Phillips Imaginary: No. 1
Diagonal Pedestrian Paths with Mary Ellen Kaluza
By MATTIE WONG, Radicle Land Collective
The purpose of Phillips Imaginary is to consider alternatives in our built environment from the minds of residents, whether or not they would ever be considered in reality. You can’t build or debate what you can’t imagine, first!
In this inaugural article, Radicle Land Collective talks to Mary Ellen Kaluza, a long-time Phillips resident, about diagonal cut-throughs to aid pedestrian movement in our very gridded city.
The midwestern grid we are so familiar with was devised by Thomas Jefferson during the late 1700s when various purchases of land were made. The grid was seen as an efficient way to survey and parcel out the land in order to be sold off and settled to fund the then-young US government. Gridded American cities generally followed this logic – the grid is a geometrically efficient shape for city services, bus lines with fewer transfers, and maximizing building space. Some would argue it sprang out of puritanical ideas of social order and neatness.… Read the rest “Phillips Imaginary: No. 1”
Library News: Nov. ’23
By CARZ NELSON
All information listed here is accurate as of October 15, 2023. For the most recent information, check out the library website at www.hclib.org.
FRANKLIN LIBRARY HOURS
Monday 9 AM to 5 PM Tuesday 12 PM to 8 PM Wednesday 12 PM to 8 PM Thursday 12 PM to 8 PM Friday 9 AM to 5 PM Saturday 9 AM to 5 PM Sunday 12 PM to 5 PM
MOVIE MATINEES
Soul (PG)
Franklin Library
Thursday, November 2 at 1 to 3:30 PM
Indian Horse (NR)
Franklin Library
Thursday, November 16 at 1 to 3:30 PM
Eternals (PG-13)
Franklin Library
Thursday, November 30 at 1 to 3:30 PM
JUNK PALEOGRAPHY
Grades 1-5. Work with an artist to create your own version of a dinosaur, the Junkosaurus, by using a lot of imagination and recycled materials. Materials provided.
Franklin Library
Friday, November 17 at 3 to 4:30 PM
BE YOUR OWN PUBLISHER
Have a story but don’t know how to get it out there? In this session you can learn how ro launch your book into the world. Register at hclib.org.
Hosmer Library
Tuesday, November 28 at 6 to 7:30 PM
VIDEOGAMES AND VR
Come hang out for an afternoon of Nintendo Switch and Virtual Reality.… Read the rest “Library News: Nov. ’23”
Redesign, Inc. Coming to Coliseum Building
By REDESIGN, INC.
The recovery and healing of the Coliseum Building will be one of the most significant redevelopment projects along the Lake Street corridor following the civil unrest caused by the murder of George Floyd in 2020. In partnership with three BIPOC small business owners, the historic building will be brought back to life, ensuring long-term affordability for up to 30 BIPOC and local entrepreneurs and small businesses.
The goal of Redesign Inc., the nonprofit community development corporation behind the project, is to create generational wealth for BIPOC small business owners by equitably redeveloping a site that was damaged during the unrest.
The redevelopment will provide approximately 85,000 square feet of commercial/retail/office space and an incubator for local BIPOC professionals and BIPOC-led firms. It will serve as a retail and commercial hub for the East Lake Street community and catalyze future adjacent development.
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