repair it, oil it, grease it, keep most of the parts working, it’s good to go.
To tell you the truth, I like these machines. With all the problems they’re having with the computerized machines, these are solid. You can’t tamper with them. They’re talking about maybe in 2009 getting rid of these dinosaurs and bringing in computers. All of this will be phased out. No more of that manual screwing parts on. Maybe it’ll be a slip of the cartridge or whatever. We’ll miss them, but what can you do?
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It’s beautiful to see this warehouse empty. Everything slows down a bit. We do our job to the best of our abilities so we don’t have to run around that much on Election Day. We’ll know on Tuesday morning if our hard work pays off.
man reaches.jpg, originally uploaded by Scott-S
Check out the whole Holga & Lith photo set by Scott S.