OTR’s Bohemian Rebirth at the Iris Book Cafe: my BuyCincy love for this recently opened coffeeshop in Over-the-Rhine.
Activists to Turn Parking Spaces into Green Spaces: more on PARK[ing] Day, happening in cities worldwide [including Cincinnati] on 19 Sep 08.
Slow Food Savors Its Big Moment: Slow Food USA is hosting a food-themed festival in San Francisco this weekend.
Xtracycle: No Car… No Problem!: Xtracycle builds and sells “Sport Utility Bikes” and also teaches people to build their own.
Selling Cities Despite Bad Images: Newark, Jersey City, Trenton, and Union City work to remake and rebrand themselves.
Home, Small Home: 250 Square Feet in SoMa: New Condo Development Targets Young First-Time Buyers without Too Much Stuff: starting at 279k.
TRASH: anycoloryoulike: a vivid NYC-wide, trash-themed artist intervention.
The hundreds of negative comments on the small condos in SF was interesting. Americans want it large!
Large and in charge, fo’ sho’! I understand the need for affordable housing in a city like SF, but these “micro condos” do seem a bit like dorm rooms.