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In all cities around the world, there are some forms of residual space, forgotten pieces of the urban fabric, remnants of overlapping layers of past development. This land whose conditions make it unsuitable for most types of conventional construction might be a fertile ground for architectural invention. Assigning a new value to vacant corner lots, dead-end alleys and strangely shaped plots opens up a new field of opportunities for inward urban development, expanding available living space and increasing amenities in densely populated cities. The following explores the potential for experiment and urban activation held by urban leftover space.

Infill architecture usually refers to the re-dedication of undeveloped land to new construction, and it circumscribes a variety of scales, approaches and typologies. Viewed by some as a means to counteract the urban sprawl, making use of existing infrastructure and by others as a decrease in potential public space and possible overloading of urban services, infill architecture is a debatable and nuanced topic. However, for a variety of reasons, from densifying urban centres to restoring coherence to the urban fabric, the underlying potential of residual urban spaces is a subject of great interest. In light of the rising urban population and high value of land in cities, it is worth examining different ideas, urban initiatives and projects that could paint a comprehensive picture of the infill architecture phenomenon.

It seems fitting to start the discussion on infill architecture by mentioning the Japanese creativity and lack of inhibition when it comes to making the most out of a hyper-condensed urban environment. Projects such the Love House by Takeshi Hosaka Architects, the House in Nada by FujiwaraMuro Architects, or Hideyuki Nakayama Architecture's O House are just a few examples of a distinct architecture that carefully maximizes the potential of every inch of space.

The appeal of small houses in Japan is the result of a mixture of local conditions, such as property prices, high taxes and most of all, land scarcity. In these particular circumstances, experimenting with presumably unbuildable spaces extends beyond residential projects, as is the case of SO&CO's multi-storey retail and office building in Ginza. Atelier Bow-Wow calls these spatial typologies Pet Architecture, as they denote a certain playfulness in inhabiting leftover urban areas. The studio's 'Pet Architecture guide book', through its catalogue of highly pragmatic and inventive micro-projects, creates an exciting overview of the possibilities held by residual urban spaces, in Tokyo and elsewhere.

Rising urban density and high land prices are incentives for the use of non-conventional sites in cities all around the world. The architectural phenomenon dubbed skinny house is the most common type of contemporary infill, with projects occupying narrow strips of land, usually between buildings. The spatial typology is not a new one, having precedents in medieval European cities. However, the unconventional contemporary projects resulted from these site constraints rendered the phenomenon widely popular in recent years. Filling the gap between two buildings in a historic urban fabric, Gwendolyn Huisman's and Marijn Boterman's SkinnySCAR illustrates the common traits of skinny houses: the soft division of different living spaces, incorporating additional functions to the stairwell, as well as carefully curating natural light.

If the skinny house is the consequence of a very narrow plot, some of the most interesting infill projects creatively make use of more unexpected urban residual spaces. Dutch practice Kuhne&Co's studio on Boomgaardstraat in Rotterdam was built on a narrow strip of land and floats on stilts over a parking lot. The 54-metre-long volume is only five metres deep and contains office space, a workshop and the architects' dwelling. Another one of Kuhne&Co's designs, an apartment and office space, hovers above the entrance to a delivery yard, with the ground level plot just big enough to host a concrete volume containing the entrance and a staircase.

On numerous occasions, the infrastructure projects of the past century caused urban rifts and created discontinuities in the urban fabric in the shape of odd leftover spaces. The apartment building XS House designed by ISA sits on one of these residual spaces resulted from the development of Vine Street Expressway in Philadelphia. Through its compact layout and clever use of split level apartments, the project reclaims a residual space formerly used as a parking lot, adding urban density and patching the urban fabric.

Looking at the subject from a broader perspective, it is worth reviewing how the idea of reclaiming residual spaces fits into urban policy. In 2012, Rotterdam's municipality initiated a program called Klein&Fijn (translating to Small& Beautiful), tasking Studio Hartzema with the charting of all the empty residual plots in the city centre that could host new developments. The research unveiled hundreds of sites that could accommodate small-scale projects, with the potential to enrich the urban structure of Rotterdam by 3 million square meters. Consequently, the municipality of Rotterdam developed a special permitting process for this kind of designs, and architectuur maken's house project is a result of this policy.

