| Also today: Inside a new student center designed by Bjarke Ingels Group, and 18 things to be optimistic about. |
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| If crypto investor Ross Calvin gets his way, the US West Coast could soon see a statue of the Prometheus rise 450 feet from Alcatraz island in the Bay Area — just tall enough for his head to poke above the Golden Gate Bridge. Meanwhile a startup in Austin, Texas, is attracting backers to build a 650-foot statue of George Washington, whose location is to be determined. Calvin and More Monuments founder Mo Mahmood represent a new class of monuments men. Made up largely of investors from America’s right-leaning tech universe, they’re hoping to realize their larger-than-life visions of Western supremacy with the help of another aspiring builder — who’s also the country’s most powerful figure: President Donald Trump. Read more from Sophie Alexander today on CityLab: America’s Tech Right Is Obsessed With Building Giant Statues — Linda Poon | |
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“No Kings” is not just in cities like Chicago, Boston, and NYC: These small towns are the beating heart of today’s protests (Fast Company) -
To fight ICE, Portland’s leaders turn to what they know best: zoning (New York Times) -
Chicago cyclists are buying out tamale carts to keep vendors home and safe from ICE (Block Cub Chicago) -
As stadium boom resumes, ‘private funding’ often comes with public strings (Smart Cities Dive) -
The Nobel Prize in Economics has a lesson for abundance liberals (The Argument) | |
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