Because so many people have positive feelings for that heap of bad ideas on Beacon Hill, I have decided to post a few samples of what good local architecture feels like. Yes, it is all about feelings. Images are feelings. And this image of the Rainier Pump Station feels good…

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The simple and compact beauty of béton brut.

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...