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Capitol complex: Arizona rolls out the green carpet for postcard views. But at a price.

As is the case in many US capital cities, the Arizona State Capitol complex doesn’t sit squarely in the heart of downtown; it’s about a mile west of the absolute center, where Central Avenue meets Washington Street.  The City of Phoenix gets that coveted space for its government campus instead, amidst downtown skyscrapers.  A mile

Underground garage design: if it’s bad, it has the battle scars to show it.

I’d imagine most Americans who possess a drivers license have had at least one sub-par experience in an enclosed parking garage.  Maybe it didn’t amount to an actual accident, but no doubt a dinged bumper or some seriously close call.  In my many years of driving, I’ve had exactly one fender-bender that was my fault,

Interpretive sign at Badwater Basin: flinging salt on a geopolitical wound.

Even in some of the most remote and austere nooks of the nation, it’s possible to find overt demonstrations on hot-button global issues.  And why not?  All it takes is one person with a megaphone, a can of spray paint, or whatever the instrument of choice may be to impart an inflammatory message.  Nonetheless, I

Tread strips: on stairways, fools rush in, when angels fear to intervene.

Back in March, I stuck my leg out with an article that I expected to generate a “much ado about nothing” or “marking a mountain out of a molehill” response.  I do have that tendency.  I had stumbled upon an unusual stairway configuration during a visit to the North Dakota State Capitol complex in Bismarck.