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• Pierre Charles L'Enfant - Wikipedia — Pierre "Peter" Charles L'Enfant (French: [pjɛʁ ʃɑʁl lɑ̃fɑ̃]; August 2, 1754 – June 14, 1825) was a French-American military engineer who designed the basic plan for Washington, D.C. (capital city of the United States) known today as the L'Enfant Plan (1791)
• The 7 Ugliest Government Buildings In Washington, D.C. — Unfortunately for us, in the '60s and '70s, the federal government only hired architects with early onset glaucoma.
• L'Enfant Plaza - Wikipedia — L'Enfant Plaza is a complex of four commercial buildings grouped around a large plaza in the Southwest section of Washington, D.C., United States. Immediately below the plaza and the buildings is the "La Promenade" shopping mall.
• Schismogenesis - Wikipedia — Schismogenesis literally means "creation of division". The term derives from the Greek words σχίσμα skhisma "cleft" (borrowed into English as schism, "division into opposing factions"), and γένεσις genesis "generation, creation" (deriving in turn from gignesthai "be born or produced, creation, a coming into being").
• Carl Sagan - Wikipedia — Carl Edward Sagan (/ˈseɪɡən/; SAY-gən; November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by radiation.
• Ann Druyan - Wikipedia — Ann Druyan (/ˈdriːæn/ DREE-ann;[1] born June 13, 1949) is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning American documentary producer and director specializing in the communication of science. She co-wrote the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmos, hosted by Carl Sagan, whom she married in 1981.
• The Demon-Haunted World - Wikipedia — The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark is a 1995 book by the astrophysicist Carl Sagan and co-authored by Ann Druyan, in which the authors aim to explain the scientific method to laypeople and to encourage people to learn critical and skeptical thinking.
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• Charlottesville, Virginia - Wikipedia — Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• Monticello - Wikipedia — Monticello was the primary plantation of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, who began designing Monticello after inheriting land from his father at age 26. Located just outside Charlottesville, Virginia, in the Piedmont region, the plantation was originally 5,000 acres (20 km2), with Jefferson using the labor of enslaved African people for extensive cultivation of tobacco and mixed crops, later shifting from tobacco cultivation to wheat in response to changing markets. Due to its architectural and historic significance, the property has been designated a National Historic Landmark. In 1987, Monticello and the nearby University of Virginia, also designed by Jefferson, were together designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The current nickel, a United States coin, features a depiction of Monticello on its reverse side.
• Downtown Mall - Wikipedia — The Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, Virginia is one of the longest pedestrian malls in the United States. Located on Main Street, it runs from 6th St. N.E. to Old Preston Ave., where it extends to Water St., for total length of eight blocks. It is laid with brick and concrete, and home to an array of restaurants, shops, offices and art galleries.
• Pavilion information | Ting Pavilion — Located on the east end of the historic downtown mall, Ting Pavilion is the city's premier outdoor venue for live performances.
• Charlottesville Hotels | Omni Charlottesville Hotel — A seven-story atrium and a cool garden setting set the stage for relaxing or dining, while the hotel’s décor hints at the rich history of Virginia. Add to this modern amenities and wonderful creature comforts, and Omni Charlottesville Hotel is the perfect home away from home.
• Горан Весић on Twitter — Да би пијаце могле да издрже конкуренцију супермаркета, оне не могу бити само место где се купује воће и поврће То су данас места где се може попити кафа, купити сувенир итд., а да притом остану оно што су одувек биле - места окупљања свих грађана Палилуска пијаца некад и сад!
• Palilulska pijaca - Beogradski izlet — Kada poželite da i upoznate grad iz prve ruke i čujete šta građana misle o različitim temama, ali i da osetite pravi duh grada umesto da odete na neko izletište, preporučujemo da posetite popularne beogradske pijace. Kao i u svakom gradu sveta, pijaca je mesto gde se susreću članovi porodičnih gazdinstava iz prigradskih opština ili gradova Srbije, preprodavci i kupci iz svih staleža. Ali umesto tradicionalnih pijaca, odnosno trgova pijaca, koje su obično na otvorenom, kakva je i palilulska pijaca bila pre rekonsturkcije, danas na mestu stare stoji jedan savremen objekat koji više liči na modernu galeriju ili šoping centar nego na pijacu. Nekima liči na svemirski brod, drugima na Titanik, a nekima pak na parče torte, ali svejedno nikoga izgled ne ostavlja ravnodušnim.
