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How Kenya has beaten the world in mobile money
The following article is from National Geographic: The Invisible Bank: How Kenya Has Beaten the World in Mobile Money In the developed world, we are used to the idea that we created the model of...
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Buckminster Fuller’s Old Man River
R. Buckminster Fuller worked with Washington University Professor of Architecture James Fitzgibbon. Here is a portion of text by Fuller discussing the project: Having undertaken the solution by...
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McKee lines up five homebuilders
By Tim Logan tlogan@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8291 ST. LOUIS • In what may be the closest thing to progress yet in his decades-long bid to rebuild much of the city’s near north side,...
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Bartholomew’s City Plan (1947)
City Planner Harland Bartholomew developed a detailed, comprehensive plan for St. Louis which documents the existing conditions at the time and projected future development based upon increasing...
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Hill and Ville
NOTE: The following post was created in Fall 2011 during Community Building. Some of the text refers to specific things that occurred in class at that time, however the overall point remains apropos....
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NYT: Admitted, but Left Out
Shannon Slade submitted this article from the New York Times for our blog: October 19, 2012 Admitted, but Left Out By JENNY ANDERSON WHEN Ayinde Alleyne arrived at the Trinity School, an elite...
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Downtown North Tour
On Saturday September 8, 2012, both sections of Community Building embarked on a tour of Downtown St. Louis that began at the Busch Stadium Metrolink Station and meandered through the Gateway Mall, Old...
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St. Louis International Film Festival
Bob recommends seeing as many of the following six documentaries being shown this month as a part of the SLIFF (St. Louis International Film Festival) program this fall. You can download the schedule...
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St. Louis City Sustainability Plan
SUSTAINABILITY PLAN EVENTS The City has issued a Draft For Public Review of its Sustainability Plan. During the month of October, the City will conduct an outreach and awareness campaign called...
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The Great Migration
The Great Migration is a critically important aspect of American history that must be understood if we are to make any sense whatsoever of the current state of race relations. The following map depicts...
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