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Why D.C. Teaches Kids to Bike
Why D.C. Wants to Teach Every Kid How to Ride a Bike Starting this fall, all second graders in D.C. public schools will learn to ride in PE class. CityLab, Sept. 1, 2015 Before the start of the new school year in Washington, D.C., as families were buying supplies and teachers were drafting their lesson…
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It’s Okay to Change Your Name
It’s Fine to Take Your Spouse’s Name There are many reasons people still do it—and to misunderstand them is to misunderstand the possibilities of the modern family. Pacific Standard, Aug. 31, 2015 Is your name the heart of your identity, or a patriarchal hand-me-down? If you lose it, is that choice or capitulation? The debate…
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Silver Spring Library Review
Silver Spring’s Ho-Hum Library The Washington Post, Aug. 2, 2015 The new Silver Spring branch of the Montgomery County library opened to much fanfare. The building is big — five stories, three of which are for the library — and sits on one of the busiest corners downtown. Designed by the Lukmire Partnership, an Arlington…
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The Emerging Cuban Market
Is Cuba the Next Emerging Market for American Architects? Architect, July 2015 When Abby Gordon, a designer at Shepley Bulfinch in Boston, entered the competition to win her firm’s travel fellowship, she had only one destination in mind: Cuba. “I knew I had to go,” says Gordon, who has traveled extensively in Latin America and…
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Ballers
Balls to the Walls: Snarkitecture Creates Gigantic Ball Pit in National Building Museum Architectural Record, July 7, 2015 New Yorkers can take the subway to Coney Island and Angelenos can cool off in Venice or Santa Monica, but Washingtonians are out of luck if they want to hit the beach—the shore is a three-hour drive…
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