Cory Doctorow on Nostr: The buildings - clustered in within a few, walkable blocks - are the legacy of the ...
The buildings - clustered in within a few, walkable blocks - are the legacy of the diesel engine manufacturing titan Cummins, whose postwar president J Irwin Miller used the company's wartime profits to commission a string of gorgeous structures from starchitects like the Saarinens, IM Pei, Kevin Roche, Richard Meier, Harry Weese, César Pelli, Gunnar Birkerts, and Skidmore. I had no idea about any of this, and now I want to visit Columbus!
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