With few exceptions, leftover sites are used predominantly for residential projects, that is if they receive permission to be developed at all. Broadening both the array of reclaimed residual urban spaces, as well as the architectural programs that can occupy them, requires more flexible and dynamic urban planning. The subject of infill architecture has many nuances, but in all its abundance of shapes and sizes, the phenomenon represents a re-economization of urban spaces and is worth considering as a strategy for inward development.

This article is part of the ArchDaily Topic: Tiny. Every month we explore a topic in-depth through articles, interviews, news, and projects. Learn more about our monthly topics here. As always, at ArchDaily we welcome the contributions of our readers; if you want to submit an article or project, contact us.

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Two new laws have been passed to restore public confidence inthe NSW building industry and to stop 'dodgy' builders anddevelopers.

The laws are part of the reforms promised by the NSW governmentin order to improve the quality of construction and provide betterprotections for consumers against non-compliance within thebuilding sector.

The recently appointed NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler OAM will lead theimplementation of the new laws, and will focus on theinvestigation and audit strategies.

NSW Government Fair Trading states on its website that thisAct:

The key reforms in the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020, as passedby Parliament, are:

The duty of care provisions in the Act started on 10 June2020.

The majority of the remaining reforms in the Act will start on 1July 2021, as regulations need to be developed to support theiroperation. Fair Trading state that these regulations will bedeveloped throughout 2020 and will be subject to publicconsultation.

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These obligations apply to Class 2 buildings, and buildingsincluding a Class 2 component. These are typically multi-storey,multi-unit apartment buildings.

The key reforms in the Residential Apartment Buildings (Compliance and EnforcementPowers) Act 2020, include:

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Calum Weaver with 2101 Normandy Drive, Miami Beach, 3555 Northwest 83rd Avenue, Doral, 1442 Northeast Miami Court, Miami, and 937 Southwest Fifth Street, Miami (Credit: Google Maps)

Multifamily sales declined 50 percent during the first half of the year, according to a mid-year report and forecast by Cushman & Wakefield.

Total sales volume for 2020 could also fall by half, compared to last year, as the economic effects of Covid-19 linger, the report shows.

Ninety-one multifamily projects sold in South Florida during the first six months of the year for a total of $1 billion in sales. Most of the activity was for buildings less than $20 million.That $1 billion in total sales is a 50 percent decrease year over year.

Most of the sales were in Broward County, which saw a total of $443 million from 39 apartment deals. Deals averaged $152,064 a unit or $228 a square foot. Volume was down 27 percent from 2019s first half.

Among the three South Florida counties, Palm Beach saw the largest decrease in sales volume in the first half of the year compared to the same period of 2019. Sales totaled $180 million across 15 deals, a 58 percent drop.

Miami-Dade multifamily deals fell 20 percent, year-over-year, to $382 million.

The region experienced some milestones, according to Cushman & Wakefields report, authored by Callum Weaver. Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties surpassed $200,000 a unit in sales for the first time. And Broward and Palm Beach saw record sales per square foot: $250 for Palm Beach and $228 for Broward.

Sales in Miami-Dade included investor Marc Shulmans May sale of an apartment building in Miami Beachs Normandy Isles to a family office from France for $9.25 million.

In March, The Related Group, Shoma Group and PGIM Real Estate Investors sold The Flats Apartments at CityPlace Doral for $100 million.

That same month, BrickOne Group, led by Costantino Cicchelli, Frank Rodriguez Melo and Stefano Garofoli, paid $6.1 million for the 30-unit building at 1442 Northeast Miami Court in Miamis Arts & Entertainment District and the 18-unit building at 937 Southwest Fifth Street in Miamis Little Havana.

Rents

South Florida multifamily rents held through July, despite local unemployment reaching 11.3 percent, or 320,000 people, according to the report. All three counties saw higher rents in 2020s first half compared to the same period last year.

However, quarter-over-quarter, asking rents decreased in all three counties. Palm Beach County saw the largest quarterly drop at 1.7 percent in the second quarter, reaching $1,589. Thats the highest countywide asking rent in South Florida. Miami-Dade had the lowest with $1,519.

Among submarkets, Coral Gables had the largest decrease in asking rent, 4.6 percent, reaching $1,988, or $2.35 a square foot.

Quarter-over-quarter, Miramar had the highest uptick in asking rent of 3.2 percent in the second quarter, reaching $1,326, or $1.48 a square foot. The lowest rent in South Florida is in Belle Glade, with an asking rent of $715, or 90 cents a square foot.

