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the sensual tactility of tall buildings

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There's a nice line in M. Tafuri's essay “Architecture and Cities in the United States 1870-1910” concerning the relationship between land values and building costs:“… whereas the simple parceling-up of surface lots is the product of an elementary…

The Roses

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Does it ever happen to you to wish to talk to somebody? Just somebody. Anyone. A stranger you might meet. Just to talk. About anything, even of the rain. Of the sore you have on your foot, of the daffodil in bloom, of everything and nothing. This lady sat at my…

Barred caller

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overheard

Black and White

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Chris and I have an understanding. We've been playing cops and robbers all morning, running around and stirring up shit.

Started by a Sudden Change

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Erma's last task, as it happened...

Organ Grinder with Singing Whales

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A tree fell into the river of dirt, face first. The man was thinking of his waiting sandwich his wife had made for him last night. Too much green stuff. He wasn't going to eat that. He was going to get a big, juicy burger somewhere with…