2011 Reading #7: Cap Wigington
1. Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution In Music by Marisa Meltzer.
2. The Patriot Witch (Book One of the Traitor to the Crown trilogy) by C.C. Finlay.
3. Power Girl: A New Beginning and Power Girl: Aliens and Apes by Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Amanda Conner.
4. Strangers On a Train by Patricia Highsmith.
5 and 6. Shadowbridge and Lord Tophet by Gregory Frost.
7. Cap Wigington: An Architectural Legacy in Ice and Stone by David Vassar Taylor and Paul Clifford Larson. A short biography of the African-American architect and draftsman whose public work can be seen all around Saint Paul--the water tower at Highland Park, for instance, and the 5th Street facade of the Roy Wilkins Auditorium. This is much more of a professional biography than a personal one, although there is a chapter detailing Wigington's involvement with the Urban League and other organizations, and a brief discussion of his family life. Because of that there's not much of a personality to hook into here; but I know that there are a few buildings around town that I'll be taking a closer look at after reading this.
2. The Patriot Witch (Book One of the Traitor to the Crown trilogy) by C.C. Finlay.
3. Power Girl: A New Beginning and Power Girl: Aliens and Apes by Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Amanda Conner.
4. Strangers On a Train by Patricia Highsmith.
5 and 6. Shadowbridge and Lord Tophet by Gregory Frost.
7. Cap Wigington: An Architectural Legacy in Ice and Stone by David Vassar Taylor and Paul Clifford Larson. A short biography of the African-American architect and draftsman whose public work can be seen all around Saint Paul--the water tower at Highland Park, for instance, and the 5th Street facade of the Roy Wilkins Auditorium. This is much more of a professional biography than a personal one, although there is a chapter detailing Wigington's involvement with the Urban League and other organizations, and a brief discussion of his family life. Because of that there's not much of a personality to hook into here; but I know that there are a few buildings around town that I'll be taking a closer look at after reading this.