Unfinished

The monument is like a ship, a big black marble ship you walk in, can look up to see the buildings that scar the sky, and forward, to see the semicircle of marble where there are symbols. Symbols of various good ideas, from various African cultures, and a crescent moon, and a cross. I […]

Shelter

Completed in 1895, the 23rd Regiment Armory is a Romanesque red brick armory. Armories were originally important places to train and store weapons for America’s locally-based military units before the Civil War. During industrialization, National Guard troops were used to quash labor protests. After World War I, bronze tributes to soldiers from that conflict were added. […]

The Library

The ceiling of the Library of Congress is embossed with aluminum. Aluminum, the tour guide tells us, was a precious metal. Once. On the top there is a torch. Torches are prominently featured. As are: Minerva, owls, and women showing or unshowing one or both of their breasts, it varies a great deal. Minerva has […]

Heavy

When the 3 train is not running, the 4 train goes on the 3 train track, and stops at the 3 train stops. You might think it was the 3 train, but there is that number 4 and it is in a green circle instead of a red one. It is a 4 train […]