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4/20/04: From rust belt to bible belt and fat beltbuckle

Personal update: I've meandered down to Nashville, Tennessee, hanging out in the dirty south for a week. After that, I'll be making my way over to southwestern Texas. I would be more specific, but seeing as how the town only has about 200 people, that would be more personal identification than what's wise. So that makes me fall from Sao Paulo's 15 million to a Texas 200 in the same month - go figure that one.

Impersonal findings: I've been sort of nostalgically looking at pictures of downtown Chicago through this Real Estate Research website which isn't at all as square as it may sound. Included is a list of Chicago skyscrapers that were never built includes the really intriguing Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle which would've surpassed the Sears Tower in height had it not been for the recession in the early 90s. This was found on route to a search on the Trump Tower Chicago, which apparently isn't aspiring to be Chicago's tallest this time out (thank god). Each world city also has a list of theoretical projects like the Torre Pluralista in Sao Paulo, each building section designed by a different architect.

Document sheds new light on US support for 1964 coup in Brazil

Humanity is the first casualty of war

Prison deletes inmate's writings after she wins $25,000 PEN award [via boingBoing].

The American Traveller International Apology Shirt.

[Note: I've since removed some overly specific information from this post. Jw 11/22]

posted by jeremy @ 2:52 AM