Enjoy Your Weekend: tonight’s a big night in Over-the-Rhine, but there’s tons going on all weekend.
Staking a Claim in OTR: kudos to Jessie Cundiff for everything she’s been doing over on Main St.
The Self-Service City: in Seattle and beyond, city life is becoming “shrunken, less personal and meaner on one level, more neighborly on another.”
Common Ground: The Seminar: interesting summer course at Cornell, co-taught by Lebbeus Woods; via Mockitecture. Go Big Red!
Parental Lifelines, Frayed to Breaking: according to the New York Times, there is trouble in Trustafariastan, a.k.a. Williamsburg.
Beyond Hipsters: Williamsburg’s Tough Economic Realities: New York Magazine’s weak rebuttal.
Where Did Your Favorite Sitcoms Take Place?: fascinating map and info — only one sitcom has ever been set in Staten Island, and two in the Bronx.
I saw that NYT article about the trustafarians of Williamsburg right after I got back from Renegade. Sales sucked—now I know why!
Comment by Grace — June 26, 2009 @ 10:47 am
Maya:
In the spirit of “Elsewhere” (where you always somehow manage to suck me into the endlessly captivating side of the world wide web) check out this photo slideshow of contemporary Iranian art.
-N O R T O N
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2009/jun/24/made-in-iran-contemporary-art?picture=349303745
Comment by N O R T O N — June 26, 2009 @ 1:38 pm
Norton, thanks for the slideshow. I really love so much contemporary Iranian art and design — I don’t know if it’s because I come across so much of it that’s really good in my eyes, or if there’s some deeper reason why I connect with it. And now you’ve introduced me to even more!
Grace, I’m so sorry that Renegade was a bust. Maybe the trustafarians will actually get jobs and be able to afford your work soon!
Comment by visualingual — June 26, 2009 @ 5:16 pm