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4 vignettes for you to ponder
I don’t usually post (or at least I try not to) unfinished thoughts on the PLA Blog. I’ve had a lot of fun playing with Tumblr as a microblogging/lifestreaming platform over the past couple of weeks, and it has really confirmed my appreciation of blog posts as focused essays that reflect a certain amount of [...]
Skateboarding is not a crime at the Mesa Library
Today I visited Antoine Predock’s Mesa Library in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Before I ever entered the building I decided it has one of my favorite young adult spaces I’ve seen yet. Why? Because there is a skatepark attached to the front of the building. Rather than defending the public space against recreational use by [...]
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