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- Moving House(s)
[Moving houses in Malartic, QC as part of a 18-month long neighborhood relocation program.]
This summer, two houses were moved from the south end of Malartic to the north. These are part of a 23 home “demonstration phase” anticipating a total of 170 houses to be relocated. Malartic, Quebec (Canada) is a 3700 population town that [...]
- Big Sort
08_07_07_suburbs
Political partisan-ship in the US no longer simply defines ideas and voting patterns.
Americans are increasingly choosing to live among politically and socially like-minded neighbours, further entrenching the growing political and intellectual divides in the nation. This ability to self-isolate is, of course, best exercised in suburbia. Cities, by nature diverse, encourage constructive confrontation with vast [...]
- Mosscaping
[David Benner in his lawn in Solebury, PA (via NY Times]
Mr. Benner, 78, a retired professor of ornamental horticulture, is also a longtime practitioner and advocate of what he calls “the moss approach” to lawn maintenance. “Every time I give a lecture, I go into this spiel: get rid of your grass, and grow moss,” [...]
