Deprived Of Our Transfer
Blogging from behind a corporate firewall sucks. Big time. From one day to the next, you never know which go-to link is going to be deemed unsuitable for viewing. Take one of our favorites, Transfer. After 12 months or so of access, it suddenly was blocked as of a few weeks ago. So we’ve been…
Blogging from behind a corporate firewall sucks. Big time. From one day to the next, you never know which go-to link is going to be deemed unsuitable for viewing. Take one of our favorites, Transfer. After 12 months or so of access, it suddenly was blocked as of a few weeks ago. So we’ve been remiss in not linking to this post of late June about a book Mr. Marston’s been reading called Sense of the City: An Alternative Approach to Urbanism. One stand out quote from the book: “A well-paved asphalt road is the greatest missionary of civilization at our disposal to-day.” So spake Pedro Juan Manuel Larranaga (whoever that is) in 1926. Another interesting tidbit. Something we sometimes wish we were a member of, the Society of the Suppression of Unnecessary Noise was founded in 1906, way before Mr. Softee even existed.
Summer Read [Transfer]
I prefer cobblestone (Belgian Block, really). I live on Tiffany Place in Cobble Hill. The entire length of our block is cobbled. This surface has probably been there for 100 years. It’s pretty, it’s incredibly durable (no potholes in the 7 years I’ve been on the street), and it keeps the flow of traffic at a reasonable speed. Asphalt may make underground repairs easier, but I think it’s much more costly (and much less attractive) in the long run.