May 2011
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Eastern Savannah Neighborhood Project | Life and... →
In celebration of Savannah’s diverse and fascinating characters, the City of Savannah has undertaken an ongoing documentation effort that focuses on the city’s unique neighborhoods, and aims to meld the stories of past and current residents into publications, exhibitions, and public programs. Ebb and Flow: Life and Community in Eastern Savannah is the most recent of these documentation projects,...
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Why Crime Keeps Falling (despite the economy):... →
When the FBI announced last week that violent crime in the U.S. had reached a 40-year low in 2010, many criminologists were perplexed. It had been a dismal year economically, and the standard view in the field, echoed for decades by the media, is that unemployment and poverty are strongly linked to crime.
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Democratizing Space for Public Good – Augmented... →
Space is an opportunity, as we see it. Layar co-founder Maarten Lens-FitzGerald recently explained how Layar hopes to “democratize” space in his interview with UNTETHER.tv. Layar strategist and evangelist Gene Becker also recently shared his thoughts about how augmented reality is creating new perspectives on public space.
“When you look at who the true AR enthusiasts are, who is doing the...
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The Flea Marketing of New York City - NYTimes.com →
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Design*Sponge » Blog Archive » st. louis city... →
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The Best Fried Chicken In The World, Galaxy,... →
An absurdly long-winded endorsement of Jestine’s Kitchen in Charleston, South Carolina.
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36 Hours in San Francisco - NYTimes.com →
San Francisco
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Cities Struggle With Not So Pretty Vacancy | The... →
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After Tornadoes, Dreams of Restoring Glory to... →
Birmingham’s quandary is similar in many ways to the challenges other big cities have faced after recent disasters. Aspirations for massive renewal swept through New Orleans after Katrina, as local officials and cutting-edge urban planners tried to devise ways to revive the city without the poverty and crime that had long afflicted areas far removed from its famous tourist attractions....
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WatchCool Kickstarter project by our friend Kirsten Hively. Check it out…
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Design*Sponge » Blog Archive » louisville city... →
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Osama Bin Laden's Hideout Compound, Reviewed →
Browse, or even read, the 914 (and counting) “reviews” of this newsworthy place via Google maps.
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Design*Sponge » Blog Archive » oxford, ms city... →
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A Look At The World's Ugliest Monuments →
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Book Review: "Food Trucks," reviewed by Paul Lukas →
The real value of “Food Trucks” is as a portrait of a contemporary street food world that’s divided into two broad camps. For the sake of expediency, let’s call them the Authentics (mostly working-class immigrants peddling food from their respective homelands, primarily but not exclusively to fellow expatriates) and the Hipsters (middle-class foodies, primarily white and...
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The Greatest Buildings Never Built (by Tom... →
Perhaps the most common, and salient, feature of unbuilt projects is that every architect, at some point in his career, will design one—or several. Will Jones, author of “Unbuilt Masterworks of the 21st Century,” says these are not necessarily negatives in an architect’s career. “If an architect can look back upon it without too much bitterness, it’s the perfect...
