Anjulie Rao
@anjulierao.bsky.social
I write about the built environment. Bylines in a lot of places.
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What is this on whitehouse dot gov
November 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
What is this on whitehouse dot gov
For the upcoming EVERYTHING CHICAGO symposium on Friday, I’ll be moderating a panel about public space, featuring some of the city’s most important shapers of the public realm. 9:30am! Driehaus museum! Register to attend (or just show up) www.eventbrite.com/e/everything...
October 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
For the upcoming EVERYTHING CHICAGO symposium on Friday, I’ll be moderating a panel about public space, featuring some of the city’s most important shapers of the public realm. 9:30am! Driehaus museum! Register to attend (or just show up) www.eventbrite.com/e/everything...
Everyone’s wondering if or when this charming city might be invaded by masked bozos but in the meantime take a look at the dahlias and zinnias my neighbor planted on her corner
September 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Everyone’s wondering if or when this charming city might be invaded by masked bozos but in the meantime take a look at the dahlias and zinnias my neighbor planted on her corner
Seeing the Obama Center rising from the Point is startling. Not so much that it’s ugly, but it really does begin to resemble some type of magnificent tomb; a crushing weight that says very little…but somehow so loudly.
August 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Seeing the Obama Center rising from the Point is startling. Not so much that it’s ugly, but it really does begin to resemble some type of magnificent tomb; a crushing weight that says very little…but somehow so loudly.
Spent the past week in Cape Breton on an annual retreat. Communed with the spirits of Richard Serra and Joan Jonas and Philip Glass; hours talking with lifelong residents, taking in the square dances and Gaelic story-making. Returned and ready to take on what’s next.
July 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Spent the past week in Cape Breton on an annual retreat. Communed with the spirits of Richard Serra and Joan Jonas and Philip Glass; hours talking with lifelong residents, taking in the square dances and Gaelic story-making. Returned and ready to take on what’s next.
TIL the company that produced these much-mocked ads now has an AI tool that is “trained by freelancers in their unique style” to produce endless new slop for users who don’t want to actually hire those freelancers
May 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
TIL the company that produced these much-mocked ads now has an AI tool that is “trained by freelancers in their unique style” to produce endless new slop for users who don’t want to actually hire those freelancers
Three years since we announced our intent to unionize, and after two years of bargaining…we did it. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s non-tenure track faculty have a first contract, ratified by our 300+ colleagues.
May 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Three years since we announced our intent to unionize, and after two years of bargaining…we did it. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s non-tenure track faculty have a first contract, ratified by our 300+ colleagues.
I spent the winter reporting on the past/future of Confined Disposal Facilities across the Great Lakes: We've added 4k acres of 'new land' to our lakeshores. What/how we dredge, and what types of wildlife springs up in these lakeside bathtubs—such a pleasure to work with @azuremagazine.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I spent the winter reporting on the past/future of Confined Disposal Facilities across the Great Lakes: We've added 4k acres of 'new land' to our lakeshores. What/how we dredge, and what types of wildlife springs up in these lakeside bathtubs—such a pleasure to work with @azuremagazine.bsky.social
Pope Leo if you’re a 90s babe
May 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Pope Leo if you’re a 90s babe
Okay but I want to know if you can go INSIDE the giant porch canopy. Then you'd get both a screened and unscreen porch. Essential!
May 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Okay but I want to know if you can go INSIDE the giant porch canopy. Then you'd get both a screened and unscreen porch. Essential!
It’s the end of the semester. Critique week is here. I have two deadlines. Finding sources has been a struggle this year. However the pigeons who have been nesting in my house’s air shaft enjoy pressing their butts against the glass block so there’s that
April 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It’s the end of the semester. Critique week is here. I have two deadlines. Finding sources has been a struggle this year. However the pigeons who have been nesting in my house’s air shaft enjoy pressing their butts against the glass block so there’s that
What is going on today
April 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
What is going on today
This graf...tho the author focuses on shopping etc, the issue of building subdivisions catering to lower-income people that can, "test a city's ability to maintain infrastructure." That seems...insane? Like, not something to mention and not illustrate? Is this real? Ok sorry thanks
April 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This graf...tho the author focuses on shopping etc, the issue of building subdivisions catering to lower-income people that can, "test a city's ability to maintain infrastructure." That seems...insane? Like, not something to mention and not illustrate? Is this real? Ok sorry thanks
When Twitter boys reply to every critical take on tariffs with “buy American then!”
April 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When Twitter boys reply to every critical take on tariffs with “buy American then!”
The video still behind the pop-up is…something
January 19, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The video still behind the pop-up is…something
Did my little shrine pilgrimage today and while I love being home in Colorado y’all need to fix your brown cloud
December 24, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Did my little shrine pilgrimage today and while I love being home in Colorado y’all need to fix your brown cloud
Not QSing this because the bros are 4th grade bullies but I’ve had 7 TAs and they we mentors to my students and allies in the classroom. An app can’t replicate or replace that. A TA bot is no more an educator than a Twitter bot
December 15, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Not QSing this because the bros are 4th grade bullies but I’ve had 7 TAs and they we mentors to my students and allies in the classroom. An app can’t replicate or replace that. A TA bot is no more an educator than a Twitter bot
Made my little pilgrimage to the Saarinen-designed seminary which never, ever disappoints.
November 29, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Made my little pilgrimage to the Saarinen-designed seminary which never, ever disappoints.
I’m in the recent Dwell print issue with a story about the Mt. Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School, which is being transformed into a cultural center by the Saginaw-Chippewa tribe of Michigan. It’s one of those stories that changed me, and I hope it resonates with you, too
November 26, 2024 at 8:55 PM
I’m in the recent Dwell print issue with a story about the Mt. Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School, which is being transformed into a cultural center by the Saginaw-Chippewa tribe of Michigan. It’s one of those stories that changed me, and I hope it resonates with you, too
All We Imagine As Light took me down. I thought I’d go a full day without weeping publicly, then this move came around and promised a small sliver of freedom and…on the floor.
November 23, 2024 at 1:13 AM
All We Imagine As Light took me down. I thought I’d go a full day without weeping publicly, then this move came around and promised a small sliver of freedom and…on the floor.