THIS ARTICLE ABOUT MEAT IN THE CITY will start between the most superficial of resemblances; on the left, a diagram of cuts of meat, of the type often exhibited at state fairs and in (vanishing) butcher’s shops. On the right, a diagram of Manhattan neighborhoods, of the type exhibited in guidebooks for tourists or (proliferating) apartment brokers’ offices. These are two very different things that merely look the same, aren’t they?

Read more: Meatropolis by Nicholas de Monchaux.

Foster’s Beijing Terminal 3 at Capital Airport

A model of one of the passenger terminals
China lifts the lid on Foster’s new airport:

It is about twice the size, half the cost and planned and built in almost a third of the time. When Beijing’s new airport terminal opens in February, comparisons with Heathrow’s Terminal 5 will be inevitable and not entirely flattering to London.
The Chinese capital’s new gateway to the skies was given its first international airing today after a three-and-a-half-year sprint to construct the world’s biggest airport complex for next year’s Olympics.
With 245 acres (99 hectares) of floor space, Terminal 3 of Capital Airport is bigger than all five Heathrow terminals combined. Once it comes into operation, Beijing expects to strengthen its position as a transport hub. With 66 million passengers forecast next year, it will jump from the ninth to third busiest airport.

Also check out the slide show.

Hump-day Links

Loving the Brutalist Architecture Flickr Pool
Check out the ENYA 2008 Biannual Ideas Competition at the South Street Seaport
Interesting – Clearwater, Fla.: Scientology Stronghold – look to see more of this in an upcoming article about orthodox space
Wired has a huge four part series on Bus Rapid Transit: Part 1: What Is Bus Rapid Transit?, Part 2: BRT Slashes Subway Project, Part 3: Crowded or Not Crowded Enough, &amp Part 4: Rail Keeps Its Reputation
Streetcar bumps into federal bias for buses

Cooper Black

Cooper Black, originally uploaded by mattdesmond

Meadowhall, Sheffield Stacks

PICT0105—, originally uploaded by ::stromberg

Retro Arcade Photos

Boom!, originally uploaded by Petromyzon

Check out the complete Retro Arcade photo set.

Proposal to uncover and preserve Seuthopolis

Pruned has a great find about the Bugarian lost city of Seuthopolis and Bulgarian architect Zheko Tilev’s proposal to uncover and preserve (pdf) the sunken city:

Seuthopolis, the city of the Thracian king Seuthes the IIIrd, and the capital of the ancient state of Odrissia, (end of IV c. BC.) was discovered and explored in 1948 – 1954 during the construction of the Koprinca dam. Unfortunately, after the dam was filled with water the first and the best preserved Thracian city in modern Bulgaria remained on the bottom of the artificial lake. This mistake, from the times of historical and national nihilism, can be corrected today and Seuthopolis can be returned into the treasure house of world cultural heritage.
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The ancient city is taken back from the water through a circular dam wall, resembling a well on the bottom of which, as on a stage, is presented the historical epic of Seuthopolis. Approaching the surrounding ring by boat from the shore Seuthopolis is completely hidden for the eye. But the view from the wall is breathtaking – with its scale, comprehensiveness and unique point of view; from the boundary between past and present. The possibility to see the city from the height of 20 meters allows the perception of its entirety – an exceptional possibility for excavations of such a scale. The movement with the panoramic elevators providing access to the ground level further enriches this impression.

Zheko Tilev’s proposal to uncover and preserve Seuthopolis (pdf)