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Category Archives: Architecture
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
This week, Chinese dissident artist and human rights activist Ai WeiWei launched a multi-site, crowdfunded project in New York City titled “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors”. The three centerpieces of the project utilize metal fencing materials and are located in … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Asia, USA
Tagged Ai Weiwei, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, Queens, Washington Square
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This Is Real Street Art
Isafjördur is a small city in the extreme northwest corner of Iceland. It’s a remote place with a population of just 2,600 year-round residents, but like the rest of the country it has been experiencing a tourism boom. And with … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, Tourism
Tagged Iceland, Isafjordur, Street Art, West Fjords
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Roll Away The Stone
Last year, Reykjavik-based Studio Granda architectural and design group won an unusual competition, sponsored by Akureyri, Iceland’s second city, to create a monument to mark the spot where the Arctic Circle crosses Icelandic territory. The winning design, called Hringur og Kúla, or … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, Maps, Tourism
Tagged Akureyri, Arctic Circle, Grimsey, Iceland, Reykjavik
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Our Own Champs Elysees
This month, Philadelphia is launching a year-long+ celebration of the creation of our own version of the Champs Elysees—the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. While it may never be as grand as Paris’ great boulevard, it is a mile-long artery lined with … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, History, Libraries, Museums, Public Transport, Tourism, USA
Tagged Ben Franklin, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Free Library, Philadelphia Museum of Art
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The Walls Between Us
Mexican artist Bosco Sodi is preparing to create his first art installation in New York City, at Washington Square Park. Titled Muro, the installation will be built from 1,600 removable clay timbers, fired at Sodi’s studio in Oaxaca, Mexico, forming a … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, USA
Tagged art installations, Mexico, New York City, Washington Square
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Another Roadside Attraction
Historian and self-taught photographer John Margolies spent the last three decades of the 20th century wandering the back roads, small towns, and old highways of the U.S. capturing images of a disappearing culture. His saturated Kodachrome images of kitsch signage, … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, History, Hotels, Museums, Photography, Public Transport, Restaurants, Tourism, Uncategorized, USA
Tagged Drive-in theater, Library of Congress, mini golf, roadside advertising
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Manhattan Cowcatcher
I recently read Kim Stanley Robinson’s outstanding—but way too long—climate change, post-apocalyptic, science fiction novel “New York 2140.” Although much of the plot takes place in Manhattan’s Met Life Building, the characters frequently comment on the neighboring Flatiron Building. It … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, History, Tourism, USA
Tagged Flatiron Building, Manhattan, New York City, skyscrapers
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See NYC Like Superman
Architect Candy Chan has created a mindblowing series of “x-ray” maps of New York City subway stations. Each of her elaborate drawings show the station lay-outs and orientation relating to the geography of the surrounding streets above. Check-out Chan’s website … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Maps, Public Transport, Tech, Tourism, USA
Tagged MTA, New York City, New York Subway
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