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Context is key.", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/10/contraflow-washington-dc-temporary-safety-commute/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=contraflow-washington-dc-temporary-safety-commute", "published_at": "2025-10-16T22:48:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c539-c85b-7213-a44c-bea4fb700fc9", "title": "The Block closed: another once-lucrative food hall clears the way for a higher use.", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/10/the-block-closed-eastgate-redevelopment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-block-closed-eastgate-redevelopment", "published_at": "2025-10-08T22:27:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c539-c85b-7213-a44c-bea4fbcc22a4", "title": "Misattributed quotation on a campus carving: did the correction only complicate it?", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/09/misattributed-quotation-university-montana-luther/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=misattributed-quotation-university-montana-luther", "published_at": "2025-09-30T17:27:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c539-c85b-7213-a44c-bea4fc14d60c", "title": "Tiny manufactureds in Boise: trailers or tiny homes? Both? Neither?", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/09/tiny-manufactureds-boise-downtown/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tiny-manufactureds-boise-downtown", "published_at": "2025-09-30T00:28:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c539-c85b-7213-a44c-bea4fcf7dba0", "title": "Rural single-screen: how does the Clayton Theatre in Dagsboro, Delaware survive 75 years?", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/09/rural-single-screen-clayton-theatre-dagsboro/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rural-single-screen-clayton-theatre-dagsboro", "published_at": "2025-09-25T07:30:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-29bc-70a9-b69b-ef6aee06c102", "title": "White-on-blue directional signs: they might be everywhere, but are they a gold standard?", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/09/white-on-blue-directional-signs-fairfax-va/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=white-on-blue-directional-signs-fairfax-va", "published_at": "2025-09-17T03:35:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-29bc-70a9-b69b-ef6aee2c4e0b", "title": "Campus creep: when a large, rooted institution needs to grow…there goes the neighborhood.", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/09/campus-creep-hospital-university-reuse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=campus-creep-hospital-university-reuse", "published_at": "2025-09-11T03:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-29bc-70a9-b69b-ef6aeedfd2b9", "title": "Williamsburg restrooms: how the colonists did—and still do—their business.", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/08/williamsburg-restrooms-logos-sinks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=williamsburg-restrooms-logos-sinks", "published_at": "2025-08-31T10:14:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-29bc-70a9-b69b-ef6aefc9f9d8", "title": "Animal accommodations: in the Reflecting Pool, everything is (fiscally) ducky.", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/08/animal-accommodations-reflecting-pool/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=animal-accommodations-reflecting-pool", "published_at": "2025-08-30T03:36:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-29bc-70a9-b69b-ef6af05ea18d", "title": "Flying projectiles and French pastries: not exactly a familiar pairing!", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/08/flying-projectiles-telegraph-shops-grounded-coffee/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flying-projectiles-telegraph-shops-grounded-coffee", "published_at": "2025-08-24T23:53:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-29bc-70a9-b69b-ef6af066790e", "title": "Good from all angles? Why the Murat Temple (Old National) in Indy gets a pass.", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/08/good-from-all-angles-murat-temple-old-national/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=good-from-all-angles-murat-temple-old-national", "published_at": "2025-08-17T10:33:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-29bc-70a9-b69b-ef6af13714dc", "title": "Back entrance: why some big buildings beautify their butts.", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/08/back-entrance-bank-hotel-washington-pa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=back-entrance-bank-hotel-washington-pa", "published_at": "2025-08-12T20:19:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-29bc-70a9-b69b-ef6af1981708", "title": "Fake façades on Columbia’s Main Street: is modern now retro, or vice versa?", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/07/fake-facades-columbia-sc-mainstreet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fake-facades-columbia-sc-mainstreet", "published_at": "2025-07-31T16:08:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-29bc-70a9-b69b-ef6af2949dde", "title": "Mid-block mastery: how a surging Northern Virginia suburb stanches the flow on country roads.", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/07/mid-block-one-way-vienna-virginia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mid-block-one-way-vienna-virginia", "published_at": "2025-07-30T03:52:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-29bc-70a9-b69b-ef6af3753f2d", "title": "World of Beer: a declining restaurant chain wasn’t up to the “hip downtown” challenge.", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/07/world-of-beer-entertainment-district-failure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=world-of-beer-entertainment-district-failure", "published_at": "2025-07-25T03:52:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-0621-71fd-a746-dbc0666d6f02", "title": "Empty