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The Urge To Burj

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest building, is set to open to the public on December 2, 2009. This titan of towers is the centerpiece of a 20 billion dollar development project that is bizarrely ambitious and ostentatious even by Dubai standards. Other record-setting features of this enormous undertaking include Dubai Mall (”the world’s largest shopping [...]

Nude For Thought

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

We’re constantly coming across reports of public protest over nude statuary. Townships are always abuzz over art au natural. Three recent undressed uproars demonstrate that demands for modesty are often directed at the least sexy of sculptures.

No Longer Controversial: David, Sioux Falls, SD.
Take “Journey To The New” in Delray Beach, Florida. This serious and spindly [...]

Four Corners Monument: Miles Off?

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

The Four Corners Monument, the only place in America where you can spread yourself into four states at one time, is in the wrong spot, if you believe the flurry of stories in the media  this week.
Modern techniques of geodetic survey and measurement are being used to nitpick the work of a surveyor in the [...]

Roadside News: March 24, 2009

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Swetsville Zoo – CO | To Soar Above the Sludge – KS | Heartless Miami Beach – FL | Mexican Sandman Siesta – AZ

Year Of The Ox? Seems Like Year Of The Bear To Us

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Big bears have been all over the news.

War Memorials Paint It Black, Mow Lawns, Battle Crows

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Three war attractions in the news:
On Veterans Day, the town of Fruita, Colorado, unveiled its Western Slope Vietnam War Memorial Park. A centerpiece of the park is an old Huey helicopter mounted on a pole — a centerpiece seen at other memorials. But when visitors step on a platform beneath this Huey, according [...]

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