Archive for Leigh Jenco
Freeing the Freeways
Leigh Jenco is pursuing a Ph.D. in political science at the University of Chicago. Sitting in rush-hour traffic every working day of your life is enough to make you forget how much highways used to represent liberation. That’s why a popular exhibition that ran recently at the National Building Museum, titled “See the U.S.A.: Automobile [...]
1Nov2000 | Leigh Jenco | 3 comments | Continued-
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For Equality; Against Privilege
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