parking deck: do they EVER have a shortage of spaces out in the burbs?", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/07/empty-parking-deck-home-depot/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=empty-parking-deck-home-depot", "published_at": "2025-07-18T03:56:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-0621-71fd-a746-dbc0667da691", "title": "Religious enclave in rural America: even the Great Plains can perplex.", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/07/religious-enclave-ukrainians-belfield-nd/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=religious-enclave-ukrainians-belfield-nd", "published_at": "2025-07-08T02:05:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-0621-71fd-a746-dbc066a7ef5f", "title": "Operating hours: pasting them on a door can create a sticky situation.", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/06/operating-hours-new-bakery-pizzeria/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=operating-hours-new-bakery-pizzeria", "published_at": "2025-06-30T22:17:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-0621-71fd-a746-dbc067766eaa", "title": "Big box entrance: when Target goes urban, the result is neither “box” nor “big”.", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/06/big-box-entrance-target-apartments/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=big-box-entrance-target-apartments", "published_at": "2025-06-30T03:41:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-0621-71fd-a746-dbc0679b44e3", "title": "Repurposed brutalism in a Bozeman bank: how the tables turn!", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/06/repurposed-brutalism-bozeman-bank/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=repurposed-brutalism-bozeman-bank", "published_at": "2025-06-26T01:39:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-0621-71fd-a746-dbc067b64553", "title": "Creative kitchen concepts: can restaurants compete better if they share a roof…or a stove?", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/06/creative-kitchen-concepts-food-halls-ghost-kitchen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=creative-kitchen-concepts-food-halls-ghost-kitchen", "published_at": "2025-06-16T03:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-0621-71fd-a746-dbc067bb32fc", "title": "Tactile paving in parking lots: not just at crosswalks, not just for the blind.", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/06/tactile-paving-lidl-tysons-corner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tactile-paving-lidl-tysons-corner", "published_at": "2025-06-10T01:38:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-0621-71fd-a746-dbc0688ee347", "title": "Roadside grave markers: how did Montana (and ONLY Montana) get them to have a certain look?", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/05/grave-markers-cenotaphs-montana-support/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grave-markers-cenotaphs-montana-support", "published_at": "2025-05-31T20:42:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-0621-71fd-a746-dbc069061a1f", "title": "Mounting the plate: is the layout for this license a legal loophole?", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/05/mounting-the-plate-temporary-permanent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mounting-the-plate-temporary-permanent", "published_at": "2025-05-31T03:15:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-0621-71fd-a746-dbc0699b667d", "title": "Restored school building…now senior apartments? Any slots reserved for the original pupils?", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/05/restored-school-building-old-mandan-high/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=restored-school-building-old-mandan-high", "published_at": "2025-05-29T03:35:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-5e1a-73a0-b63d-37b79495cd16", "title": "Privacy fences are nothing new in suburbia. So why is this one so special?", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/05/privacy-fence-southeast-boise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=privacy-fence-southeast-boise", "published_at": "2025-05-23T03:32:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-5e1a-73a0-b63d-37b794a1d4b1", "title": "Jennie Dean Park ped bridge: a safety solution for comfy communities…but what about the plebs? ", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/05/jennie-dean-park-ped-bridge-boondoggle/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jennie-dean-park-ped-bridge-boondoggle", "published_at": "2025-05-10T00:40:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-5e1a-73a0-b63d-37b794bee25e", "title": "Therapy dogs: stop crafting loopholes to fair, reasonable laws! (I’m watching you.)", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/04/therapy-dogs-business-interior-violations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=therapy-dogs-business-interior-violations", "published_at": "2025-04-30T22:59:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-5e1a-73a0-b63d-37b7953f0d9e", "title": "The turn radius—what does it limit more: the car or its driver?", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/04/turn-radius-walker-duke-landmark-mall/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=turn-radius-walker-duke-landmark-mall", "published_at": "2025-04-29T03:06:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-5e1a-73a0-b63d-37b79543814c", "title": "National Cathedral: sublime building, serene grounds. But how about those sidewalk storm drains?", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/04/national-cathedral-olmsted-woods-storm-drains/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=national-cathedral-olmsted-woods-storm-drains", "published_at": "2025-04-25T03:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-5e1a-73a0-b63d-37b795448716", "title": "Sea