Category Archives: USA

There’s An Infographic For That

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

       

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Flying Car : Finally Street Legal

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Some of us have been waiting decades for our promised flying cars ( and jet packs) and now they’ve finally arrived. It’s been a bumpy road for the Terrafugia company in its development of a “roadable aircraft” over the past … Continue reading →

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Don’t Call Us…

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Shaun Usher, who curates the brilliant Letters of Note blog, which gathers all sorts of fascinating correspondence, postcards, memos,faxes and telegrams, has published a wonderfully amusing letter from the late, great John D. MacDonald. The novelist referenced his early history … Continue reading →

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Just In Time for the 4th

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Just in time for the July 4th weekend, PAVEL ZOUBOK GALLERY is presenting the exhibition MARK WAGNER: Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death, featuring the artist’s monumental 17 x 6 foot currency collage Liberty, a 1/11 scale play on … Continue reading →

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Libraries Without Borders

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

The Haskell Free Library and Opera House is probably the only cultural institution that’s bisected by an international border. That’s because the US/Canadian border slices right through the library’s Kenneth Baldwin International Reading Room. You enter the imposing turn-of-the-century building … Continue reading →

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Looking For A Cheap Place to Stay in NYC ?

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Are you searching for a reasonably priced place to stay in New York City? How about camping ? No, not in a cardboard box on the sidewalk. New York may be the last place that comes to mind for sleeping … Continue reading →

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The City At Night: Pretty Ugly

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Baltimore-born, New York-based artist Logan Hicks uses photographs, stencils, metallic paints, aerosol paint, etched panels and anodized aluminum to create shadowy, multi-layered urban scenes that are somehow simultaneously photorealistc and surreal. Hicks, originally a screenprinter, has a new show, called … Continue reading →

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More Maps, Yes More Maps

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

The clever Seoul-based design group ZeroPerZero is reimagining subways and railway systems from around the world for a brilliant set of travel maps. Here’s their offerings (so far):

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Apple Store (again)

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

  Travelers are using their smartphones and tablets more and more, both in the planning stages of the trip and on the road. But with all the information and apps out there, where do you begin? Starting this month, Apple … Continue reading →

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Chicago Inaugurates the Library of the Future

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Last week the University of Chicago opened the exciting new Joe and Rika Mansueto Library. Looking much like a partially buried crystal egg, the Grand Reading Room of the facility is outfitted with Low-E glass that ensures plenty of daylight, … Continue reading →

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