Slums: The problem

Border line...Border line…, originally uploaded by cayoyin

Lebbeus Woods on Slums:

The only thing we can learn from slums today is that they cannot be tolerated in any form, or under any circumstances; that poverty, their most terrible feature, must, as rapidly as possible, be alleviated; that the wealth and resources of any community—which prominently includes its human resources—cannot be controlled for the benefit of an elite, under whatever name or ideology it goes; that the survival of the emergent, global society depends on its reformation of institutions—public and private–presently managing society’s material and cultural wealth; and that reform must come not by violence from the lower social strata, but from enlightened leadership from the higher, if not the highest, strata of the social and economic structure.

The Rostrums of Congress

The Rostrums of CongressThe Rostrums of Congress, originally uploaded by bryanboyer

Follow Bryan Boyer on his GSD Thesis:

You wouldn’t expect it, but this information is not so easy to track down. The senate posts a map of the chamber which outlines where everyone sits, but the House map was nowhere to be found… until I visited the law library and looked through books intended to teach lobbyists. How’s that for scary / unfortunate?

Michigan Central Station, Detroit

Michigan Central Station

Michigan Central Station (also known as Michigan Central Depot or MCS), built in 1913 for the Michigan Central Railroad, was Detroit, Michigan’s, passenger rail depot from its opening in 1913, when the previous Michigan Central Station burned, until the last Amtrak train pulled away from the station on January 6, 1988.

Michigan Central Station, Detroit
Michigan Central Station, Detroit, originally uploaded by primeau