wall repairs at the Tidal Basin: a short-lived setback to sustain seasonal splendor.", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/04/sea-wall-repairs-tidal-basin-cherry-blossom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sea-wall-repairs-tidal-basin-cherry-blossom", "published_at": "2025-04-14T22:59:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-5e1a-73a0-b63d-37b795853688", "title": "Fairfax Station Square: a humble strip mall perseveres in the thick of sprawl. But why?", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/04/fairfax-station-square-adaptive-reuse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fairfax-station-square-adaptive-reuse", "published_at": "2025-04-08T21:48:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-5e1a-73a0-b63d-37b7963a99a0", "title": "Grand Court Organ in the Wanamaker building: with Macy’s closing, what is its fate?", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/03/grand-court-organ-wanamaker-after-macys/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grand-court-organ-wanamaker-after-macys", "published_at": "2025-04-01T00:50:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-5e1a-73a0-b63d-37b796e3475d", "title": "Kids’ play areas: are businesses scaling back due to reduced demand?", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/03/kids-play-areas-gyms-closing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kids-play-areas-gyms-closing", "published_at": "2025-03-30T22:53:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-5e1a-73a0-b63d-37b79779cfc4", "title": "Mid-block switch: why would a street change traffic flow through signs and stripes?", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/03/mid-block-switch-glover-park-dc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mid-block-switch-glover-park-dc", "published_at": "2025-03-22T01:17:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-c5fb-70d7-a81a-1a7d6b698d22", "title": "Final elegy to Sanctuary on Penn, for Encyclopedia of Indianapolis.", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/03/final-elegy-sanctuary-on-penn-first-lutheran/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=final-elegy-sanctuary-on-penn-first-lutheran", "published_at": "2025-03-13T10:10:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-c5fb-70d7-a81a-1a7d6c22b4ad", "title": "Stub street seminar: why developers keep building tiny, pointless dead-end roads.", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/03/stub-street-suburban-dead-end/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stub-street-suburban-dead-end", "published_at": "2025-03-09T03:28:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-c5fb-70d7-a81a-1a7d6c928903", "title": "Visible power lines along the riverfront: a visual blight or a necessity? Or both?", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/02/visible-power-lines-south-platte/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=visible-power-lines-south-platte", "published_at": "2025-02-28T10:49:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-c5fb-70d7-a81a-1a7d6d0b0f87", "title": "Cotton Company: shopping is fun again! The motto? “Bigger is worse”.", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/02/cotton-company-wake-forest-main-street-retail/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cotton-company-wake-forest-main-street-retail", "published_at": "2025-02-24T04:53:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-c5fb-70d7-a81a-1a7d6d362ad3", "title": "Roaches Run memorial: a makeshift tribute to the midair collision over the Potomac.", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/02/roaches-run-memorial-midair-collision-potomac/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roaches-run-memorial-midair-collision-potomac", "published_at": "2025-02-18T23:01:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-c5fb-70d7-a81a-1a7d6db29b4d", "title": "Infill for Southport: a tiny suburb gets an urban apartment building. Will the urbanites bite?", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/02/infill-for-southport-jacob-apartments/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=infill-for-southport-jacob-apartments", "published_at": "2025-02-14T00:40:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-c5fb-70d7-a81a-1a7d6def3468", "title": "Delayed green lights: a subtle safety measure aiding the vision of zero pedestrian deaths.", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/02/delayed-green-vision-zero-ballston/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=delayed-green-vision-zero-ballston", "published_at": "2025-02-09T00:34:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-c5fb-70d7-a81a-1a7d6ebcaab1", "title": "Closed Reagan Airport: did the authorities react too soon after the midair collision?", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/01/closed-reagan-airport-wednesday-midair-collision/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=closed-reagan-airport-wednesday-midair-collision", "published_at": "2025-01-31T16:04:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-c5fb-70d7-a81a-1a7d6f772b35", "title": "Security Square: even after Macy’s leaves, it’s a mall that refuses to die.", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/01/security-square-mall-macys-internationalism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=security-square-mall-macys-internationalism", "published_at": "2025-01-28T02:47:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-c5fb-70d7-a81a-1a7d703d9531", "title": "Quiznos labelscar: a suburban relic, or an omen of a global future?", "url": "https://dirtamericana.com/2025/01/quiznos-labelscar-springfield-strip-mall/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=quiznos-labelscar-springfield-strip-mall", "published_at": "2025-01-21T04:45:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2026