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• The Power Broker - Wikipedia — The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York is a 1974 biography of Robert Moses by Robert Caro. The book focuses on the creation and use of power in local and state politics, as witnessed through Moses' use of unelected positions to design and implement dozens of highways and bridges, sometimes at great cost to the communities he nominally served. It has been repeatedly named one of the best biographies of the 20th century, and has been highly influential on city planners and politicians throughout the United States. The book won a Pulitzer Prize in 1974.

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• Sigalert — Central LA Traffic Report
• Every Californians Ever (Part 1 of 2) - YouTube — Watch the drama and driving directions unfold in every Californians ever aired on Saturday Night Live.
• Irvine, California - Wikipedia — Irvine (/ˈɜːrvaɪn/) is a master-planned city in Orange County, California, United States in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
• GOLDEN ROAD BREWING — Yelp — Located next to the Golden Road brewery and the Barrel Room, the Golden Road Pub serves fresh, local food with many vegan and gluten free options. Our beer selection offers a wide selection of our beers which are brewed just 550 feet away from the pub, as well as guest beers, cider, wine and sangria.
• Tracking San Francisco’s drug overdose epidemic — San Francisco is grappling with an increasingly deadly drug overdose epidemic. In recent years, that epidemic has been driven largely by the proliferation of the synthetic opioid fentanyl. The Chronicle is tracking accidental drug overdose deaths in the city and related trends to shed light on the crisis.
• Sam Quinones on Meth, Fentanyl, and the Least of Us - Econlib — Author and journalist Sam Quinones talks about his book, The Least of Us, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Quinones focuses on the devastation caused by methamphetamine and fentanyl, the latest evolution of innovation in the supply of mind-altering drugs in the United States.
• Magic Bullet (appliance) - Wikipedia — The Magic Bullet is a compact blender sold by Homeland Housewares, a division of the American company Alchemy Worldwide, and sold in over 50 countries.
• A New, Cheaper Form of Meth Is Wreaking Havoc on America - The Atlantic — Different chemically than it was a decade ago, the drug is creating a wave of severe mental illness and worsening America’s homelessness problem.

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• McMansions 101 Special Edition: Mansion vs... | McMansion Hell — I get a lot of emails these days, (a good thing!) and a lot of them involve people sending me links to houses (or pictures of their own) asking me whether or not the house in question is or is not a McMansion. This post aims to explain the important differences between the two.
• McMansion - Wikipedia — In suburban communities, McMansion is a pejorative term for a large "mass-produced" dwelling marketed to the upper middle class mainly in the United States.
• Crown New Home Communities | Gaithersburg, Maryland Homes | Pulte — Already 87% sold out! New, 4-level townhomes with lofts and rooftop terraces in Gaithersburg, MD, from the mid $600Ks. Spacious, two-level condos from the low $500Ks. These new homes for sale are footsteps from restaurants, shops, Harris Teeter, the amenity center, LA Fitness, outdoor festivals & exciting nightlife in Downtown Crown. Life here is inspiring, connected, & full of energy.
• 453 Salk Cir, Gaithersburg, MD 20878 | MLS #MDMC743238 | Zillow — Wormald Homes coveted Estate Home model presents living on a grand scale with soaring ceilings, oversized rooms and a fluid transition between indoor & outdoor living with screened porch, deck, terrace and recently completed hardscape with fireplace, all overlooking tranquil water.
• NIMBY - Wikipedia — NIMBY, an acronym for the phrase "not in my back yard", or Nimby, is a characterization of opposition by residents to proposed developments in their local area, as well as support for strict land use regulations. It carries the connotation that such residents are only opposing the development because it is close to them and that they would tolerate or support it if it were built farther away. The residents are often called Nimbys, and their viewpoint is called Nimbyism.
• YIMBY - Wikipedia — YIMBY is an acronym for "yes, in my back yard", a pro-housing movement in contrast and opposition to the NIMBY ("not in my back yard") phenomenon. The YIMBY position supports increasing the supply of housing within cities where housing costs have escalated to unaffordable levels. YIMBYs often seek rezoning that would allow denser housing to be produced or the repurposing of obsolete buildings, such as malls (shopping centers), into housing. Some YIMBYs have also supported public-interest projects like clean energy or alternative transport.
