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(Or "A deformed young man, nude, with a headless young child's body attached by the neck to the chest of the young man, in the place of arms, the child has a large finger at either side of his torso; at right an inscribed pedestal," from Giovanni Battista de' Cavalieri's Monsters from all parts of the ancient and modern world, 1585. Source.)

This month's wunderkammer of marvelous blogging:

1) Critical Terrain, by Alan Rapp, editor of The BLDGBLOG Book, etc. (Also: @Kipple1.)

2) Flores en el ático.

3) Governors Island Blog. The island, in Upper New York Bay and legally part of Manhattan, is the site of a planned major series of public open spaces by West 8. (Also: @Gov_Island.)

4) Inspiration Wall, by Lisa Town. (Also: @lisastown.)

5) Mark Lamster was formerly the anonymous sniper of The Gutter. (Also: @marklamster.)

6) NL Architects Blog.

7) Spillway, by Will Wiles, senior editor of Icon magazine. (Also: @WillWiles.)

8) Urban Omnibus is an online project of the Architectural League that explores the relationship between design and New York City's physical environment. (Also: @UrbanOmnibus.)

9) UrbanTick.

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