Anti-Flock: the cameras are everywhere, and they’re stronger than ever.original ↗

16 Sept 2026

Park and Shop: Cleveland Park’s strip mall oddity faces a new reckoning.original ↗

13 Sept 2026

Ethnic enclave: tiny Guadalupe holds its own among Phoenix mega-burbs.original ↗

1 Sept 2026

Decorating early: since Labor Day doesn’t have a visual, it’s time to say BOO.original ↗

29 Aug 2026

Brookfield Park, where porous pavement meets a new enemy: the human foot.original ↗

24 Aug 2026

Destination parks: the reviving yin to a small town’s yang?original ↗

19 Aug 2026

Wheeling University: tiny schools trim their budgets, then their lawns.original ↗

7 Aug 2026

Columbus Riverfront: a city known for its buildings tries to design water.original ↗

1 Aug 2026

Hybrid strip mall: a retail/wholesale beast in the suburban jungle.original ↗

29 Jul 2026

Great American State Fair: a retrospective montage ~250 hours later.original ↗

23 Jul 2026

Beatley Library: is lounging with a magazine in 2026 what we call “post-postmodern”?original ↗

16 Jul 2026

Downtown Tempe sprouts a new skyline of its own, but where’s the street energy?original ↗

10 Jul 2026

Silver Avenue SE in Albuquerque: a bike boulevard with bones…and a bark (and a bite).original ↗

30 Jun 2026

Ethnic news rack: it’ll survive as long as there’s a fish to wrap.original ↗

27 Jun 2026

Sideways subdivision: Sin City homebuilders find new ways to pack ‘em in.original ↗

23 Jun 2026

Turnstile jumping: a mundane crime faces new hurdles in effective prevention.original ↗

17 Jun 2026

Sedona strip mall: a business incubator can’t count its chicks before they hatch.original ↗

9 Jun 2026

Clifton, Virginia: a rail town alerts suburbanites to the hazards of its history.original ↗

1 Jun 2026

Capitol complex: Arizona rolls out the green carpet for postcard views. But at a price.original ↗

30 May 2026

Underground garage design: if it’s bad, it has the battle scars to show it.original ↗

26 May 2026

Interpretive sign at Badwater Basin: flinging salt on a geopolitical wound.original ↗

19 May 2026

Tread strips: on stairways, fools rush in, when angels fear to intervene.original ↗

10 May 2026

Mid-century signage: seven-decade survival on a sleepy Sonoran street.original ↗

30 Apr 2026

On-street parking restriction: if it looks funny, it probably doesn’t come from the City (which is humorless).original ↗

29 Apr 2026

Marley Station: beloved dead mall shines neon on a new culprit. (MONTAGE)original ↗

22 Apr 2026

Ukrop’s: an old Richmond family grocer re-enters the market. As a real estate developer.original ↗

