One hot summer day in August, I was walking along the 37th Avenue in North Corona, Queens. I think it was somewhere between
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Movie Theaters of the City
There once was time when movie theaters ruled the entertainment business. Lines formed around street corners for a chance to be inside these palaces with
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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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The Public School New York: A Walking Tour of Downtown’s Passed Art World
On Sunday October 9th, at 5 p.m., I took part in a 90 minute walking tour of the lower west side of Manhattan, examining the
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Cartograffic Rewrites – Mapping the Mechanism of Graffiti Removal
Graffiti in New York City plays the part in a well defined administrative feedback loop. After the street art is illegally applied to an
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