December 2011
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Around L'Enfant Plaza
Southwest Washington, D.C. in 1939. Photo by David Myers.
Frankly, something called L’Enfant Plaza feels strangish for an urban renewal scheme, but once you realize it’s named after the planner Pierre Charles L’Enfant, it becomes more understandable. The plaza is part of the modern day planning of the Southwestern quarters of Washington D.C. The picture above, gives an idea how...
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Behind the Front
Historical survey photos ca. 1989 of Dawson & Douglass Building, 294 State Street, New Haven, CT. For reasons of development, other buildings along the street have already been demolished and only this particular building is left standing. But what really is a building on the street? A piece of real-estate behind the facade? These photos look at “a street front” from every angle.
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The Lego Scene Today
If I think about the toys I used to have as a child, it’s probable that only LEGO has been able keep up with the ever digitalizing world. Kids still play with them. However, one of the things I remember about LEGOs was that I was always more interested in building things than actually playing with them. So, once you had built that super cool house (or whatever you used to to build), there...
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