It's been humid here like you wouldn't believe this past week, but the weekend is supposed to get a bit cooler. (Note to self: stop starting every Weekend Reading post by commenting on the weather...)ITEM ONE: The US Affordable Housing Institute's blog is both informative and hilarious. Quite a feat, hey?
ITEM TWO: Milwaukee Magazine has a great article up about the unsinkable Whitney Gould, the architecture critic who has played quite a large role in the development in Milwaukee's attitude (and thus, my own) toward design and architecture.
ITEM THREE: The headline takes care of this one - Asia's biggest slum set to turn into India's Madison Avenue .
ITEM FOUR: One Porteño's commentary on (and photos of) Buenos Aires' new $46 million, 16 block tram. Oy. (Found via the excellent Global Voices Online)
ITEM FIVE: Some good news out of New Orleans -- the city's population has reached 60% of the pre-Katrina level.
ITEM SIX: Great post this week on brain drain at the Burgh Diaspora blog.
ITEM SEVEN: In case you missed it, proposals for San Francisco's Transbay Tower from Richard Rogers (ouch), Cesar Pelli (double ouch), and SOM (actually quite good) were unveiled this week. Life Without Buildings points us to some gorgeous animations of SOM's tower and station buildings on YouTube.
That's all for now, folks. Enjoy your weekend!
(Photo from Flickr user fddi1.)
