Elsewhere

Enjoy Your Weekend: klezmer, acrobats, rock’n’roll fashion, and hella pansies! 2009 Cincinnati March(itecture) Madness Winner: Union Terminal kicked the Roebling Bridge’s butt in the final showdown! Village Mob Thwarts Google Street View Car: hee, not a headline from The Onion. Detroit Cash Keeps Hometown Humming: Detroit is but the latest community to hop on the [...]

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Great American Tower by Gyo Obata

Sigh… I try not to complain too much on this blog, but I’ve got some vitriol brewing in response to this project under construction downtown, the Great American Tower designed by Gyo Obata.

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New Work by Sanna Annukka

From a childhood in the small Finnish town of Paltaniemi, through her schooling at the University of Brighton, Sanna Annukka has been exploring the visual storytelling of nature and folklore, particularly The Kalevala, a collection of Finnish folklore songs. Some years ago, she started selling limited-edition prints in a Scandinavian design shop in London [like [...]

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Reds Opening Day Parade 2009

It rained during the Reds Opening Day Parade a year ago. This year, the rain was accompanied by a fairly bitter cold, which kept the crowds down, but the few hardcore revelers were rewarded with the usual pomp and silliness.

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City Illustrations by Borja Bonaque

Valencia, Spain-based illustrator Borja Bonaque creates incredible cityscape images with a retro color palette, strong forms, and a gritty texture.

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I Don’t See Architecture Coming from You…

Since the last Seinfeld clip about architecture that I posted was such a hit, here’s the clip that started this running joke on the show.

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San Francisco in Jell-O by Liz Hickok

Remember the bespoke architectural jelly moulds by Bombas & Parr? Well, San Francisco-based artist Liz Hickok seems to have taken that idea a bit further, rendering her entire city in Jell-O and documenting the results in photographs and videos [including one of Telegraph Hill during an earthquake!].

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Elsewhere

Enjoy Your Weekend: this unofficial three-day weekend has us mostly thinking about, and celebrating, baseball! Portrait of a Dead Mall: Queen City Discovery explores the seriously ailing Cincinnati Mall, a.k.a. Cincinnati Mills, a.k.a. Forest Fair Mall. Cincinnati’s Agenda 360: the always excellent Urbanophile offers a thorough critique of Cincinnati’s Agenda 360 plan. Matthew Bloch — [...]

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Free Shipping in Our Online Shop

We’re currently offering free worldwide shipping in our online shop, in order to make our homespun work a bit more affordable to the many Cincinnatians who currently reside elsewhere.

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41st Anniversary of San Serriffe’s Independence

Of course, it’s a prank. Happy April Fools’ Day!

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