November 2011
33 posts
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Controversial monuments: statues and memorials... →
The world’s most controversial monuments.
On a related note, Foreign Policy names “The World’s Most Controversial Cultural Sites.”
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Walking On Waters: Re-imagining Waters Avenue:... →
For their community project, students Emily Scott, Jessica Bronson, Eos Pan, Sharon Lin, Mahmoud Alkhawajeh, Ben Cochrane, Rachana Hakani and Yahayra Rosario Cora, created a youth-based activity based on the “Box City” methodology called Walking on Waters.
The Walking on Waters workshops took place at the Habersham and West Broad Street branches of the YMCA during their after school...
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The Urbanophile » Blog Archive » Replay: Is It... →
the Great Recession has exposed some troubling cracks in the foundations of Atlanta’s success. Perhaps it’s too early to declare “game over” for Atlanta, but converging trends point to a possible plateauing of Atlanta’s remarkable rise, and the end of its great growth phase.
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Watch(via Harvey Pekar Library Statue: Comics as Art & Literature Desk by Harvey Pekar Estate — Kickstarter)
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Ann Patchett Bucks Tide of Bookstore Closings by... →
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The Santa Cruz Experiment: Can a City's Crime Be... →
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Rhizome | Stranger Interactions with Kio Stark →
“Cities are machines that produce interactions,” she explained at the outdoor lecture hall. While most of us go out of our way to avoid having to acknowledge persons we do not know, she argues the presence of strangers is probably why you live in a city in the first place. “The culture of cities is a culture of strangers.”
Stranger interactions can be emotional and...
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Jeremiah's Vanishing New York: Caffe Vivaldi →
A year ago, I made the mistake of getting excited about Jones Street in Greenwich Village. It seemed like a well-kept secret, an untouched one-block oasis of old New York with its two record stores, antique butcher shop, and 30-year-old jazz cafe. I spoke too soon.
Recently, we heard from Stupefaction that its Strider Records will be closing. And now we hear that Caffe Vivaldi is being forced...
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Website Tracks D.C. Homicides in Real Time - On... →
When Laura Amico launched the website Homicide Watch D.C., her intent was to create a comprehensive record of all the murders in the District. Little more than a year later, the site has become more than a somber document for posterity: it’s a bona fide newsbreaker, often identifying victims before police do.
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Creative Class » Blog Archive » Safety in... →
Theorizing.
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The Best Places to Go in Saint Paul →
thelistenerd:
I have begun compiling a list of the best places to go in Saint Paul. This list, and the evidence presented in support of it, are inarguable.
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