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Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate, even if you dialed it down this year. I just finished Jonathan Crary’s excellent book 24/7, which is ostensi…
Drew Austin
Nov 27 4
One silver lining of 2020 has been the momentary reallocation of street space away from cars and toward purposes like outdoor dining and pedestrian act…
Drew Austin
Nov 25
My favorite Borges story—which is really just an extended thought experiment, like so many of his stories are—is “The Library of Babel,” which simply d…
Drew Austin
Nov 13
The permanent changes in the urban environment that will result from the pandemic are a matter of endless speculation and an opportunity to better unde…
Drew Austin
Nov 12
A company called Culdesac is currently developing a car-free residential enclave in Tempe, Arizona (just outside of Phoenix) that will partially open s…
Drew Austin
Nov 5
“Money sloshing around” became one of my favorite euphemisms over the past several years, describing economic conditions in which a surplus of wealth c…
Drew Austin
Oct 30 2
Earlier this year, Rob Horning wrote an essay about the Uncut Gems meme that depicts Eric Bogosian trapped in the jewelry store’s glass vestibule, wear…
Drew Austin
Oct 23
Back in late March, my friends at Other Internet asked me to contribute some predictions about the world that would emerge from the pandemic. It had on…
Drew Austin
Oct 22
Marshall McLuhan’s definition of media was so broad it seemed to include everything, from electric light to money to transportation and housing. In the…
Drew Austin
Oct 15 2
A quick reminder that I’m now sending out mid-week essays focused on urbanism and the future of cities (in addition to the Friday newsletter). This wee…
Drew Austin
Oct 9
As software matures, it creates an ever-growing tension in the built environment by sharpening the contrast between the two domains. Computers get smal…
Drew Austin
Oct 8
One interesting aspect of the pandemic internet is all the content that has stopped appearing anywhere. Max Read writes, “Instagram, cut off from a ste…
Drew Austin
Oct 2
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