Brainerd, Minnesota’s newest addition isn't exactly cause for celebration. Instead, this “high-tech” ice machine reveals deeper issues with public investment, community apathy and neighborhood decline that can plague cities.
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When you prioritize fast car movement on a street that should be for building community wealth, don’t be surprised when you end up getting neither.
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We often speak to the “good old days” as a measure of the U.S. at its best…but in 1950, the average American home was 983 square feet, as opposed to the 2,300 square feet of today.
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Building to last is the only thing we can afford to do. The social and environmental costs of disposable buildings are far too high.
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By building disposable structures, we are leading ourselves toward a socially, economically, and environmentally ruinous future.
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What do Soviet-era construction and 21st-century American construction have in common? More than you might think.
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