"How Cities Use Design to Drive Homeless People Away" Summary: Many cities have been implicating a variety of methods to deter homeless people, along with other people such as skateboarders. Using tools such as metal spikes in the ground, divided benches, individual seats rather than benches, no loitering signs, along with a multitude of other devices. These so called tools make it near impossible for homeless people to sleep on the benches or on the ground, and the no loitering signs and laws prevent homeless in specific from hanging around in one place for too long.

Homeless people are not the only ones being "picked on" so to say, skateboarders are dealing with similar issues. Handrails, ledges, benches, and any objects that are generally used as a tool in skateboarding, more specifically for grinding or sliding against, have been altered as well. Ledges and handrails have recently had studs added along the top of them, creating an uneven surface, thus making it difficult for grinding or sliding on. Not only ledges and rails, but benches have been modified too. They are no longer solid slabs of material, but rather divided into sections with armrests, or made using slats of metal which create ridgid edges.

Many people have petitioned the spikes in the ground, the spikes are an obvious deterrant for homeless people. One petition had over 130,000 people sign it, which shows that the people of that city do not think it is fair to go through such effort in hopes of deterring the homeless people. However, a lot of those people, unfortunately, are not aware of the less obvious devices, such as the benches separated by armrests and the no loitering signs.

Rosenberger, Robert. "How Cities Use Design to Drive Homeless People Away." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 19 June 2014. Web. 24 Feb. 2017.

Similar to how Cato's house held an immense amount of information and history about Cato, so did the numerous sites in Italy that were destroyed by the earthquake that struck the country last August.

As James Deetz stated in "Parting Ways", each piece of information found provided plenty of information about the history of these pieces. However, with hundreds of cultural and historical sites destroyed from the earthquake in Italy, the history and story line of many of these sites were also destroyed. The architecture and artifacts of these particular sites provide us with an astonishing amount of information, such as the time period they originated from, what these sites were primarily used for, the culture behind them, along with the culture of the people and the different types of people that resided in those areas.

The majority of the information and facts that people acquire are found within certain pieces of architecture and artifacts. Deciphering which time period, the region of the world, and the culture that these items are from, provide an extensive amount of knowledge. This knowledge can then be carried on and used to hypothesize a background story.

The supplemental reading about the earthquake in Italy relates to James Deetz's "Parting Ways" in many different aspects. The main way these two articles relate is that both articles are about historical sites. "Parting Ways" I more so about how architecture can be used to tell a multitude of different stories, and the supplemental reading article titled "Historical Treasures Lost, Damaged in Italian Quake" is mainly about the many historic sites that were destroyed during the earthquake which occurred in Italy last August.

Over 293 historical and cultural sites were damaged, including an ancient Roman Catholic cathedral, the San Giuliano cathedral, and the historic medieval walls of Norcia, on top of the fifty other sites that were completely destroyed. The people of Italy were reportedly left devastated and feeling empty, as though part of their heritage has been demolished along with these sites.

"Historical treasures lost, damaged in Italian quake." CNN. Cable News Network, 25 Aug. 2016. Web. 03 Feb. 2017.