15 Apr 2026

Chain restaurant architecture: years after closure, the branding stamp remains.original ↗

8 Apr 2026

Kaufman’s cladding is coming down in Wheeling. Here’s what it reveals.original ↗

1 Apr 2026

New stop sign: is it engineering? Planning? Marketing? original ↗

29 Mar 2026

Treacherous stairway: do civic structures sacrifice safety for showiness?original ↗

24 Mar 2026

Bailey’s Crossroads might sound like “cow country”. But the only cows nearby are between two slices of bread.original ↗

19 Mar 2026

Downtown Billings housing: a humble mid-rise is still a start.original ↗

8 Mar 2026

Dead-end exit lane: when a road is not a street. (Or an alley. Or a stroad.)original ↗

28 Feb 2026

Potty paucity: private providers offer relief to those who need to relieve themselves.original ↗

27 Feb 2026

Martinsburg snowmen: a decorative effort that pays for itself.original ↗

22 Feb 2026

The Spot: a strip mall food hall that might defy the odds.original ↗

16 Feb 2026

Old Town Greenwood: in 2016, is it finally ready for the urban glow-up?original ↗

8 Feb 2026

Dying wing in a healthy mall: the Sears phenom all over again?original ↗

1 Feb 2026

Panic buying: when winter gusts blow the food right off the shelves. original ↗

27 Jan 2026

Artifacts along the PA Turnpike: a busy travel path shows how rural America does not (and must not) change easily.original ↗

24 Jan 2026

Drugstore clinics: bringing health care to the spot where we buy $8 milk?original ↗

21 Jan 2026

Competitive rest area: fodder fodder everywhere, but not a drop to drink!original ↗

15 Jan 2026

2025

Gym reinvention: because how people work it (and twerk it) affects the bottom line.original ↗

31 Dec 2025

Commercial conversion from home to monastery? Really makes you rub the Chin.original ↗

30 Dec 2025

Lodging crisis? No problem! Let’s cut a hotel out of a cornfield.original ↗

29 Dec 2025

A tale of two tunnels: how an obsolete rail tunnel in VA and SC became a modern quirky amenity.original ↗

21 Dec 2025

Outdoor deck at an airport: they can be great. So why so uncommon?original ↗

10 Dec 2025

Eastgate Shopping Center: getting ready for The (chopping) Block.original ↗

30 Nov 2025

Montana State Capitol: in small, remote cites, the front yard is the state’s ballroom gown.original ↗

29 Nov 2025

Art installation at a Starbucks: as unique as the tragedy it commemorates. Yet also typical.original ↗

26 Nov 2025

Dunbar, West Virginia: the least effective pedestrianized downtown ever?original ↗

22 Nov 2025

The lapse lingers a little longer.original ↗

10 Nov 2025

Famous flight of stairs: how a horror classic spawned a rising (or plummeting?) DC attraction.original ↗

31 Oct 2025

Hagerman, Idaho: a farm town punching above its tourist weight class. Would you vacation there?original ↗

29 Oct 2025

Two Sides of Main Street: South Carolina’s capitol blocks an artery. One side gets gangrene.original ↗

23 Oct 2025

Contraflow: a forced one-way street can promote safety or confusion. Context is key.original ↗

16 Oct 2025

The Block closed: another once-lucrative food hall clears the way for a higher use.original ↗

8 Oct 2025

Misattributed quotation on a campus carving: did the correction only complicate it?original ↗

30 Sept 2025

Tiny manufactureds in Boise: trailers or tiny homes? Both? Neither?original ↗

30 Sept 2025

Rural single-screen: how does the Clayton Theatre in Dagsboro, Delaware survive 75 years?original ↗

25 Sept 2025

White-on-blue directional signs: they might be everywhere, but are they a gold standard?original ↗

17 Sept 2025

Campus creep: when a large, rooted institution needs to grow…there goes the neighborhood.original ↗

11 Sept 2025

Williamsburg restrooms: how the colonists did—and still do—their business.original ↗

