Brad Pitt is asking you to “Make It Right” this Christmas, by buying your loved one a low flush toilet. The john wouldn’t go under the tree, but in one of the sustainable homes Pitt is building in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans as part of his “Make It Right” project. Announced in September, the initiative aims to build 150 such residences in the Katrina-ravished neighborhood in the coming years.
Now that New Orleans is essentially a blank slate, anything is possible. The need for low cost housing means that the architecture solutions need to be cost-efficient. Such sustainable designs will come from top architects such as William McDonough, the green design expert; Graft, a Los Angeles architecture firm; and Cherokee, an investment firm based in Raleigh, N.C., that specializes in sustainable redevelopment. Their plans range from Dutch-inspired floating homes to vine-covered bungalows.
Pitt, an amateur architect himself, is lending the biggest hand (over fist)—he’s personally donating $5 million. This sum was matched by entrepreneur/philanthropist Stephen Bing. He’s calling on everyone else to donate this holiday season, Oprah’s Angel Network-style: a toilet here, a tankless water heater there…
[via URB Magazine]
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Privee issues & items
December 12, 2007
Gentlemen,
Just some thoughts on health issues, items and matters regarding the antenna’s for telecommunication at on and near children.
1. Governmental municipality Generating income producing revenue from said antenna’s connections.
2. Antenna laws within residential-multi family require clear distance.
3. Electrical grounding is very special requirement for CATV by laws which apply for independent grounding for electrical bonds (waterfront).
4. Hurricane storm special requirements.
5. Revenue and real estate tax issue on said properties and fixtures.
6. Cancer causing issues (body & brain tumors) with unusual rapid cell growth issues with increase due to the load management power surges.
7 Electromagnetic air waves next to water tower is a big No-No-know
8. A simple due diligence on the number of cancer cases in the town hospitals, insurance zip codes and pharmaceutical medicines prescribed for said illnesses would be helpful. Check with locals who have moved and their health and establish the common ground health issues and items.
9. Appellant court attorney on staff gets the job done with and without local connections, favors or pressure.
10. Exclusive agreement verbiage in the original land acquisition deeds and building approvals with zoning boards most often requires regional approval be them county, state and or governor to deviate from said approval.
11. It breaks and violates the curb appeal laws for the architectural approval and if it is 20 years (historic issues) or more they have may have problems with getting federal funding (sometimes state) for the financing requirements with a lot of contrary and conflicting motives.
12. A list of the court cases and health issues submitted to the town with confirmed return receipt as well as the voting board members would be a good thing for this living thing issue.
13. Within 1000 ‘of electromagnetic antennas activity and underground wiring with load management issues inspected for primary schools children ages 4-11 years old.
14. The older right of ways require sign off from all the utilities companies, owners and right of passage sharing in said grounds and easements.
http://bayvilleresidentsact.net/Home_Page.html
Stephen Thomas Brexel
sbrex2000@aol.com
December 12th, 2007 at 1:40 pm