I came across this older piece in the Smithsonian Magazine (Jan, 2002) that looks like it could be representative of any point in the last 30 years. It’s a simple pictorial essay showing the the food an average family from a particular region eats in a week. The simplicity of the concept bears semblance to a Golden Book-style title [...]
Categories: Omnivorous
In the literal, if not geographical, center of the city, Beaux Arts facades and dour gray buildings suggest an odd vanity in the otherwise homely Civic Center Plaza. I walked through the plaza back in February and was struck by the lifelessness in the landscape.
Pollarded trees, like tumorous scarecrows, stood guard over the dismal [...]
Categories: Livable City, Omnivorous, The City