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NEW: GOP Senate candidate Larry Hogan, the former Maryland Republican governor, has a moderate reputation — but he spent his career wrongfully demonizing Baltimore and victims of police abuses. Story: rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

IMPORTANT: The Canadian Federal Government will no longer be funding “large new road projects” according to Canada’s environment minister. Rather, funding will favour public transit and active transport (walking and biking) infrastructure. cbc.ca/news/politics/…

New ‘Ghost Rivers’ Public Art Installation Honors a Long-Lost Landscape in Remington 🔗⬇️ baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsen…

Here’s my letter (email) to city council given the recent reintroduction of Anti-Complete Streets hearings:

anybody have any ideas how we can make our video game go viral and become insanely popular so we can make another one ?

8 new instrumental tracks I made with my buddy Bruce birney-willen.bandcamp.com/album/two-flow…

@TraceyRyniec @TormeyMike A restoration and expansion is actually in progress right now!

@TormeyMike Amazing. Has it recently been restored?

Some architectural details from the total sleeper hit that is Baltimore’s Amtrak station

Remington residents say ‘road diet’ has made 28th Street safer, but crashes still a concern bit.ly/3NUUFJj

birney-willen.bandcamp.com/album/two-flow… My friend @simplysylvio and I made a mellow instrumental album. We thought it would be nice to release it on Christmas Eve. Enjoy!

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Enjoy this new sonic collaboration btwn Peals' Bruce Willen & filmmaker @simplysylvio We recommend listening on a long walk. birney-willen.bandcamp.com/album/two-flow…

(Also available on Sp*tify and most other streaming platforms) open.spotify.com/album/2Ogg8Npf…

@joshsisk A plumber should be able to take care of it. Jay Justice?

Baltimore : anyone recommend a good radiator/boiler place? Mine is functioning fine but one of the pipes in the system is super rusty and needs to be replaced. Thank you!

We're excited to host #PlacemakingWeek w/@NDCMaryland! We're excited to explore the city's #publicart projects incl. @posttypography's "Ghost Rivers, which features a walking tour & rediscovers the hidden streams & histories beneath #Baltimore's streets: ghostrivers.com

Cool Eastman @Kodak #testpattern spotted in an old electronics book.

@domesticetch Congrats, that's awesome!

I'm so excited about this role and the chance to carve out a new space to discuss visual trends and all the weird realities of being a designer today! As a vehement generalist, I'll of course still be maintaining my freelance design practice the other half of my time as well 😈

@imagineterrain I love that these show both the stream paths and storm sewers, mapping both past and present.

I'm preparing a new set of maps showing DC's lost streams, watershed by watershed. Here's a draft of the first map: Slash Run and Brown's Run, flowing from Adams Morgan through Cardozo and Dupont.

Baltimore Buried These Streams. Now An Artist Is Bringing One Back. nextcity.org/urbanist-news/…