The Bowery Artist Tribute explores the presence of artists and art production in the Bowery. The project’s goal is to reveal the Bowery as an
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Made In New York: A Historical Survey of Woody Allen Film Locations
JJ Maxwell Project Proposal Urban Media Archaeology Professor Shannon Mattern Project Description For over forty years, Woody Allen has been one of the
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Mapping the Cultural Buzz: How Cool is that? and the relationship to my Music Mapping Project
For my map critique I decided to look at a mapping project called, “The Geography of Buzz”. This project was conducted using geographic information systems
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Youth Media Map
Mapping the Youth Media Landscape of New York City Problem Statement and Research Question: Teenagers are described as knowing how to use media technologies better
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Searching for Signs in Blind Alleys
I had, what I thought, was a great idea. My grandparents have almost every National Geographic since 1962, and an index in which I
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Switching Stations and The City
Guided by Kazys Varnelis, it seems telecommunications has played a historical role in shaping the American city. It is often said that new technologies
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The Kettle Count
I’ve been meaning to post this graph ever since Stephen Taylor came to speak to us and showed the chart of water consumption in Edmonton
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Atlantic Yards Media Actors
Before I get into the project proposal, if you know anyone who has participated in the Atlantic Yards dialogue (attended community meetings, made art about
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Graffiti as Memorial in Latino Communities in NYC
1. Background and Context: As an art form, street art and graffiti have had a stylistic resurgence in media during the past decade, although it
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Last of the Westside Cowboys: How the High Line Molded Manhattan
If a child carelessly leaves a door open a sarcastic parent may sometimes ask “Were you raised in a barn?” Well I wasn’t raised
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