World's Best Public Spaces- March 11, 2008 By flickr contributor gravestmorThere's a Flickr pool of World's Best Public Spaces. What do you think(Superlatives abound these days.)http://northbird.blogspot.com/2008/03/worlds-best-public-spaces.html Suburban slumming- March 5, 2008 A thought-provoking Atlantic Monthly article about the potential demise of the traditional American suburbs as the subprime mortgage crisis unfurls. One thing it reminded me of was the background anxiety I felt growing up in the suburbs. I spent most of my high school years without parents around and always had a sense of anxiety when coming back to our house when my sister and I had been gone for the day. What would stop anyone from breaking in, hiding in the basement and then sneaking out to..http://northbird.blogspot.com/2008/03/suburban-slumming.html |