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The door has opened wider for jurisdictions to legally take private property for a broad range of city improvement purposes, even when improvement entails private investment and ownership. Moreover, given this ruling and the number of obsolete private properties in urban America, the eminent domain tool is likely to be wielded more frequently by urban planners and elected officials.
For Riley, Wright was a true innovator, and for that, people are prepared to pay the price to keep his buildings going. "It appears to me that there are quite a few people who are willing to forestall the effects of time when it comes to Wright's work. The big problem is not the public structures, where there are larger resources to draw upon, but the single family homes. Even the most devoted and houseproud owners will find the costs to be a considerable burden."
and thats why wright's private homes carry only a 20% premium over comparable homes.
primo
there was a national square dancing convention in portland during our recent visit. they were everywhere. it was like fear and loathing in portland with weirdly compelling septagenarians in mini skirts. these shots were taken at a promotional exhibition at the ice rink in the local mall
diner guests at oregon coast cliff house
anyone identify S and E's bent plywood chair ?
cycle sluts from hell, the true story...
move over hatebeak, its: The Truncated Life of a Modern, Industrialised Chicken MP3
as usual there was special musical entertainment at the abaton garage gallery opening yesterday afternoon here in jersey city. the mark and laurie and friends band is called emerald tablets. there was something of a kali balu thing going on with laurie bortz reading a chapter from giordano bruno's on the composition of images, signs and ideas on top of the band's harmonium, zither and some kind of home made string instrument.
nowottny sightings :
Marianne's June 25th radio broadcast "phoning it in" on WELH Providence RI has been archived and is ready for streaming
"the soaring glass-and-steel wings have been trimmed to mere stumps (think deli awning), and, worse, the entire project is now on hold pending the accrual of funds and the cessation of the architect's hissy fit. Storm, Santiago [Calatrava], storm; you have nothing to lose but your pride."
arch cape and the house near the beach
down town portland or
they just announced on npr that today is the day the sunset (8:20 pm) aligns with the streets of manhattan. the following wikipedia excerpt explains :
What you're talking about is called the sunrise/sunset azimuth, which is the observed angle (equivalent to compass directions) of the sun at the point at which it crosses the horizon.
Let's check out the facts: first off, alignment of both sunrise/sunset with the grid cannot happen on the same day, so you have to look at each separately. Since Manhattan North is approximately 29 degrees east of north, the sunset azimuth to align with the grid would be approximately 299 degrees (since 270 is due west by convention, with values increasing clockwise). Likewise sunrise azimuth to align with the grid would be approximately 119 degrees (90 degrees is due east).
If you go to the U.S. Navy's site, it will calculate the solar altitude/azimuth tables for you, showing the values at various times throughout the day for any location/date. The sunset azimuth is (by definition) the value of the azimuth (2nd column) when the solar altitude (1st column) is zero while crossing from positive to negative. Conversely the sunrise azimuth is the value when the altitude is zero, crossing from negative to positive.
Using the form they provided, I entered New York, NY and then experimented with various dates. If I enter in May 28 or July 12, I see that the azimuth at sunset is approximately 299 degrees, which means those dates are accurate for the sunset alignment (on July 12 it happens around 19:20, if you want to check for yourself).
You can verify that sunrise/sunset alignments definitely do not occur on the same day. On July 12, for example, the sunrise azimuth is around 59 degrees (in the NE part of the sky).
I did some experimenting and found that for that New York City, I get sunrise azimuth of 119 degrees on/around December 6 and January 12. Those may be off by a day or so. -- Decumanus 19:15, 2005 Jan 19 (UTC)
house of kolor paint
parody~parity
For nearly 20 years, John Kelly has been performing as Joni Mitchell. In heels and a blond wig, the 6-foot-tall Kelly takes to the stage and sings for an adoring audience - an audience that occasionally includes Mitchell herself. Mitchell tells Sharon Lerner why she loves Kelly's act.
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duct tape artists
in support of the people of london
on keeping your town weird
moody report:
Just found this article by Morgan Reynolds, a Texas A&M professor and economist in the first Bush administration, arguing that the World Trade Center towers collapsed from a controlled demolition (i.e., explosives planted in the building) rather than jet fuel melting the steel beams. Reynolds asks: why was the steel rapidly shipped to China and melted before engineers had had a chance to do "forensics" on it? (This January 2002 article from Fire Engineering magazine suggests it was because the Port Authority didn't want lingering evidence of shoddy construction or fireproofing--also, maybe they just wanted Silverstein, the owner, to get some fast $$$.) Why was all the concrete in the buildings pulverized into fine dust by the force of the collapse? (Reynolds says that only happens when explosive charges are used.) Can jet fuel really melt steel? (A German engineer says burning kerosene isn't hot enough.) And: