The Necessity for Ruins

  [BE SURE THE TRACK IS CLEAR BEFORE YOU ENTER] [Historic benzene formulae (from left to right) by Claus (1867),[19] Dewar (1867),[20] Ladenburg (1869),[21] Armstrong (1887),[22] Thiele (1899)[23] and Kekulé (1865). Dewar benzene and prismane are different chemicals that have Dewar’s and Ladenburg’s structures. Thiele and Kekulé’s structures are used today.]

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The water main break at 3rd and Walnut forced a realization of some old hydrology.  The burst resurrected old Dock Creek, if only for an hour, thanks to the professionalism of your water department. True, as these photos and diagrams show, Dock Creek flowed again and followed the old defiles of its watershed. Before it…

[VIEW 4] The story of Interstate 95’s savaging of our city is fairly well known.  It’s also a road that has engendered fertile thinking on how to re-knit our city back to our river: perhaps through an unbroken series of lid parks bridging over the yawning moat, perhaps through the road’s elimination altogether?  Yet as…

Hi there, crd2 just shared an Instagram photo with you: view full image “World War I monument to Residents of the 9th Ward; front side white vets, back side black vets” (taken at The Arch) Thanks, The Instagram Team

Hi there, crd2 just shared an Instagram photo with you: view full image “Upland Meadow Scene @ Lardner’s Point Park” (taken at Lardner Point Park) Thanks, The Instagram Team