Deliveries and vacancies

South Florida saw the delivery of 7,500 new multifamily units during 2020s first half. In the second quarter, most of the new deliveries were in Fort Lauderdale with 1,836 units, followed by the Doral area with 1,297.

Newly delivered apartment units pushed vacancy rates in the first half of the year to 5.5 percent, up from 4.9 percent during 2019s first half, according to the report.

Broward and Miami-Dade saw record high vacancy rates in 2020s second quarter. Browards hit 6.5 percent, coming off the first quarters record low of 5 percent. Fort Lauderdale had the highest rate in the county. The Miramar area showed the lowest in the county.

Miami-Dade hit 5.2 percent. The highest vacancy rate in the county was in Coral Gables and the lowest in Westchester.

Palm Beachs vacancy rate reached 7 percent, with the highest rate in Belle Glade at 21 percent and the lowest in outlying Palm Beach County at 3.4 percent.

Another 7,500 units are scheduled for delivery later this year on par with Berkadias pre-Covid 2020 forecast from February. That should continue to lead to higher vacancies, most notably among class A buildings and in urban markets, according to Cushman & Wakefield.

A record 28,000 units are under construction overall in South Florida, with most of the units in Miami-Dade County about 14,000 units across 63 apartment buildings. By submarket, most of the construction is in Miamis Brickell area, with 7,228 units under construction. Its followed by Fort Lauderdale, with about 5,000 units under construction.

In January, Magellan Development Group launched preleasing for its latest Midtown Miami apartment building, adding nearly 450 rentals to the market.

That same month, leasing began for Park-Line Miami in Overtown, part of the mixed-use development that is home to MiamiCentral.

In June, Alluvion Las Olas began accepting applications for pre-leasing at the 380-unit, 43-story luxury high-rise on the New River.

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The affordable apartment at 2003 Aldrich Ave. was demolished Sept. 1 by a developer that acquired the building after being sued for damaging it. Randolph Street Realty Capital plans to build a 47-unit market-rate apartment on the site. Photo by Rachel Usher

Randolph Street Realty Capital has demolished a Lowry Hill East apartment building that it was sued for damaging. The building, razed on Sept. 1, held 25 affordable units until 2018 when it was badly cracked in a botched construction job and residents were forced to vacate, some ending up in homeless shelters.

Chicago-based Randolph Street acquired the building, at 2003 Aldrich Ave., in March after settling the lawsuit. The firm, which never publicly disclosed the cost of repairing the building, now has plans to construct a 47-unit market-rate apartment on the site.

The demolition is a disappointment for neighbors and affordable housing activists who had been mobilizing to save the building.

A crowd of about 100 protesters marched from Mueller Park to the four-story brick building on the corner of Franklin & Lyndale on Aug. 20, holding big yellow signs reading, Welcome to Lowry Hill East Neighborhood! Home of Naturally Occurring Profitable Housing!

Alicia Gibson, board president of the Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association (LHENA), asked the crowd to demand a change in Randolph Streets plans and to demand that the city devise an alternate strategy for preserving affordable housing at 2003 Aldrich Ave.

They keep telling us these shenanigans are legal, she said. They need to fix that loophole now. If people can come in and damage affordable housing, buy it from their own malfeasance, tear it down and put in market-rate and higher housing, then that should terrify anyone in this city who cares about housing justice.

Council President Lisa Bender, who represents the area, has said the situation is unbelievably frustrating but that the city cannot deny a wrecking permit on subjective grounds.

Activist Toussaint Morrison, a co-organizer of the rally, said the city was allowing gentrification.

We could have bought this right here, cleaned it up and made it for the people. This could have housed people! he said. You are turning away brown, Black, poor neglected people willingly.

Wedge resident Nick Sanford said he lives in a similar century-old brick building to 2003 Aldrich. I think they should be preserved, he said.

The march, led by the groups On Site Public Media and Communities United Against Police Brutality, also stopped outside Benders home in Lowry Hill East, with protesters criticizing Bender for not being responsive to constituents and not doing enough to reign in the Minneapolis Police Department before George Floyd was killed.

The Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association has vowed to oppose any development project on the 2003 Aldrich site that doesnt include at least 25 apartment units affordable to people making less than 50% of the area median income. In addition, the organization is requesting a review by the city attorney to ensure proper changes are made to prevent this from ever happening again. The organization has published a call to action on its website.

