![WBEZ [compiled] an interactive map of gang territory throughout the city. Using a reference called the Gang Book, published by the Chicago Crime Commission, as well as public homicide data, the public radio station created an overlay of communities and gangs that’s searchable by addres.
s (via Is It Harmful to Release Gang Maps? - Neighborhoods - The Atlantic Cities)](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc3a67kroR1qzdiowo1_500.jpg)
WBEZ [compiled] an interactive map of gang territory throughout the city. Using a reference called the Gang Book, published by the Chicago Crime Commission, as well as public homicide data, the public radio station created an overlay of communities and gangs that’s searchable by addres.
s (via Is It Harmful to Release Gang Maps? - Neighborhoods - The Atlantic Cities)
Calumet 412, “a Tumblr that allows folks to post all sorts of Chicago images and ephemera.” (Via Tumblr site Calumet 412 is a lost-and-found of Chicago’s architectural past)
Collapsing Restaurant (by metroblossom)
![Most of the interview focuses on The Chicago Pedway Tour where Hui-min led groups through the curious and sometimes underground commuter passages — throughways which are largely undocumented despite their frequent use; during the tour she would stop periodically at points-of-interest in order to perform a narrative for her audience. Embedded in that narrative are ideas of the American Frontier, the mythology of cities and comfort anAs The Mt. Baldy Expedition emphasized the significance of learning in an art practice, The Pedway brings up issues of public and private space, while also tugging at collective mythologies. In addition to physical exploration, Hui-min also explores those issues.]
The interview is here.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lomx4sKao71qzdiowo1_500.jpg)
Most of the interview focuses on The Chicago Pedway Tour where Hui-min led groups through the curious and sometimes underground commuter passages — throughways which are largely undocumented despite their frequent use; during the tour she would stop periodically at points-of-interest in order to perform a narrative for her audience. Embedded in that narrative are ideas of the American Frontier, the mythology of cities and comfort anAs The Mt. Baldy Expedition emphasized the significance of learning in an art practice, The Pedway brings up issues of public and private space, while also tugging at collective mythologies. In addition to physical exploration, Hui-min also explores those issues.]
The interview is here.
This hour: Chicago. Hogbutcher to the world, jewel of the Midwest, and everything inbetween.
A fantastic episode of the always-enjoyable Re:Sound podcast from Third Coast Festival folks.
In the United States, I’d have to rate Chicago far and away #1 in the use of official civic symbols (maybe the best in the world for all I know), and also note the overall high level of design quality of these objects. Today I want to focus on one particular aspect of this, the city flag and its uses.
The Urbanophile » Blog Archive » Civic Iconography Done Right – Chicago’s City Flag
Slide show: We unravel enigmas of the city, from the pink faces of Paris to a Virgin Mary under a Chicago underpass
Links etc. related to places, and contemporary notions of place, that are of interest to Rob Walker, author of Letters From New Orleans and co-founder of The Hypothetical Development Organization.
See also: Rob Walker blog on Design Observer.
