2021-04-26
A pretty rad visualization showing how the USPS expanded westward and, as the author argues in the accompanying book, “made the nineteenth century...
The Prepared Archive
From late 2013 through late 2022, we published a weekly newsletter called The Prepared; it evolved into Scope of Work in 2023. Our Members- and Supporters-only archive includes all back issues from this time period.
2021-04-19
Habitat 67, a brutalist apartment complex arranged like an alien beehive, looms in the distance from the city side banks of downtown Montreal...
Notes, 2021-04-15.
It is perhaps counterintuitive, but in many ways I find it more enjoyable to be asked a hard question than to ask one. The job
2021-04-12
I’ve always been a huge fan of meet-cutes. It’s rare and incredibly special to find someone or something you care deeply about...
Notes, 2021-04-09.
After almost seven and a half years in publication, this newsletter crossed 10,000 subscribers last month - and then almost immediately jumped to 11,000.
2021-04-05
The White House’s American Jobs Plan's fact sheet is littered through with infranerd catnip: Over $100B in mass public transit; $20B in improved...