Design Edition: The Black Sisters Reshaping US Monuments

Plus: What Showtime’s ‘The Curse’ gets wrong about high-performance architecture

“Freedom Square: The Black Gilrlhood Altar,” a new kind of monument on view in Chicago. 

Photographer: Nathan Keay

Hello and welcome to Bloomberg’s weekly design digest. I’m Kriston Capps, staff writer and editor for Bloomberg CityLab, and your valet to the world of architecture and the people who build things.

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