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By JOHN HOWELL

If there wasnt dirt you wouldnt know when something is clean.

That may sound like a kids excuse for not cleaning his room, but our kids have long since left home and keeping things clean is up to us. One job that somehow has always remained mine is cleaning windows.

Windex and paper towels were the preferred tools until I was introduced to ammonia, a sponge on the end of a stick with a squeegee. This made window washing simple, although I have yet to perfect the knack of leaving no streaks.

So, Saturday I tackled to the chore of cleaning at least the porch windows of the film of pollen and wind-blown dirt. From the first swish, it was evident that I was dealing with more than a thin coating of dirt. The contrast between the upper pane where I started and the lower was dramatic made all the more apparent by the brown streaks running down from the sill. To properly tackle this job, I was going to need to hose down the windows.

But it didnt stop there. The porch walls were coated and as I looked up, the ceiling was too. The porch floor wasnt bad, but it could use some help.

Suddenly what I imagined was a half-hour job turned into an afternoon.

I was going to need more than the hose. This was a job for the power washer, the one Claude gave me after I borrowed it from him to clean the deck around the pool years ago. It was perfect for washing clean the grime that had rendered the cement apron a black and green hue from nasty growing stuff. I was close to finishing the job when suddenly the engine quit. I looked back. The power washer was gone, yet I was holding the spray gun and it was attached to a hose.

The washer was sitting at the bottom of the pool. It had vibrated to the edge and taken the plunge.

Remarkably, after pulling out the plug and changing the oil, it started. Several years later, Claude bought a new one and I got the swimmer.

The washer hadnt been used for more than a year, but I was confident she would start.

That, however, wasnt going to happen until I bought some gas.

This window-cleaning project now took on a new dimension.

I passed Legal Motors on my way to the station. The garage door was open, the hood of a black Mercedes protruding. I wondered whether Mayor Joseph Solomon was checking things out. On the way home with the gas, I stopped in. Rep. Joseph Solomon Jr. was standing in the doorway. His story was similar to mine a seemingly simple project had grown into something much larger. Joe was looking to replace a burned-out plate light. Getting to the fixture involved pulling apart the trunk. When he finally reached it, it was not a bulb but an LED. Part stores didnt carry the light and the dealer didnt have one in stock. They placed an order, but it was going to take a couple of days. Joe was on hold for the moment, so he lit a cigar and put off fixing his car.

I was determined not to let anything interfere with my project, as much as I would have liked lingering to talk about Warwick.

Indeed, the washer started and I went to work, enveloped in a fog as I started with the porch ceiling and worked my way down over the walls and windows to the floor and the railings. Brown rivulets streamed from the shingles and fell in heavy drops from the ceiling. The further I went, the more dirt I found. The stone stairs needed cleaning. And while I was at it, I might as well power wash the table and chairs.

Then suddenly the washer stopped.

It was nowhere near the pool. I had made sure of that and leaned it against a chair to ensure it wasnt to creep off the porch. It was out of gas.

I looked over what Id done. Surely there was more, yet the windows I had set out to clean only required some touchup. My vision was clear. I would do that before I engaged myself in another project that would lead me somewhere I had not imagined.

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KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) More than 250 people have been arrested since the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, with more than half from outside the county that the southeastern Wisconsin city is in, police reported Thursday.

Blake, a Black man, was shot seven times in the back by a white police officer on Aug. 23, sparking three nights of unrest that resulted in roughly two dozen fires and damage to numerous downtown businesses. Two nights after the shooting, prosecutors say 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse fatally shot two demonstrators and wounded a third. His attorney claims it was self defense.

Kenosha police updated arrest figures Thursday, saying of the 252 people arrested, 132 did not live in Kenosha County. Rittenhouse came from his home in Antioch, Illinois, about 15 miles (25 kilometers) from Kenosha, to join others who walked the streets with rifles saying they were there to protect businesses from damage.

Four people arrested filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Wednesday, alleging that police were not arresting pro-police demonstrators like Rittenhouse who were breaking a curfew, while targeting others. The city's attorney called the lawsuit baseless and said it should be dismissed.

