Over the past year a group of Washington University architecture students have been organizing a symposium titled Women in Architecture 1974/2014, in collaboration with faculty members and architects who participated in a 1974 symposium on the status of women in architecture. The event is scheduled for this weekend, November 7 to 9, at the Sam Fox…
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Davids among the Goliaths
Sandwiched between the "big guys" (Straub's to the west, Schnucks to the east and, before long, Whole Foods a few blocks west) sits tiny Shapiro's Market operated by charming young brothers, Maher and Shady David. The David's father Thomas, who operates the Florissant Dairy, bought the market in May 2012 and put his sons in…
Project: Sheltering feral cats for the winter
Today is National Feral Cat Day, which is probably not an occasion most of us had any reason to be aware of. But feral (or stray) cats are here to stay and should be treated humanely. Though feral cats, also known as community cats, have been living in close proximity to humans for 10,000 years,…