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View fullsize The grave marker of Adele Brise in Champion near Door County.. composed in Walloon, related to French and still spoken in southern Belgium

What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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Church and Business

September 23, 2024
Tags: cairo, church, business, city, design

Instead of Downtown

September 23, 2024
Tags: cairo, city, business, design, cars, parking lot, development

New Cairo from Above

September 23, 2024
Tags: cairo, city, development, google earth, nature, water, design

The Future Is Unfinished

September 23, 2024
Tags: Egypt, cairo, development, residences, construction, messy, future, street scene

The Population Valve

September 23, 2024

Blank Design Principles

September 22, 2024
Tags: Egypt, mall, design, modernity, interior scene

In the Court of Food

September 22, 2024
Tags: Egypt, mall, fast-food, interior scene, food

Waiting for the Future

September 22, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, TikTok, mall, future, wealth

A Hot Minute at the Mall

September 22, 2024
Tags: Egypt, cairo, clothing, fundamentalism, nation, globalization, mall

An Open Air Mall

September 22, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, mall, water, river, grass, city

"My City"

September 20, 2024
Tags: cairo, city, development, residences, mall, desert, Egypt, google earth

Old New Cairo

September 20, 2024
Tags: cairo, development, sign, road, sports, city

Book Me Now

September 17, 2024
Tags: Egypt, cairo, population, city, Saudi Arabia, road

View from an Airplane

September 16, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, population, development, city, airplane, view

Always Unfinished

September 16, 2024
Tags: Egypt, cairo, residences, development, building, class
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