In Memoriam

Ever since the School of Architecture’s Campbell Hall was built in 1970, generations of students have been privileged with one of the best views in town. The magic of Carr’s Hill’s forested slopes was not lost on Pietro Belluschi, Campbell Hall’s master architect.  Enchanted by the murmurs of the huge forest spirits with whom his building […]

Powering Community

Community ain’t what it used to be. Remember the old days, sitting on your front porch, kicking back with your family after a day of hard work on the farm, watching the afternoon sun wash your fields in gold?  Probably not. Now, I’m not saying that America’s yeoman farmers had the market cornered when it […]

Banana Republic

Seems like everyone’s talking about food these days. Over the past few years, America’s rapidly-expanding belly has been rumbling ominously, rumbling with a hunger that no amount of Taco Bell quesadillas or Hostess cupcakes seems able to satisfy.  Lady Liberty has been recently craving something she just can’t seem to find in her otherwise well-stocked […]

Planning for Pedal Power

My journey to Amritsar, deep within the heart of Northern India, started out a bit wet.  No sooner had I stepped out of the train station than the sky opened up, engulfing the city with fountains of warm rain.  And this was no ordinary rain; you couldn’t just throw up your umbrella and forget about […]