Category: housing

curtz v bombadil

now we lose our river daughter
burrowing further down
thorium mobile radio nuclide
metamorphic rock
born
water lilies sun sinking
open hill living pool
years end down deep forest water
dark door opens wide
world self mend unborder

toxic pollutants and NOx at sunrise, south baltimore, patapsco
(in 2010 brandon shores and wagner stations began releasing over two million pounds of toxic pollutants per year onto south baltimore, who remains in the ninety-ninth percentile in the u.s. for exposure to toxic releases–NOx from burning the coal is also killing the chesapeake bay)

21 grams per kilometer$

in a visional future saddles soaronrubber tarmac hardpack
framesbarshands on pedalcranksprockethubs chains maneuvering
quickfast radiusslik shortstart
bananaseated anthromechanicobutteringflyrays
connecting recreating flythruemployride
flamboyantlime radiantcoppertone skybklueviolet
bicyclingunity
road
silverglowcoastering

former bicycle collective at sunrise
(the first city bicycle master plan was published, and the velocipede bike project opened at lanvale and morton streets, in 2006)

bioindicating

some cells are windows from outside
stacked in rows and stories
city block
building as spread sheet of data

or
people asking compromised questions
full status as persons
individuals as it
disembodied
identities fade
strenuous humanity
deleading the nation
enfeebled pseudopragmatism
power of realestatecapital like electricity mistransformed
destroying lives

institute at sunrise
(in 2001 the maryland court of appeals upheld a decision that kennedy krieger institute violated the human rights of families and children by unnecessarily exposing them to lead in order to study misguided partial abatement methods–no level of lead in their bodies is safe for children)

one half million

humans in society
cotton wool stories waver bunting flying high in wind sun rain
individual community environment
passing copper electricity
toward people palace of trust
sparrows on any flag rendered colorless

baltimore passage at sunrise
(in 2001 flag house courts, the last of our public housing high-rises, was demolished to be replaced by 338 units of housing, 20,000 sf of new and refurbished retail space, and green space, including baltimore passage at lombard and albermarle)

somenowhere

songs snow blossoms dreams
risk edge
green gold hills
unevencovered grasstrash
speedmylove

senior center at sunrise
(in 2000 many northeast residents protested settling public housing tenants in houses throughout the city, causing postponement of a hearing at the harford senior center so a larger venue could be scheduled)

warehousing them

dicktracy: when will you fix the faulty wiring
herniahernia: we might use some of the wiring to electrocute the roaches
dicktracy: the leaking pipes
herniahernia: they are imbedded in the concrete, as are the leaky gas pipes which poses slightly less danger
dicktracy: the rats come through the holes in the walls and ceilings
herniahernia: we are studying that, if convenient direct them out the broken windows
dicktracy: you could change the lightbulbs and keep the grounds clean
herniahernia: when we fix things they break, we’re saving money in hopes of destroying everything
dicktracy: it’s always cold in the winter
herniahernia: we’ve arranged to have milk delivered
dicktracy: can’t you just maintain working order, i don’t want to be in this war anymore
herniahernia: i won’t say there is nothing i can do

lexington terrace at sunrise
(lexington terrace residents protested unacceptable living conditions with a rent strike in 1993)

undercrowding

acetylsalicylic bricks
antihistamine mortar
suppressant lumber
symptomtreatmentatosis
blasts multiply

struggling street at sunerise
(in 1993 mayor schmoke led a 130 million building program in sandtown to eliminate vacants and provide affordable housing that utterly failed to relieve the community)