Posts about Building BRC

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Powerful Juju

August 13, 2017 By John Curley

You sit with Mel in the bar at Bruno’s, and she’s sipping a beer as her boys Atticus ...Read More

August 12, 2017 By John Curley

The work isn’t glorious or heroic, like the bad-ass stuff the DPW does, but there’s a crew out here ...Read More

August 11, 2017 By Shalaco

“Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.” ― Jack Kerouac, On the Road ...Read More

August 11, 2017 By Graham Berry

The symbolic relevance of the Man and his inevitable burning has over the years drawn camping-chair philosophers to speculate about ...Read More

August 10, 2017 By John Curley

We wandered out to the Man Base for the first time on Wednesday, and there were lots of new ...Read More

August 9, 2017 By John Curley

It all happened the way it was supposed to happen -- a good number of the people living in town ...Read More

August 8, 2017 By John Curley

Today is move-in day in Black Rock City, when most of the people who have been housed in Gerlach pull ...Read More

August 7, 2017 By John Curley

With Sunday night’s rain quickly fading to memory, the all-clear to go back to work on the dried-out playa came ...Read More

August 7, 2017 By John Curley

There's nothing like a little weather to spice things up early in the build. The playa was closed Monday morning ...Read More