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An investigation into the unique relationship between university and city, UniverCity Living seeks to understand this partnership and propose an architectural solution for strengthening it. With the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, and the city of Chattanooga as the basis for discussion, the text proposes a symbiotic living space that spans the divide between city and university. This space would not only serve as a home to students and city residents, but a hub for Chattanooga's educational and business growth. UniverCity Living searches for the natural strengths of both entities and...

In 1863 the Union capture of Texas was viewed as crucial to the strategy to deny the Confederacy the territory west of the Mississippi and thus to break the back of Southern military force.
Overland, Texas supplied Louisiana and points east with needed goods; by way of Mexico, Texas offered a detour around the blockade of Southern ports and thus an economic link to England and France. But Union forces had no good base from which to interdict either part of the Texas trade. Their efforts were characterized by short, unsuccessful forays, primarily in East and South Texas. One of these,...