Indu Chakravarthy

Architect, urbanist, preservationist, global localist, community lover, peer-
sharing evangelist, multi-culti, recycli-crafter

[Indu Chakravarthy @urbanecdotes]

What is worse than losing an artist of stature is the utter lack of a decent obituary in the mainstream media. No words or observations of their work or life beyond regurgitation of celebrity tweets?
#birjumaharaj #कथक #श्रद्धांजलि
https://t.co/f5IWbeVYtu

[Indu Chakravarthy @urbanecdotes]

@HealthySCC Do you have an ETA on results for tests already performed? The wait is unusually long. We tried getting tested hoping to have results for a new year's eve gathering, and are still waiting for them!

[Indu Chakravarthy @urbanecdotes]

@Locati0ns @Bobin_James Great fun to try naming the features from memory and felt gratitude for the geography teacher we lost to Covid earlier this year. Got most features in the lower 3/4 right. Realized I only remember names like Zanskar and Pir Panjal and Karakoram, without knowing which is which 😀

[Pradyumna Singh | प्रद्युम्न @pradyu_singh]

For Brutalism lovers - a delightful blog (in Dutch) documenting Brutalist buildings in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Republic.
https://t.co/uOW1KrJDk2

[Pradyumna Singh | प्रद्युम्न @pradyu_singh]

That day of year when I wish they'd just give the Nobel prize to Bill Watterson.

[Pradyumna Singh | प्रद्युम्न @pradyu_singh]

Stunning story of a Vermeer restoration that reveals a hidden Cupid, nearly 350 years after it was originally painted!
(The presence was known for over 50 years but it was falsely assumed that Vermeer himself had painted over it)
https://t.co/E4ZQwLpryH

[Alex Robinson @Robinson_IP]

@ArmandDAngour This limerick goes in reverse
Unless I’m remiss
The neat thing is this:
If you start from the bottom-most verse
This limerick’s not any worse

[Indu Chakravarthy @urbanecdotes]

The 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture https://t.co/iOItypfjfF

[Eamon Gilmore @EamonGilmore]

India: I am very saddened to hear that Fr #StanSwamy has passed away. A defender of indigenous peoples’ rights. He was held in detention for the past 9 months. The EU had been raising his case repeatedly with authorities.

[Indu Chakravarthy @urbanecdotes]

No NIMBY groups against bears or rattlesnakes yet 😉
Via @guardian Rattlesnakes everywhere: the odd consequences of California's drought.
https://t.co/gkzd7cRT5g

via @GoogleNews

[Indu Chakravarthy @urbanecdotes]

@pradyu_singh @_subodhpatil Looks like they closed down in 2019: https://t.co/c7YLQ7kReq

[Pradyumna Singh | प्रद्युम्न @pradyu_singh]

Finding out this morning about a rather nice Bay Bridge design by FLW!
https://t.co/LZOWbaUS2V

[Jeff Berardelli @WeatherProf]

This week’s update on the Western drought compared to one year ago, which ended up being the worst fire season on record. 53% of West now in extreme drought. 26% in exceptional. It’s alarming.

[Indu Chakravarthy @urbanecdotes]

A good breakdown of what "all electric" means outside of policy recommendations: https://t.co/TJinMyROTs

[Indu Chakravarthy @urbanecdotes]

MoMA Built a House. Then It Disappeared. Now It’s Found. https://t.co/8kR7m2e2bV

[Sam Liccardo @sliccardo]

Please join us tomorrow Thursday, May 27 at City Hall Plaza at 6:00p.m. for a vigil for the victims of the recent VTA shooting. This is a moment for us to come together and grieve after today’s horrific tragedy.

[Indu Chakravarthy @urbanecdotes]

So exciting! Hope we get to see these someday soon.
How a ranger stumbled upon one of the largest fossil finds in California history https://t.co/8ZalgoecCk

[San José Spotlight @SJSpotlight]

@wpusanews just launched a website for donations toward victims of the @VTA shooting.

https://t.co/2NW9iIg3Fv

[Indu Chakravarthy @urbanecdotes]

H/t: @sallykuchar Adding to the anecdotal bizarreness in this thread - "love letters" are out of fashion now, most sellers don't want to see them. Instead people are offering stuff like "you can use my vacation rental in Tuscany for the next 10 years if you pick my offer" 🙄

[Glenn Kelman @glennkelman]

1 of 15: It has been hard to convey, through anecdotes or data, how bizarre the U.S. housing market has become. For example, a Bethesda, Maryland homebuyer working with @Redfin included in her written offer a pledge to name her first-born child after the seller. She lost.

[Indu Chakravarthy @urbanecdotes]

Ask Yourself Which Books You Truly Love https://t.co/yNDpkTCXOY