happy birthday to ol' man korpisto. xo

the displaced montrealer himself

i could probably publish a book on the sunrises of buenos aires but this morning's really took it to another level on the tail-end of a minor electrical storm. no post-production required. sk

"It was always the becoming he dreamed of, never the being."

This Side of Paradise

F. Scott Fitzgerald

despite ken livingstone's best efforts, surely BA must take the prize for most buses per capita.

happy (belated) 1st birthday to TMFB.

630 posts and counting, it's been a fun and rewarding project thus far. sk

"The revenge of the suburb on the city wasn't simply the depletion of its urban population or the exodus of its retailers and office workers, but rather the importation of suburbia into the heart of the city: chain stores and restaurants, downtown malls, and even detached housing. If the gift of urban planners to suburbia was the tenets of the New Urbanism, it has been regifted, returned to cities not as tips for close-knit communities but as recipes for ever more intensive consumer experiences."

Andrew Blauvelt

Worlds Away

New Suburban Landscapes