When the temperature drops below freezing, vulnerable populations –such as people who live on the streets– are at high risk of dying of hypothermia. Hypothermia happens when your body loses heat much faster than it can produce it, making your body temperature dip well below the average of 98.6 degrees. Hypothermia causes clumsiness, confusion and […]
Friends, I hope you have all caught up on your accumulated baseball-induced sleep deprivation. Many of you will have a three-day weekend, so in the event you are refreshed here are some idea for ways to wear yourself out. Tonight, discuss the concept of stadiums in cities at Solid State Books. DCist and CityLab are […]
THIH reader Joe Wallace sent us a tweet earlier today asking whether we knew what had happened to Pitango Gelato: Did @PitangoGelato on 7th close? @theHillisHome @PoPville @districtcuisine I sure hope not. pic.twitter.com/vaXPnGtYO0— Joe Wallace (@Joepwallace) November 6, 2019 As soon as we saw Joe’s tweet, we felt a cold dread overtake us– not the […]
I hope you’ve all been able to recover from the weekend celebrations. I’ve been trying to recover from some mystery pain, which is truly a metaphor for the world in which we live. Let us now stand victorious, Titanic style, and have a powerful man grope us from behind in celebration… or just take a […]
Gordon Chaffin is a freelance journalist who focuses on infrastructure and traffic news and insights for Street Justice. You can support independent journalism by subscribing to Gordon’s newsletter. He’s offering a 20% discount to THIH readers. –Maria Helena Carey What is “Traffic Calming?” Many of the transportation projects we cover in Street Justice involve something called Traffic Calming. What’s that? Well, it’s street design to slow motorists down. Why slow cars down? Vehicle speed is the […]