Maps: religion by county (sort of via) and by language. (via)

Culture blogs: Space and Culture blog: “a cross-disciplinary journal of cultural studies that fosters the publication of reflections on a wide range of socio-spatial arenas.” And TheBoxTank blog: “A collaborative focused on retail and urbanism.” And BLDGBLOG: “architectural conjecture :: urban speculation :: landscape futures” And Pruned: “On landscape architecture and related fields”

So I’m a few years late: PDN @ 20

Will the real Nancy Drew please stand up? “Girl Power! Laurie Long” at the San Jose Museum of Art

Smart reporting on photography: The View from the Edge of the Universe

Grass: The American Lawn. “North America now has more than 32 million acres of lawn under cultivation, occupying more land than any single crop, including wheat, corn, or tobacco. Americans spend $750 million a year on grass seed alone and more than $25 billion on do-it-yourself lawn and garden care, making the lawn and landscape industry a booming sector of the economy. These statistics attest to the North American obsession with the lawn. As Michael Pollan noted: ‘Like the interstate highway system,’ like fast food chains, like telephone, television and cable, “the lawn has served to unify the American landscape.”

Suburbia and Ethnoburbia: Revising The Suburbs: “A new wave of scholars challenges common assumptions about sprawl and urban growth.” And Suburbia’s not so bad: “You can love the burbs or leave them, but they can’t be ignored, as this show cleverly makes clear.” And Ethnoburb versus Chinatown: Two Types of Urban Ethnic Communities in Los Angeles

Kaboom: “You seriously wanted to build nuclear bombs in college?” - AH. CONELRAD: All Things Atomic | The Golden Age of Homeland Security

1918: Mamas don’t let your babies grow up to be Red Sox

Self-segregation? Redefining Property Values: By Design, Status Seekers and Tree-Huggers Don’t Have to Commune