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A black-marker scrawl on a classroom whiteboard sums up the vibe of this way-cool place: “Well-crafted, but not precious’ – Dave. The calligraphy’s flair may not real Dave’s identity, but it tells plenty about the room’s whereabouts: a studio tucked...

On a warm, gray November morning, St. Louis’ fleet bronze man was standing in a dry shell. At Kiener Plaza, the fountain was drained around William Zorach’s The Runner(1966). The statue famously runs westward, a siting dynamic that writer Barringer Fifield...

Altadena, CA, is known as the backyard for the smarty-pants scientists who work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. However, “Before science, the city was all about art,” real estate agent Henry Plascencia says. And he has the listing to prove it. A Mid...

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/08/03/ ... yd-wright/ August 5, 2012 Usonian Utopias The FBI vs. Frank Lloyd Wright by JEFFREY ST. CLAIR Frank Lloyd Wright once boasted that he didn’t design his buildings to last for more than a century. It...

In 1941, George Jean Nathan put out an essay collection titled The Bachelor Life. On the front of the dust jacket is a photo portrait of the author, who was a co-founder of the American Mercury, an editor of the Smart Set, and a drama critic remembered...