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Review: Building the Urban Environment: Visions of the Organic City in the United States, Europe, and Latin America, by Harold L. Platt Visions of the Organic City proliferated during the Cold War, along with new physical manifestations that broke with previous models, that included high-rise buildings, public housing projects, shopping malls, and industrial parks. The author invites the reader to a journey that originates in the late nineteenth century, as visions of the Organic City materialized with the inception of Modernism and the birth of the planning profession. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the book "Heirpower! Eight Basic Habits of Exceptionally Powerful Lieutenants," by U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Bob Vásquez.

The article reviews an exhibition of sculpture grounded in Mexican traditions by artist Jeffrey Mongrain, at the Diego Rivera Museum in Guanajuato, Mexico, in 2006.