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This recent article from The Christian Science Monitor on Destination Crenshaw highlights the need for cultural design and intentional public/private investments -- something so necessary can feel like gentrification if we collectively turn our back on what improvement is needed for the people living in our communities today. Surviving or flourishing is our choice. Crenshaw chooses FLOURSHING.

Top Secret Event ?? Intrigued? Find the keys & unlock the secrets to historic preservation in this Sherlock Holmes & Nancy Drew inspired Tinker’a-zation Station event. Now, will you accept the mission and try to unlock the keys? After all, #HistoricPreservation may be a mystery to some. But that will all change with this titillating approach to solving this not-so dusty look into the past, present and future of >>> Historic Preservation! Top Secret Fun & Games ‘R Afoot:: > Super-Sleuth Kits > Tools of the Trade > Mystery Disguise Dress-up > Historic-Restore Take-Home Craft > What’s the Time(line)? > Tiny Treasure Hunt > BIG Board of Mysterious Places A variety of interactive stations provide a fun-filled way to explore the world of historic preservation. Where all ages can learn about important historic places in the City of Fayetteville and the keys to saving them. Presented by Level 5 Architecture & Pencil to Pixels in conjunction with the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas. When: May 18, 2024 Time: 8:00 am - 11:00’ish am Where: Fayetteville Farmer’s Market Cost: Free Ages: All ages (2-102) Link: https://fb.me/e/6E9JS73JD

A simple series of architectural contrast in Silicon Valley and Monterey, California. This is pure California.

Thanks for the article Cindy!

These must-read titles unpack the histories that shaped architecture and design today.

These must-read titles unpack the histories that shaped architecture and design today.

Top Secret Event | Tinker’a-zation Stations Find the keys & unlock the secrets to historic preservation in this Sherlock Holmes & Nancy Drew inspired Tinker’a-zation Station event. Now, will you accept the mission and try to unlock the keys? After all, historic preservation may be a mystery to some. But that will all change with this titillating approach to solving this not-so dusty look into the past, present and future of >>> Historic Preservation! Top Secret Fun & Games ‘R Afoot:: > Super-Sleuth Kits > Tools of the Trade > Mystery Disguise Dress-up > Historic-Restore Take-Home Craft > What’s the Time(line)? > Tiny Treasure Hunt > BIG Board of Mysterious Places A variety of interactive stations provide a fun-filled way to explore the world of historic preservation. Where all ages can learn about important historic places in the City of Fayetteville and the keys to saving them. Presented by LEVEL 5 Architecture & Pencil to Pixels in conjunction with the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas When: May 18, 2024 Time: 8:00 am - 11:00’ish am Where: Fayetteville Farmer’s Market Cost: Free Ages: All ages (2-102)

Winter Light Where would you be, if you were to sit alone and enjoy the winter light? This is my place. Roman court at the Metropolitan Museum, New York. Not just because it is my favorite museum. Not just because I took small part in the making. Just it is a wonderful place to sit. And watch people. Quiet corner in a crazy city. All those hours spent drawing and modeling, imagining what this place would be like. But we couldn't see really. How people would walk around. How they would look at sculptures with total abandon. How they would take selfies with loved ones, laughing and be merry. How they would look up and see light playing patterns on the colonnade. Being an architect, this must be the best form of therapy. You get so bruised working in this profession. Seeing people enjoy your building, those bruises don't matter. You know a place well after visiting for decades. You arrive at a different time and place, with different colors and vibes and people. These could be rival civilizations locked in eternal battle. Now their artifacts: vases, statues, paintings or carpets, stand side-by-side. All serene, hostilities forgotten. With 20+ buildings built over a century, the Met is a maze. Even after drawing this whole museum from scratch I still get lost sometimes. Embarrassed, I would murmur some excuses, trying to find my way. My wife would refrain from comment. Wise woman. One learns to be humble here. The Met was built by generations of architects, each contributing within his/ her own lifetime. Together they made the museum we see today. In this way the museum is like a city. One person does not make a city. We all work within our time, hopefully towards a common goal. We shape our city. If we build a city that is hostile to its occupants, then we deserve to bear the consequences. We are not by-standers. Corrupt politicians or greedy developers don't take the whole blame. We are also to blame. And therefore act we must. And perhaps, if we do it right, we get to see something as beautiful as a museum in winter light. #Met #NewYork PS. History of the Met buildings. See link at first comment.

On Eloquent Ideas for September 23, 2024, we continue our discussion of African American Architecture with a look at ‘Non-Cartesian Land Development.” Think of it as going beyond the grid. Later in the show, we will look at another word from Voices of the Heart. This time, the word is Virtue.?This is more than a Victorian aspiration. Eloquent Ideas is a show about seeing more in the world around us. Listen at 1:00 EST every Monday on [https://lnkd.in/eZiuEUU7) [https://lnkd.in/e-VqKpWc) and Apple Music WDRBmedia The image below is a detailed shot of a Magnolia tree in bloom. The structure of the petals and leaves are a defined structure that could be the inspiration for development. Rather than a grid, it is based on organic branching and a not necessarily even geometric array. The bending, splaying and response to the leaves and blossoms around it adds to the charm far beyond what can be achieved by a simple rigid grid. For success, It must be acceptable to have variations. In those variations, there must be ways to accommodate justice that is wise and not rote.