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- Economic Inequality Matters
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Culture Archive
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Reading List of the Day: Sustainability (April 2010)
Posted on April 17, 2010 | No CommentsA first sustainability conference for the Freeport Apollo Group (FLAG) near Pittsburgh: Notable speakers on historic preservation, outdoor recreational tourism, stormwater management, urban forestry, green building practices, and locally grown... -
Review of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Allegheny Riverfront Park
Posted on March 16, 2010 | No CommentsThis is a short and wonderful book about the Allegheny Riverfront Park in downtown Pittsburgh. It offers the reader a behind the scenes look at the entire process of the... -
Review of The Cottage Garden by Christopher Lloyd and Richard Bird
Posted on March 3, 2010 | No CommentsThe Cottage Garden by Christopher Lloyd & Richard Bird provides a good overview of traditional English cottage gardens, complete with illustrations, sample design types, and practical advice. Christopher Lloyd was a favorite garden writer in Britain for most of the twentieth century, and in this book he distills much of what he likes about traditional cottage gardens as well as what he dislikes about more contemporary attempts at historical reconstruction of them. -
Republicans and backdrops
Posted on September 3, 2008 | No CommentsWhat’s with Republicans and backdrops? First it was the “green monster” standing behind McCain and now at this convention it’s “old man powder blue”. In my book, this powder blue... -
Indiana Jones Returns to the Big Screen [Spoiler Free]
Posted on May 23, 2008 | No CommentsI watched Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull last night with my family, and it was great. There were the usual thrills and adventures this time around,...
