(via Little Rock | MLK BLVD)
The connections between faith and city planning are undeniable. Faith-based groups rebuild areas after disasters, they develop affordable housing plans, and they help the poor. Additionally, the social movements that have most profoundly changed society, like the Civil Rights Movement, were guided by faith.
s. congress zebra (by John Gusky)
Play Your World with Google Maps (by Google)
Target Corp. (TGT), the discount chain that brought cheap chic to the masses, is going mom-and-pop. Target previously confined itself to cutting deals with such designers as Michael Graves and Missoni, and now plans to sell dog treats, home goods and other products designed by small businesses most Americans have never heard of.
Turbo-sculpture describes the recent rise of interest and popularity in public monuments dedicated to nonpolitical celebrity figures.
Interesting piece.
On the evening of Tuesday, January 24, the Houston Downtown Management District, along with Metro and its design-build component, Houston Rapid Transit, hosted a public presentation of five proposals for the new “Houston Central Station.”
