Kriston Capps

staff writer for Bloomberg CityLab covering housing, architecture, and art

Kriston Capps is a staff writer at The Atlantic's CityLab.

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“You might learn a little bit about Vincent Van Gogh's life … and just plunge right into the kind of large projections where there's some animation, there are the paintings ...

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“You might learn a little bit about Vincent Van Gogh's life … and just plunge right into the kind of large projections where there's some animation, there are the paintings ...

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The Carnegie Library in Washington DC's Mount Vernon Square, which Apple will convert into one of its "town squares."

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