• Decal - Wikipedia — A decal (/ˈdiːkæl/, US also /dɪˈkæl/, CAN /ˈdɛkəl/) or transfer is a plastic, cloth, paper, or ceramic substrate that has printed on it a pattern or image that can be moved to another surface upon contact, usually with the aid of heat or water. The word is short for decalcomania, which is the English version of the French word décalcomanie.
• Whither Tartaria? - Astral Codex Ten — Imagine a postapocalyptic world. Beside the ruined buildings of our own civilization - St. Peter’s Basilica, the Taj Mahal, those really great Art Deco skyscrapers - dwell savages in mud huts. The savages see the buildings every day, but they never compose legends about how they were built by the gods in a lost golden age. No, they say they themselves could totally build things just as good or better. They just choose to build mud huts instead, because they’re more stylish.
• Highlights From The Comments On Modern Architecture - Astral Codex Ten — How come we don’t have architects saying “Of course I’d like to build something ornate, but it costs too much”? How come we don’t have rich people (and the occasional cash-flush government working on a monument that it really cares about) saying “screw the price, I really want this one thing to look nice”? I feel like I’m doing some kind of weird archaeology here to try to discover why this happens, whereas every single person in architecture and construction and so on should know whether or not this is true.
• YIMBY Poland 🇵🇱🥟 on Twitter: "It's Saturday, so it's time for a thread 🧵 on another Polish urban phenomena - *pasteloza*! If you have ever been to Poland and some other Eastern Bloc countries, perhaps you've noticed that the socialist-era housing estates in Poland tend to be more... colorful. But why? https://t.co/es0pJfwxgB" / Twitter — It's Saturday, so it's time for a thread 🧵 on another Polish urban phenomena - *pasteloza*! If you have ever been to Poland and some other Eastern Bloc countries, perhaps you've noticed that the socialist-era housing estates in Poland tend to be more... colorful. But why?
• Inside Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's 'horrifying' mansion — A bleak scene graces the March cover of Architectural Digest magazine showing a curved staircase against a backdrop of neutral tones and a table with nary a fake fruit atop it.
• Burt Reynolds regrets naked 1972 Cosmopolitan centerfold photo | Daily Mail Online — Burt Reynolds became the first man to pose naked for a magazine when he shot a centerfold for girls mag Cosmopolitan, but it's something he now says he wishes he hadn't done.
• Kumail Nanjiani: See Photos Of His Transformation For Marvel Movie – Hollywood Life — While Kumail was always a good looking comic and actor, he debuted his six-pack and Chris Pratt–like transformation for the MCU in 2019, when he took to his Instagram to show-off his muscular new physique. The Stuber star joked about showing off his new body at the time. “I never thought I’d be one of those people who would post a thirsty shirtless, but I’ve worked way too hard for way too long so here we are,” he wrote in the caption.

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• Paul Graham on Twitter: "Americans have fewer friends than they used to. 15% of men and 10% of women have no close friends. https://t.co/Dl2lSknT18" / Twitter
• Harvard Health on Twitter: "Compared with people who didn't take a tub bath more than twice a week, people who took a daily warm or hot bath had a 28% lower risk of cardiovascular disease and a 26% lower risk of stroke: https://t.co/2fpXUOlB71 #HarvardHealth https://t.co/0Lcop1x6Bl" / Twitter
• Surfside condominium building collapse - Wikipedia — On June 24, 2021, at approximately 1:25 a.m. EDT, Champlain Towers South, a 12-story beachfront condominium with a penthouse and an underground garage in the Miami suburb of Surfside, Florida, United States, experienced a sudden partial collapse.
• The problem with reinforced concrete — By itself, concrete is a very durable construction material. The magnificent Pantheon in Rome, the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome, is in excellent condition after nearly 1,900 years. And yet many concrete structures from last century – bridges, highways and buildings – are crumbling. Many concrete structures built this century will be obsolete before its end.

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• Louis CK on What Kids Do To Parents - YouTube — Stand up comedy
• Digging Holes in Sand Can Be Dangerous — In the past decade, there have been reports of 31 fatalities and 21 nonfatal cases of people submerged in sand when the sand holes they were digging for fun collapsed in on them.