Word: auburns
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...typical home buyer. She is very poor, and previously lived in a decrepit shack with openings large enough to allow animals to walk through. But Mockbee, 55, is not your average architect. A recent recipient of a "genius" grant from the MacArthur Foundation and an architecture professor at nearby Auburn University, he is a man with a mission. Rural Studio finds people and communities in need of buildings and, using inexpensive and unusual materials, designs structures that are practical and affordable, but at the same time unconventionally beautiful...
...Mississippi native and graduate of Auburn's architecture school, Mockbee has long been troubled by the poverty found in the South. He got his first hands-on experience with low-cost housing in the early 1980s, when he worked in Canton, Miss., with a nun who was finding homes for that area's poor...
...building's owner, Postauburn Inc., is enlarging the building, located on Mount Auburn Street across from Chili's, from one story to four. The post office will remain on the first floor...
...first name of Terry accused him of insulting his girlfriend. The suspect then became angry and hit him on the left hand with a wooden paddle. A second suspect hit and kicked him. A third suspect chased the reporting person from the park. The victim was treated at Mt. Auburn Hospital...
...This area is under a tremendous amount of development pressure," said Cambridge resident Phyllis Baumann of the land bordered by Memorial Drive, DeWolfe Street, Mt. Auburn Street, Putnam Avenue and River Street. "We need some breathing space to figure out what is happening in this area...