The city on Wednesday ended a curfew that had been in place since Aug. 24, a sign of calming tensions in the city of about 100,000 midway between Milwaukee and Chicago. President Donald Trump visited Kenosha on Tuesday to thank law enforcement for their efforts and his Democratic rival Joe Biden was in Wisconsin on Thursday and met with members of Blakes family and Kenosha community leaders.

The police said damage to city property was about $2 million and damage to county property was about $385,000.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was investigating more than 23 fires, police said.

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Major applications served by residential robotic vacuum cleaner are mopping, UV sterilization of the household atmosphere along with security cameras for security from intruders or fire and intercom services. Furthermore, the various innovative features, including voice interaction, are expected to result in the increased popularity of the product. Manufacturers are developing cleaners with voice recognition ability to receive and interpret the spoken commands.Furthermore, the voice recognition feature can be used in a Wi-Fi enabled smart robot vacuum cleaner embedded with a voice activation system such as Amazons Alexa. For instance, iRobot Corporation has developed a residential robotic vacuum cleaner, Roomba i7+, having advanced intelligence and automation with smart mapping technology through Alexa-enabled device.

MARKET SEGMENTATION

Adoption of automated products across the residential sectorsIn order to save time and energy, the end-users across the residential sectors are mainly focusing on adopting the automated products. With the use of robotic vacuum cleaner, a shift towards the smart home technology is observed, which bodes well for the global market. However, with the development of new electronic technologies and their integration with older, traditional building technologies, the intelligent home is now becoming a real possibility and attraction. Furthermore, integration of air filters in a robotic vacuum cleaner for consumers with allergies is expected to drive the global robotic vacuum cleaner market revenue.To avoid exposure to allergens from dust or pets, customers are increasingly shifting their focus on robotic cleaners, thus enhancing the demand for residential automated vacuum cleaners. One of the major socioeconomic factors expected to drive the global robotic vacuum cleaners market growth is increased female employment. Thus, resulting in decreased time for household activities which is expected to contribute to the household robotic vacuum cleaners sales. Furthermore, battery life plays a major growth inhibitor role as they enhance the operating time, thus making these vacuum cleaners less time consuming.

By type segment, floor vacuum cleaner held the largest portion in the global robotic vacuum cleaners market share in 2018, owing to the need of the smart robotic floor cleaning. The major sale increase in the floor robotic vacuum cleaner is due to its automate features for cleaning, in order to reduce health implications of the process of cleaning and save time. This segment is also anticipated to grow with the highest CAGR over the forecast period, with the growth of home automation and Artificial intelligence enabled products.Among the distribution channel segment, offline channel held the highest share in 2018, mainly due to the trust factor that has gained by the offline services of the companies. Whereas, online sales channel will influence the global robotic vacuum cleaner market trend, due to the growth of the ecommerce industry.

Household sector is projected to dominate the global robotic vacuum cleaner market, owing to the growth of the smart home and adoption of automated technology for the products that are used for daily routine. Also, investments in new production capacities in the emerging markets as well as investments in production modernization have led to a rising number of robotic installations. Across the commercial sector, offices are anticipated to have highest share due to the ease of work and modernization across the commercial sector, swelling the global market further.

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Increasing manufacturing of robotics products is favoring the growth of Asia Pacific over the forecast period.Asia Pacific is expected to dominate the global robotic vacuum cleaner market revenue and also projected to observe lucrative growth. China is expected to drive the market growth in Asia Pacific as a result of the decreased unit price of robotic vacuum cleaners. In addition, Japan has also made a notable growth in global robotic vacuum cleaner market due to the launch of advanced technologies and innovative products. For Instance, in 2018, Panasonic launched MC-RS810 and MC-RS310vacuum cleaners in Japan, which cleans the room using the obstacle detecting sensors, laser, ultrasonic waves and infrared rays.Asia Pacific Robotic Vacuum Cleaners Market, 2018

In Europe, due to larger household spaces and high rate of carpet usage, demand for automated vacuum cleaners is increasing. Also, significant presence of robot manufacturers across the Europe is also driving the global robotic vacuum cleaners market growth. Moreover, In Western Europe, the light-weighted and cordless vacuum cleaners are gaining popularity and are expected to drive the product growth in the near future.Furthermore, manufacturers in U.S. are developing technologically advanced robotic vacuum cleaners. For instance, U.S. based iRobot Corporation has manufactured technologically advanced residential robotic vacuum cleaners series ranging from Roomba and Braava. As a result, North America is also projected to have substantial growth rate after Asia Pacific region in the global market.

