Papertrail's primary medium being books means that there are natural neighborhood boundaries.

8. Mosaic of Subcultures 9. Scattered Work 10. Magic of the City 11. Local Transport Areas

Modern networks of learning are limitless, but we derive less and less from learning from our communities.

This reminds me of a Passage I wrote about ai and writing. Ai functions like skyscrapers rather than churches.

Patterns that can optionally fit inside another are interesting. Papertrail is for reading, but it is basically a pattern that could optionally support rehearsing plays. — Perhaps it would be possible, as a landlord, and in order to mitigate the effects of living at a remove from the property, you could consult with the tenants on the addition of patterns that slowly accrue. this might mitigate turnover in renters and better establish long-term trends. if the commitment to this was strong, it could happen on a property by property basis until a neighborhood in miniature really comes to life. this would certainly be more costly, but I’m not convinced that it would be radically less profitable. it is also perhaps more ethical.

Light pools would have a direct application in the commercial space, especially for any nighttime operations. There is no reason that piano room should not glow, and that there should be a band of darkness between it and some of the seating in the east wing.

Oop, I should have read on.

American housing adopted the expedient, and therefore estranging, format that is apparent everywhere because the need was immense. Turkey evolved slowly over time.

Chicago’s waterways are unique. The river walk in the loop, however l, has never been quite vibrant, although politicians have wrestled back and forth with its successful development.

The counter and the stage at Chess Club Coffee are like curved chess pieces on a board of right angles, although our entry into the piano room is also curved. We could add curvaceous elements to the ceiling.

The average daily traffic count on Irving where my building is located is 47,300, as per https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/cdot/dataset/average\_daily\_trafficcounts.html.

Much of this eludes me in practical terms. But, the leve of industry, care, and craftsmanship that goes into these proposals would make a building a matter of great significance. It would not create the idea that it is a burden, a constant cost, and a constant source of trouble as sometimes seems the case with current construction.

The entrances on Irving are all awful.

Reading this shows me how my life is recognizably patterned and also unpatterned in ways that are far more difficult to grasp. 

I pondered the societal breakdowns of communication toward the end of my reading of *Lean Thinking*. The liquidation of farmers traditional way of doing things in the Netherlands under a climate policy has to be seen as an example of quashing small and local culture.

In effect, the modern American economy has achieved something like this. Workers exchange information to control the flow of goods from home more and more. This achievement, though, produces the unseen consequence of creating concentrated work environments in foreign nations.

It is easy to view this statement that politics and economics are structures where the free for all has been supplanted by cooperative mechanisms with ethical content, but that is, in part, their current status in the west, and Aldo Leopoldo qualifies his own assertion with the words in part.

I bought *A Pattern Language* when Christopher Alexander died. His work was appreciated in the software community, and I saw report of his death on Hacker News. I read a portion of this book previously and took notes in an old iteration of this software. I only made it to page 34 or so, so I embark now on a complete reading. My previous notes pertained a lot to the building in Chicago I am redeveloping to open a coffeeshop and my own home. These will likely be themes of this reading as well.

I live on the fifth floor. A roof patio up one story helps, as does the courtyard structure which allows me to see get togethers on the roof of the four story building across from me. I get out of the apartment less than I should, and this may, in part, be a function of distance.

This dynamic and the mindset of its enforcers is breaking down at last.

Puppet theater, especially on the street, or in walk-in shows, offer this quality of life that is like dreaming.

Dublin has a striking poverty at the edge of its urban area. It then leads to traditional countryside.

Our death is a an inner sanctum.

I wonder if my lot on Irving could use paving stones and simply be regularly mowed. It might be a tripping hazard, and would certainly require city review.

Next to the building on Irving is a co-working space with a child care component that seems to incorporate some of these patterns.

The idea that this is available anywhere makes me mourn my suburban upbringing, as it does my travels, where I discovered no such communities. To be cognizant of it does not make up for its absence. It is difficult to fathom where the score stands with the lockdown generation. In pursuit of lost time describes this kind of robust community, even as it deals with a notoriously decadent and sclerotic political class.

The Irving building could integrate with the al ley much better with an external stair. There will be a porch off one of the bedrooms, which will accomplish a species of this. This integration probably makes the alert safer as well.