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Renovating Wright’s Park Inn

9 Aug

Check out this website I found at google.com

The Park Inn is in a block of Wright buildings on the town square of Mason City, Iowa. I’ve been watching this project for some years, ever since I stopped in Mason City to see the Park Inn block, and tour the Stockman House. There are very few photos of the building in better days, but they’re worth the trouble it takes to find them. On the opposite end of the block is a bank building built at the same time by Wright which is largely intact.

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Mad Men yourself

29 Jul

Mad Men yourself

Season 3 is almost here. To pass the time until it starts in August, Mad Men yourself. Design your perfectly mad self for use as a Twitter, iPhone, or desktop presence. Today the part of Rock will be played by a redhead having a quick smoke and a hot beverage before heading off to ride. Eat your heart out, Betty!

Reinvent yourself here: www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/madmenyourself/

This turned into a fun little adventure on Twitter, where many of my Tweeps got their MadMen on. At one point, my entire TweetDeck was nothing but Mad People.

Lillian Bassman’s artistic life

19 Jul

Lillian Bassman lives a creative and artistic life on her own terms. Not chasing trends, or working for posterity. Does anyone live a life like this anymore? An inspiring story of a creative life well-lived.

Lillian Bassman, 92, at home in Manhattan. In recent years she has reconfigured fashion photographs that she discarded in the 1970s. (Damon Winter/The New York Times) More Photos »

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