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The Paddock

The Hotel That Refused to Touch the Ground

Twenty-two steel stilts hold Fogo Island Inn above the rock instead of into it. From the water, the building looks like it arrived mid...

The Garage

Speed has a physics problem that no amount of horsepower can solve on its own. Push a car hard enough and the atmosphere stops...

The Grid

There is a habit Hannah Schmitz has when the stakes on the pit wall are highest. She talks with her palms turned down, hands...

The Paddock

There is a particular pause that happens before a fountain pen touches paper. Not hesitation, exactly. More like a settling. The nib has to...

The Garage

The Word That Got Away From Us There's a version of the word "hybrid" that belongs to a certain kind of parking lot conversation...