i'll take a vana venturi house, the farnsworth house...and the Schindler House---can i get those wrapped?

so Michael Govan wants to aquire houses in LA for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art collection as a way to preserve the history of modern architecture (NYTimes). He would treat the houses as museum objects that sheltered curators--oooh, i can see a fight breaking out over the Gehry Santa Monica House. Shit, now I really better get moving on my architecture curator career to take advantage of these perks. Actually, it's a shrewd move to publicize Michael's campaign to be named Savior of Architecture History in CA.

i am an island

from Ananova news (via Archinect): one man in Chongqing, China finds himself on an island in a 30 foot deep man-made pit after he refused to move unless developers paid him 20 million yuan ($2.58 million USD). Is he greedy or crafty?
A couple of days spent in Chongqing 2 years ago still give me nightmares today. Development on speed.

new york skyline

i've noticed this sudden trend of replacing skyscrapers with water towers when talking about new york skyline. the above panorama is from nyc.com. while i've seen a few water towers in manhattan, is it wrong to think of brooklyn first? has brooklyn become the new manhattan? oh shit, i better move.

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