31 Aug 2025

Animal accommodations: in the Reflecting Pool, everything is (fiscally) ducky.original ↗

30 Aug 2025

Flying projectiles and French pastries: not exactly a familiar pairing!original ↗

24 Aug 2025

Good from all angles? Why the Murat Temple (Old National) in Indy gets a pass.original ↗

17 Aug 2025

Back entrance: why some big buildings beautify their butts.original ↗

12 Aug 2025

Fake façades on Columbia’s Main Street: is modern now retro, or vice versa?original ↗

31 Jul 2025

Mid-block mastery: how a surging Northern Virginia suburb stanches the flow on country roads.original ↗

30 Jul 2025

World of Beer: a declining restaurant chain wasn’t up to the “hip downtown” challenge.original ↗

25 Jul 2025

Empty parking deck: do they EVER have a shortage of spaces out in the burbs?original ↗

18 Jul 2025

Religious enclave in rural America: even the Great Plains can perplex.original ↗

8 Jul 2025

Operating hours: pasting them on a door can create a sticky situation.original ↗

30 Jun 2025

Big box entrance: when Target goes urban, the result is neither “box” nor “big”.original ↗

30 Jun 2025

Repurposed brutalism in a Bozeman bank: how the tables turn!original ↗

26 Jun 2025

Creative kitchen concepts: can restaurants compete better if they share a roof…or a stove?original ↗

16 Jun 2025

Tactile paving in parking lots: not just at crosswalks, not just for the blind.original ↗

10 Jun 2025

Roadside grave markers: how did Montana (and ONLY Montana) get them to have a certain look?original ↗

31 May 2025

Mounting the plate: is the layout for this license a legal loophole?original ↗

31 May 2025

Restored school building…now senior apartments? Any slots reserved for the original pupils?original ↗

29 May 2025

Privacy fences are nothing new in suburbia. So why is this one so special?original ↗

23 May 2025

Jennie Dean Park ped bridge: a safety solution for comfy communities…but what about the plebs? original ↗

10 May 2025

Therapy dogs: stop crafting loopholes to fair, reasonable laws! (I’m watching you.)original ↗

30 Apr 2025

The turn radius—what does it limit more: the car or its driver?original ↗

29 Apr 2025

National Cathedral: sublime building, serene grounds. But how about those sidewalk storm drains?original ↗

25 Apr 2025

Sea wall repairs at the Tidal Basin: a short-lived setback to sustain seasonal splendor.original ↗

14 Apr 2025

Fairfax Station Square: a humble strip mall perseveres in the thick of sprawl. But why?original ↗

8 Apr 2025

Grand Court Organ in the Wanamaker building: with Macy’s closing, what is its fate?original ↗

1 Apr 2025

Kids’ play areas: are businesses scaling back due to reduced demand?original ↗

30 Mar 2025

Mid-block switch: why would a street change traffic flow through signs and stripes?original ↗

22 Mar 2025

Final elegy to Sanctuary on Penn, for Encyclopedia of Indianapolis.original ↗

13 Mar 2025

Stub street seminar: why developers keep building tiny, pointless dead-end roads.original ↗

9 Mar 2025

Visible power lines along the riverfront: a visual blight or a necessity? Or both?original ↗

28 Feb 2025

Cotton Company: shopping is fun again! The motto? “Bigger is worse”.original ↗

24 Feb 2025

Roaches Run memorial: a makeshift tribute to the midair collision over the Potomac.original ↗

18 Feb 2025

Infill for Southport: a tiny suburb gets an urban apartment building. Will the urbanites bite?original ↗

14 Feb 2025

Delayed green lights: a subtle safety measure aiding the vision of zero pedestrian deaths.original ↗

9 Feb 2025

Closed Reagan Airport: did the authorities react too soon after the midair collision?original ↗

31 Jan 2025

Security Square: even after Macy’s leaves, it’s a mall that refuses to die.original ↗

28 Jan 2025

Quiznos labelscar: a suburban relic, or an omen of a global future?original ↗

21 Jan 2025