Andrew Wagner handed me a modest package when I stopped by the American Craft offices on Tuesday. In the envelope, three issues of Dodge City Journal. I've had #3 in my collection since 1997, but this was my first glimpse of the others. What a thrill to see the orange and gray cover wrapping articles on Louisville, Baton Rouge, and Florida's Gulf Coast.
From the Publishers, Volume 1, Issue 1:
North American cities are many things: beautiful, dirty, homogeneous, diverse, rich, poor, awe-inspiring, and awful. In our cities we can find evidence of everything that this country has come to mean. A walk through an American city will not allow one to forget this nation’s past, nor will it allow one to ignore its future. Within the confines of the American city lie the answers to many of modern society’s problems. However, these answers are not cut and dry; they are as complex as the city itself. Each step taken to understanding our cities is a step towards unearthing the answers that lay hidden amongst the concrete, trees, and trash.
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