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January 2003

Features


Eight short stories inspired by architecture
Introduction
by Martin C. Pedersen
The Pilgrim
by Yxta Maya Murray
Restorations
by Karen E. Steen
New Right Now
by Kurt Andersen
Mr. Wright in Suburbia
by Karrie Jacobs
The Growthing
by Bruce Sterling
Like on Noah's Ark
by Thomas Beller
Church of the Baggy Pants
by Rick Moody
Big Wow
by John Hockenberry


Departments

Notes from Metropolis
Community Building.

The Metropolis Observed
Uncovering the Chrysler Building; the Ground Zero of Paris; a library's second life; golf for Chinese Modernists; Thai in the sky; it takes a solar village; the rust belt turns green; defending public space; Irvine's car cure; sun-powered suburbs.

In Production: Shelf Life

Omer Arbel has built SOME shelves.

Far Corner: In a Word...
by Philip Nobel
Words are slippery objects to construct buildings around.

Productsphere: Best in Show

The fairest of the fairs.

In Review
Christopher Hawthorne on Witold Rybczynski's The Perfect House.

Up & Coming
Upcoming events and conferences.

Reference Page
More information on people and places covered in this issue.

Ben Katchor
The Crumb Trap.


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