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City Observatory: What matters to the success of cities.

Newsletter written on a Smith-Corona Galaxie 12 typewriter. No revisions. Minor copyedits. One page. One take. Thoughts on analog, digital, technology and the world, plus whatever else fills the (actual) page.

A ledger of obscure travels, backwoods rambles, rough bivouacs, and cackling cartographies.

essays on culture, human behavior, craft, relationships ꩜ Borges, Cusk, Williams, Egan, and other intimacies.

Musings on our ever evolving relationships to work, home, community, culture, food, the environment, and more.

Simple truths about city planning & transportation to help you promote healthy infrastructure.

Newsletter on the strange and quirky histories of popular culture.

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