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"The lawsuit is a public - and now seemingly irretrievable - declaration of a fundamental rift that officials have tried to gloss over with photo opportunities during the last year. It betrays the tumultuous business-as-usual jousting that has replaced some of the stated intent to rebuild ground zero in a cooperative, selfless spirit. And it will certainly not make life easier for Mr. Silverstein, who has been battling his insurers over the proceeds from the destruction of the trade center, money he needs to rebuild the site."
Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo
hoboken 9/11 memorial
(looks like it could be worse)
the fugs
JB discography
tony smith architect/sculptor
"... the last decade has witnessed a sharp rise in the number of buildings whose design seems motivated not primarily by any functional goal but by a desire to enhance the status of the cities or countries that have commissioned them. But to imply that this strays from architecture's historical goals is to deny history."
Wool and foam cushion/carpet.
Danish designer Pernelle Fagerlund created this combination carpet and cushion "relaxing machine for power-naps".
via mocoloco
underground container
" Lapidus was one of the first to create storefronts with wide glass facades through which customers could view the actual store."
archmags
adam purple
adam kalkin weak art, poor architecture
sean godsell way too expensive for relief housing, whos he kidding
lot-ec providing pavilions to the trade
abc no rio sustainable
text chips
pringles trivial pursuit
tried coke 2 yet ?
"The problem on all fronts is money, as the developer Larry Silverstein watches his contribution to the tower's building fund diminish and federal promises of the full $21 billion in post-9/11 aid grow fainter by the day. Only last week, the governor's office acknowledged that Mr. Pataki had appealed to President Bush to help convert $5 billion in tax breaks to cash in order to help the downtown area. This idea, floated earlier by Mayor Bloomberg's office, makes sense. The tax breaks would not help in Lower Manhattan as much as direct aid. But cash — estimated in the range of $2 billion to $3 billion — could certainly boost an area still suffering from the aftershocks of 9/11."
"Bruno Latour is a social scientist whose writings and collaborative work mediate between the fields of sociology, anthropology, science, technology, art and architecture. He emphasizes experimentation as a tool for decoding the connections between the human and non-human world. In his latest book, Politics of Nature: How to Bring the Sciences into Democracy (2004), he argues for a rethinking of political language around what he terms “attachment” and "critical proximity," that is, the notion that people and things are intimately connected through politics"
via agglutinations
jean prouve' maison tropicale
hippoblog
thin ice psa
Bush-bashing seems to be the flavour of the season in the U.S. as the country nears presidential elections. And the latest in the series is a shocking image of a blood-spattered Bush devouring a headless child, that is creating quite a stir.
via salon