KEY PLAYERS

iRobot Corporation, ECOVACS and Dyson Company holds a Considerable Market Share in Terms of RevenueiRobots is the considered to be the major player across the globe and has accounted sales of robotic vacuum cleaners for more than 20 Million units across the world in 2018. This is mainly due to the company capable of enhancing the robotic technology across many types of other domestic robot categories like security systems, lawn mowers, etc. In the U.S., iRobot is considered to have considerable in the global robotic vacuum cleaners market share due to the brand name of the company. Ecovas have major presence in China and is anticipated to increase its presence and revenue across the other parts of the globe. Apart from this, major manufacturers are focusing on introducing robotic vacuum cleaners with a fast force feedback control algorithm for robotic vacuum cleaners using artificial intelligence technology.

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REPORT COVERAGEThe report provides qualitative and quantitative insights on the global market and detailed analysis of market size & growth rate for all possible segments in the market. The market has been segmented by type, by application, by price, by distribution channel, by operation mode, application and geography. By type, the market is categorized into floor vacuum cleaner, window vacuum cleaner, pool vacuum cleaner.Based on application, the market is bifurcated into household and commercial. Based on price, the global robotic vacuum cleaners market is bifurcated into Below US$ 150, US$ 150 300, US$ 300 500, Above US$ 500. By distribution channel, the market id categorized into online and offline. Based on operation mode the market for robotic vacuum cleaners is classified into self-drive and remote control. Geographically, the market is segmented into five major regions, which are North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Middle East & Africa. The regions are further categorized into countries.Along with this, the report provides an elaborative analysis of the market dynamics and competitive landscape. Various key insights provided in the report are the price trend analysis, recent industry developments such as mergers & acquisitions, the regulatory scenario in key countries, consolidated SWOT analysis for key players, and emerging market trends.

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INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT:

6th January 2019: ECOVACS officially launched its new AI (Artificial Intelligence) powered floor cleaning residential robot, the DEEBOT OZMO 960 and the award-winning window cleaning robot, the WINBOT X, in CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2019 held in Las Vegas.

2nd January 2017: Samsung Electronics announced the latest innovative and popular line of POWERbot vacuum cleaners, VR7000 in CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2017 held in Las Vegas, that is made for hard-to-reach places and has enough suction capacity.

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At the corner of 22nd Avenue and Roosevelt Road in Kenosha, Wis., there used to be a camera shop. Now, its a pile of rubble. A few blackened walls are still standing, the windows blown out. The heap of splintered wood and rebar and shattered concrete looms over bystanders. A charred mattress lies flopped on top of it all, and broken glass litters the sidewalk.

I drove into the city early Thursday morning, four days after a Kenosha police officer shot a black man and violent mobs set the city on fire. I saw hardly any windows: Every business had its glass boarded up with sheets of plywood, some with spray-painted pleas such as, Protect the people in our community, and Kids live upstairs.

Farther east, in the downtown business district, the plywood sheets are painted with bright flowers and hearts. Community organizers have tents set up on sidewalks, ready with check-in clipboards, cleaning supplies, and paint for volunteers. They tell volunteers to paint messages about love, because Love is the answer.

Kim got here around 8 a.m. Shes armed with a spray-on spray-paint remover, and she says a lot of people have stopped by to check on her: It looks like shes doing graffiti instead of scrubbing it off. I dont like this cleaner, she says. Its definitely not on the top of my graffiti cleaner list.

Dale and Michael are priming a sheet of plywood so other artists can come along and turn it into a mural. Michael lives a few miles away; Dale lives just down the street. His cousin texted and asked if he wanted to get out of town for a few days, but he said no. I feel like if I did, the bad guys win. We tough it out with our community, Michael adds. This is home. So we gotta be here to wake up and clean it up.

Different groups of volunteers are milling around, painting, chatting. A barefoot guitarist sings on one street corner. A couple of vendors have set up tents with muffins and smoothies.

I ask Michael what the goal of the artwork is. Love, he says, without missing a beat. Were spreading love.

