architextures

Hello readers!
Many of the types of stories I'd been posting here I've pretty much moved to my Instagram, unveiled in short bursts. If you think you'd be interested, please follow me there: ambassador_ryan
I have a couple of larger theses I'm hoping to spell out, those are still more appropriate here. Stay tuned....

In my studies of the ways that architecture can be exclusionary, oppressive, and politically and socially marginalizing, I've stumbled onto the psychology of architecture as it concerns mental health and insanity. The discoveries have been incredibly...

For some reason, I'm finding this fascinating. The Zone Improvement Plan "ZIP" codes to expedite postal shipment on addresses in the United States was first proposed in 1944 by postal worker Robert Moon. It was put into voluntary effect in 1963, and...

1895--St. Louis, Missouri
Ernest Hogan
Black musicians playing in big bands performing the music of the Great John Philip Sousa and his ilk, on their off hours, for fun and personal expression, begin "ragging" on the strict compositions. They infuse the standards with rhythms derived from...