Of all the bad takes I’ve seen regarding the recent debacle at Aretha Franklin’s funeral – and there have been many – the one above really bothered me. It wasn’t …
We Should All Be Doormen
“Be an opener of doors.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Recently, I was at a bar with a very good friend of mine in Boston’s South End. It was late at …
Who Has Claim? – Part II: Community Benefits Agreements
This is Part II of a short series on inequality and inequity in the built environment and the resultant biased and prejudiced sensibilities and behaviors. In Part I: Exclusionary Ownership, I …
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Who Has Claim? – Part I: Exclusionary Ownership
This is Part I of a short series on inequality and inequity in the built environment and the resultant biased and prejudiced sensibilities and behaviors. Recently, I read an excellent …
“Black Panther: The Album” – A Missed Opportunity
So, Black Panther: The Album (the “Album”) isn’t what I thought it would’ve been and I’m disappointed. When it was announced that the great Kendrick Lamar was curating and producing the album, …
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Top Articles – January ’18
“Read, read, read.” – William Faulkner “Anybody Can Make It In America” by Steve Almond – Globe Magazine “Let’s face facts: The Founding Fathers wanted liberty, but they weren’t so interested …
The Music Lesson (2006)
My first read book (of what I hope to be many) of the new year was “The Music Lesson”, by Victor Wooten, a world-class, award-winning bassist. The book follows Victor on his …
(Re)Design for Good
Recently, I read a great article in CityLab called “How Architects Can Design ‘Coherent and Peaceful Cities'”. This piece profiled Diébédo Francis Kéré, an architect native to Burkina Faso, who was …
Race Against Time
I recently attended the 2nd Annual Boston Talks About Racism, an event hosted by the Mayor’s Office of Resilience and Racial Equity, where “the Mayor and members of his team [would] …
Voices of the Silenced
Music speaks to us on a deeply personal and spiritual level. Music captures the essence of our humanity, the beautiful struggle, and shares it in an art form that can …
The Rabbit Hole 