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The Blinkered Flâneur: Walking with Franz Hessel in 1920s Berlin
Does the flâneur, that curiously modern figure who wanders metropolitan streets, have a political consciousness? For Franz Hessel — author of Spazieren in Berlin, “a memorization while strolling” that Walter Benjamin called “thoroughly epic” — the answer seemed to be no. Paul Sullivan explores…
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A Thousand and One Nights in Italy: The Moorish Fantasias of Cesare Mattei and Ferdinando Panciatichi
In mid-19th century Italy, two eccentric aristocrats set forth on parallel projects: constructing ostentatious castles in a Moorish Revival style. Iván Moure Pazos tours the psychedelic chambers of Rochetta Mattei, optimised for electrohomeopathic healing, and Castello di Sammezzano, an immersive,…
From The Public Domain Review
A New Wildlife Crossing in Colorado Has Already Cut Vehicle Collisions by 91 Percent
CDOT completed the wildlife-only bridge, the largest of its kind currently in North America, in December 2025. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article A New Wildlife Crossing in…
From Colossal
Álvaro Urbano Honors the Lost Specimens of Mexico City’s Iconic Casa Cueva
Álvaro Urbano presents an homage to the innovations of Casa Cueva, an icon of modernist Mexican architecture. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Álvaro Urbano Honors the…
From Colossal
Medieval Fantasy Town Generator
Generates a random medieval city layout of a requested size & can export to JSON.
From Tiny Tools Directory
For Sale: Schindler Lovell Beach House
Stop the wire transfer to Cap Ferrat. Because a new architecturally iconic, oceanfront fixer-upper just dropped. After keeping it, and keeping it intact for a century, the Lovell family has been doing really great work unloading their architecture. And now the Lovell Beach House by RM Schindler is…
From Kagi Small Web
SimCity, but with Permits
Build the city of your dreams. Subject to approval. A free city builder about zoning, hearings, lawsuits and reelection.
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Pedestrianizations off the menu
Plans to pedestrianize McGill College and parts of Ste‑Catherine have been put on hold by the Ensemble city hall.
From Kagi Small Web
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