A few blocks over, Pastor Matt Henry lives in what he calls the hood. He points out a row of houses: Gangs own all of them. The furniture store on the corner is completely demolished. There arent any murals or cleanup crews here. The streets are quiet, but Henry still hasnt relaxed. He sent his wife to stay with relatives outside the city earlier this week. Since Sunday, Ive had maybe nine, 10 hours of sleep. He spends nights with his police scanner on and his gun by his side, car backed into the driveway in case he needs to get out fast. The first night of riots, he watched buildings burn a block away and listened to cars exploding in the auto lot down the street.

After 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse shot three people Tuesday night, things got quiet in the city. I think the soul got taken out of it with the shootings, says Henry. But he also says a lot of Kenosha residents are still frustrated with how state and city leaders have handled the unrest. To him, everything seems to come two or three days too late. Its shocking to me that a 17-year-old young man did more in 45 seconds to bring calm to the city than all the forces of our government, he says.

According to Henry, politicians are using the unrest as a platform for grandstanding, not to achieve meaningful change: I just dont have time for the posturing. Its empty. He says painting murals or even doing a prayer walk isnt going to fix anything if everyone just goes right back to the way things were before. Instead, it has to be a generational approach. I think we have to realize that the ruins are there, metaphorically and now literally. And the only way to repair them is to regenerate households that are then being equipped to live out that Biblical worldview.

Though discouraged by the political response, Henry is encouraged by ordinary Christians living well and living out the gospel in their communities. Instead of empty phrases, They actually have something true to offer. And that gives me a lot of hope.

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It hasnt taken long for Xavier Su'a-Filo to assert himself at right guard.

After primarily lining up at left guard in his career, the seventh-year veteran is the presumptive starter at right guard for the Cincinnati Bengals. Su'a-Filo played some right guard in Houston and Dallas, but he spent most of his time at left guard. In Cincinnati, hes penciled in on the right side.

Good. When I was in Dallas, especially in training camp, I played a lot of right guard for Zack Martin early on the last couple of years. So, Ive gotten real comfortable there with it, Su'a-Filo said. A lot of reps.

Cincinnati Bengals guard Xavier Su'a-Filo (72) waits between plays during training camp at the Paul Brown Stadium practice field in downtown Cincinnati on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020.(Photo: Sam Greene)

Su'a-Filo was signed over the offseason to replace last years starter John Miller. The 6-foot-4, 310-pound lineman viewed the Bengals as a good fit for him on the field. He was mainly a reserve interior lineman as a member of the Cowboys.

It was an opportunity really for me. To come in (and) be a part of a unit that has a lot of talent. And I know last year was last year and its a new year and its a new opportunity come in and compete and win in this division, Su'a-Filo said.

For the past two years, Su'a-Filo was part of a Cowboys O-line group that was one of the best in the NFL. Dallas had three perennial Pro Bowlers on its offensive line. In Cincinnati, he joins a much-maligned group upfront with zero former Pro Bowlers. Andy Dalton and Ryan Finley were sacked a combined 48 times last season and the unit struggled to consistently create holes in the run game. However, Su'a-Filo senses some untapped potential.

I just think it's untapped and we have to find it. There's a lot of guys like Mike coming into the second year, there's a lot of big jumps first to second year, Su'a-Filo said. But just for me, coming in as a veteran to kind of really help this group, and having guys like Trey (Hopkins), Bobby (Hart) has played a lot of football, to just kind of have that experience. For me, I think we can go as far as we want. We've just got to work, and we've got to be willing to do it as a unit.

Su'a-Filo has already provided tutelage for some of the younger linemen. Hes given the other starting guard, Michael Jordan, some O-line insight. The second-year left guard praised Su'a-Filo for what hes already brought to the offensive line.

Xavier Su'a-Filo brings a lot of competitiveness and hes a leader as well. For me personally, Ive always had those things in the room. (As a rookie) I had John Jerry and I had Andre Smith, Jordan said. Those guys helped me out a lot. Just have another guy like those two, it just adds on to it.

The question will soon become, can Su'a-Filo add to the offensive line on game days?

Cincinnatis O-line features two new projected starters in left tackle Jonah Williams and Su'a-Filo at right guard. With two new starters joining Jordan, Hopkins and presumably Hart upfront, the Bengals are banking on the unit developing continuity. The Bengals can ill-afford rookie quarterback Joe Burrow routinely running for his life in the backfield and another slow start in the run game. Su'a-Filo and the rest of the offensive line understand that.

Everything starts up front with the offensive line, Su'a-Filo. We have to protect. We have to do our job.

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