Historic Cities Restoration Program

Click through and see the photos. shelf-pod | Kazuya Morita Architecture Studio. Shelf-Pod is a private residence and study building, located in Osaka prefecture, Japan. The client owns an extensive collection of books on the subject of Islamic history, so he requested that we create this building with the maximum capacity for its storage and exhibition.

Created by my friend Kate Howe: AMYGDALA MACHINE I: Tomorrow Kate Howe 348 St Marks Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11238 May 13 – June 19, 2010 Standard procedure saves time and energy in every arena. I once read that when we get out of the shower, we towel ourselves off in the same series of motions, taking the same amount of time, every day. We take the same route to work and wear our heels out in the same lop-sided way. We date the same people in different bodies, respond the the same ad campaign in a different season, repeat the…

Bryonn Bain is a friend from college, and I'm working on a review of his book, The Prophet Returns. New Brooklyn Writers Join Old Hands at Fort Greene Park Lit Fest – WNYC Culture. Bryonn Bain, who is from Flatbush and spent five years teaching cultural literacy to teen inmates at Rikers Island, will also be reading from his book, The Prophet Returns, which will be released this weekend by Blackout brooklyn Press.  "You can't underestimate the power of the word, the power of stories," Bain said, who will also be performing with the hip-hop theater group Lyrics from Lockdown…