Revitalizing Asheville: Auditorium Woes and Affordable Housing Plans
Mayor Esther Manheimer suggested that Asheville City Council revisit what appear to have been commitments to capital investment that fell by the wayside. These investments include funding needed repairs for the now offline Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, reconsidering the highest and best use for the Pit of Despair, and building affordable housing into an upgraded transit station downtown.
Buckminster Fuller’s Plans to Save the Planet Exhibit
R. Buckminster Fuller’s creations and designs are brought to Western North Carolina as part of the exhibition Altruistic Genius: Buckminster Fuller’s Plans to Save the Planet, which also informs visitors about Fuller’s engineering, mathematics, and housing solutions for the sustainability of people and the planet. The show is divided into three sections: Inventions; Synergetics; and […]