Author: Austin Wu

An Imaginary Drawing of Korea in the Year 2000, but make it Minnesota: Thoughts on “defensive construction”

Against all odds, futuristic delusions of national construction in South Korea transformed a pitiful backwater into a prosperous country. As Minnesota today faces its own hostile intermeddling, is there something that can be brought from Korea, to Minnesota?

Book Review: Living Downtown: The History of Residential Hotels in the United States

This is a book review of Living Downtown, a book about the history of rooming houses and residential hotels in the United States.