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Monday December 17th, 2018 was the last day of Crema Cafe, a Harvard Square institution. With Our Harvard Square, friends from the Harvard Square Neighborhood Association, and others, we hosted “Support Crema Day” to demonstrate our support for this Harvard Square institution, which was being forced out because the new landlord tripled the rent.  .  … Continue reading Saving Crema

On a Sunday in the early morning during the opening days of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, crews of youth and adults were all crowded around painting, from top to bottom, a house slated for demolition. I spoke with artist and architect Amanda Williams: Caroline James: What experiences in your life were important towards developing your … Continue reading Flaming Red Hot Makes a Splash to Counter Demolition and Create Dialogue around Blight

The 14th Venice Biennale of Architecture, Elements of Architecture  brought a different tone to the world’s premiere architecture exhibition. Carrying the theme “Fundamentals,” the Biennale had an aim to be, in the words of curator Rem Koolhaas, “about architecture, not architects.” A focus on the components of Architecture come together in exhibitions and mammoth book series–a collaboration  between … Continue reading Dispatch from the 2014 Venice Biennale: From “Fundamentals” comes the Human Scale