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the city is looking for schemes for a pocket park south of time warner cable.  

we thought it was this really nice niche, and are looking to investigate what is going on with this awesome site:…

(concept is in its test stages....more to come soon on all the talented people we are working with to provide a start up hub for the five points area of harambee)

we just applied to the Joyce Foundation in partnership with andre lee ellis to make a film that tells the truth from the inside out of a community built on community.  this was the initial concept.

there are a number of events that will be featured on this page…

here's a micro proposal for the near south side of milwaukee known as walker's point, a neighborhood initiative that might work with the existing pioneers at fix development and local artists to connect the dots, so to speak:…

Cities continue to experience high levels of residential segregation based on discriminatory real estate practices, zoning ordinances, and mortgage structures (Low 2009). Residents of middle-class and upper middle-class neighborhoods often cordon themselves off as a class by building fences, cutting off relationships with neighbors, and moving out in response to problems and conflicts. At the same time, governments have expanded their…

By Mary Louise Schumacher of the Journal Sentinel

The core idea of Davis’s argument can be summarized in this statement: The distortion of conceptual shared space is followed by the destruction of architectural and physical public space. Davis narrates how the public's conceptualization of space is harshly invaded…

Please support our kickstarter.com campaign for matireal, a new permeable surface that will be a catalyst to diversify Milwaukee.  After one week we are at 15% of our goal; the campaign ends on November 27, and it's all-or-nothing.  We can do this, but we need your support!  Please check out our kickstarter* campaign:

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In case you've been too busy swinging under the Holton St bridge, the kickstarter for matireal went live yesterday!  Be sure to spread the word so that Keith can keep coming up w/ amazingly crazy ideas for us to take on.  Here's the link, let's make this 'creational trail happen.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/keith-hayes/matireal-a-creational-trail

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There's a pole barn on craiglist (for FREE) that might suit our tire storage needs at the artery.  Anyone interested in dismantling and reconstructing this in late October?  Perhaps we invest our 5k grant into a constructive community building opportunity?  This may be an alternative to the steel box. 

When the Republic of South Sudan gained independence, the universities were left with few resources. For instance, there are only two architecture books left at the University of Juba. We have secured a donation of books from a benefactor and promises of…

as compared with sam's:

samuel + jackson with carene and i at the end of the 24 hour race in our community known as the RW24:

here's the parting shot at the finish line, by the one and only pete di'antoni:…

mouse went out to feed the girls the other day, and look what she found!

so far just one, but we are checking the hatch box daily.  …

today i noticed sam looking particularly large and a bit sluggish.  it was time yet again to clean their coop, and so i let both she and biscuit run around the yard.  as i was breaking it down, i noticed sam not on her feet munching on the greens with biscuit.  instead she was parked in the shade.  when she did stand up, i noticed a yolky discharge on the ground.  next it was time to stow biscuit in the temporary rabbit holding cage because she was getting a lil too frisky with sam's hind…

i'm back in the mke after a sojourn to the eu, scandinavia, and the uk.  it was an amazing trip, thanks to my friend, and our fellow beintweener, jeff haneline.  we did a lot of legwork on this tour and met some super (attractive) strangers along the way.  after a week back in town, i'm getting settled back in, with some notion of routine.  i also feel healthy and happy to be home.  the girls are getting real talkative and enjoying some produce beyond their standard 'grower' feed.  they have…

it is nice to give them a bath every once in a while especially if they get into mud or are carrying lice.  Make sure to check them frequently.  There is a dust that you can put on them to prevent mites and lice.



If you want to bathe them that is nice and can help them stay healthy and happy.  Do not bathe too much though.  Once in spring and fall, and twice in summer is acceptable.

Fill up 3 or 4 5 gallon buckets of warm water.  Put DAWN soap…

http://youtu.be/txcOK3wFI6A  (video of the chicks chirping…

(biscuit and the sister [she missed her] in their first home, a shoebox)…