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BLACK VOICES MATTER

FOREGROUND

PUBLIC BONDS • IN SAN FRANCISCO, AN ORPHANED SPACE BRINGS PEOPLE—AND BUTTERFLIES—TOGETHER ONE STEP AT A TIME.

STRAWS IN THE WIND • LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SHOWS RESILIENCE DESPITE ROUGH INDICATORS FOR THE ARCHITECTURE BUSINESS.

VIRTUAL ASSISTANT • FOR REMOTE STUDIO REVIEWS, ONE PROFESSOR FINDS PROMISE IN A SIMPLE WHITEBOARD APP.

UPSTREAM EFFECTS • A PLAN TO REDUCE HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS IN LAKE ERIE FOCUSES ON THE UPPER REACHES OF THE WATERSHED.

VACANT NO MORE • ON CHICAGO’S WEST SIDE, ABANDONED LOTS ARE REPURPOSED FOR COMMUNITY BENEFIT.

SUPERFUND SLUMP • WORK ON THE NATION’S MOST TOXIC SITES HAS SLOWED.

LAW IN THE LAND • JEDEDIAH PURDY’S ESSAYS EXPLORE THE POLITICS OF A NEW RELATIONSHIP TO THE LAND.

MIDAS’S TOUCH • A 90-YEAR-OLD MINE SITE IS BEING RESTORED EVEN AS IT IS READIED FOR DISPUTED FUTURE EXTRACTION.

LIGHTS OUT • LAMPS AND LUMINAIRES TO BRIGHTEN SPACES AFTER HOURS.

FEATURES

ALL OURS • THE THEFT OF A HISTORIC SITE FOR FREE EXPRESSION CASTS LIGHT ON THE VALUE OF PUBLIC SPACE IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.

AFTER EXTRAORDINARY CONDITIONS • THE HIDDEN DIMENSIONS OF A CITY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

THE BACK

LEASES TO DESTROY • RESOURCE EXTRACTION COMPANIES ARE MOVING ON PUBLIC LANDS LIKE NEVER BEFORE.

BOOKS OF INTEREST • NEW BOOKS REFRAME THE WAY WE SEE LANDSCAPES OF ALL KINDS.

WASH AT WILL • FACED WITH A HOMELESS POPULATION CUT OFF FROM PUBLIC FACILITIES, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS TEAM UP FOR PUBLIC HEALTH.