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...came afterwards, when the city passed a law that banned the use of wood in the construction of new city buildings. This law was revolutionary at the time because at the time wood was by far the cheapest construction material. In order to make the alternatives of steel and brick economical, Chicago had to build vertically, leading to the first city of “skyscrapers.” Thus, by looking towards the future, instead of short-term economic gain, Chicago became the first modern city and a model for future urban planning. We, as a nation, are currently...
...subject - no longer passive, models provide their own narration like Veronica Read or, like Yokomizo's Strangers, decide how they'll be depicted. And processes and mechanical aids once hidden behind the Romantic image of the artist are now deliberately exposed and documented. David Batchelor's The Spectrum of Brick Lane, a tower of light boxes, reveals its naked anatomy of trailing wires and reused components, echoing the untidy aspects of a built-up area as well as its brash artificial sources of color. Another theme Nesbitt detects is art that "invites a direct encounter," like Jim Lambie's jazzy...
...mean I really did. When I was growing up in Pittsburgh, the Rogers family lived just around the corner, in a big brick house with a sloping lawn...
...When I was about 12, the Rogers family moved out to the suburbs, and another family took over the big brick house. Selfishly, I was pleased by the timing: If they had to leave, now was the time. The Rogers' departure coincided neatly with the end of my childhood, and while I really missed knowing Mister Rogers was just down the street, I was really too old (or at least I pretended to be) to watch the show anymore. I started high school, went on dates, and we still saw Mister Rogers at church, where he would smile...
...beyond the Business School’s brick buildings and grassy quadrangles lies a brutal awakening to another America—a jagged, Johnson-era concrete public housing complex called Charlesview, the home to hundreds of life-long Allston residents...