Elsewhere

Cincinnati’s Radioactive Subway Tunnels: okay, they’re not radioactive, but do check them out.

Heidelberg Project House Burns, Arson Suspected in Fire of Detroit Art Installation of Tyree Guyton: tragic news about the Heidelberg Project in Detroit.

Fire at the Heidelberg Project Is a Snapshot of Presence: a lovely write-up about this sad turn of events.

The Golden Age of Gondolas Might Be Just Around the Corner: what the?

A 70-Year-Old Documentary About Cities Shows We Haven’t Come Very Far: wow.

How I Became a Hipster: Brooklyn-exploring link bait.

A ‘Whom Do You Hang With?’ Map of America: tracking the circulation of dollar bills.

Elsewhere

New Bookstore to Open in Downtown Cincinnati: exciting news.

Stepping Up to Restore Cincinnati’s Neglected Pedestrian Stairways: great write-up on Spring in Our Steps.

Best of Eco Chic Design: our Backyard Habitat Seed Bomb Kit gets some love from The Barn Light.

Synergicity: Reinventing the Postindustrial City: currently at the Chicago Architecture Foundation, an exhibit about transformation in Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, St. Paul, St. Louis, and Peoria.

A Miami Neighborhood Begins to Bristle at Its Own Success: frustration in Wynwood.

If Americans Don’t Like Walkable Cities, Why Aren’t They Cheaper?: just that.

Mapping Asmara: all about cartographic representations of Eritrea’s capital city.

Cincinnati Union Terminal by Alfred Fellheimer, Steward Wagner and Paul Phillipe Cret

The Cincinnati Union Terminal was designed by Alfred Fellheimer and Steward Wagner, with design consultant Paul Phillipe Cret being responsible for the dramatic Art Deco aesthetic inside and out. Ground was broken in 1929 just before the stock market crash, and the facility opened in 1933.

Elsewhere

11 Cincinnati Foods That Are Better Than Yours: I don’t agree with all the chosen foods, but I’ll let native Cincinnatians weigh in on the validity of this list.

All Signs Point to Awesome: A Visit to the American Sign Museum: checking out Cincinnati’s amazing American Sign Museum.

The Rust Belt Shall Live Not by Weekends Alone: in Ferndale, just outside of Detroit, a former big-box store got turned into a weekend artists’ market; now a Kickstarter campaign is underway to further transform the space.

When New York Power-Lunched at the Cloud Club: a glimpse inside a once-swanky club in the Chrysler Building, courtesy of Ephemeral New York.

Final Analysis: Missed Connections: check out who’s searching for whom and where [in Ohio, that would be at Wal-Mart and, mysteriously, in Indiana, at home].

The Town that Spent 25 Years Underwater: photos of Villa Epecuen, a tourist town established in the 1920s on the banks of a salt lake, just outside of Buenos Aires.

Sign Painters [Official Trailer]: this will be amazing.

Ohio? Bike Rack by John Dixon

John Dixon of Dixon Branded designed this cool, minimalist bike rack as part of ArtWorks‘ ongoing Queen City Art Racks initiative. It’s located in front of 1411 Main St. in Over-the-Rhine.

Elsewhere

Mayor Mark Mallory on How Smart Growth Helped Turn Cincinnati Around: just that.

Valentine’s Gifts for Fine Fellows: Cincy Whimsy likes our Cincinnati-centric neck ties!

Legendary ‘Fritz the Cat’ Director Plans a Film about Coney Island: awesome; check out Ralph Bakshi’s Kickstarter campaign.

Is Building Luxury Housing on the Playgrounds of Public Housing the Worst Idea Ever? Yes. Yes It Is.: strange things are starting to happen in NYC.

For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off from All Human Contact, Unaware of WWII: extreme rural life in Siberia.

Vaguely Rude Place Names of the World: sophomoric and too much fun.

California for Beginners: another silly map.

Elsewhere

Something Lost: in Over-the-Rhine, a sweet Paramount Vodka ghost sign has been painted over. Thanks, guys…

Grand Central, a Cathedral for Commuters, Celebrates 100: happy birthday to Grand Central Terminal!

Ed Koch’s Legacy in Hip-Hop: Koch was my first NYC mayor; a week after his death, this is a must-read.

Lawns into Gardens: more people are digging up their lawns to plant fruits and vegetables and encountering city opposition in the process, with Orlando being the latest incident.

Gentrification as an End Game, and the Rise of “Sub-Urbanity”: “creative class enclaves are increasingly being appropriated into the domesticated lifestyle embodied by traditional suburbia.”

Swabian Invasion? Scorn for Eastern Berlin’s Well-Heeled Newcomers: on gentrification in Berlin.

Infographic: NFL Fans According to Facebook: fun with data.

Elsewhere

The History of Hostess in Cincinnati: 100 years of baking bread, pies and other treats in the Queen City.

Christmas Gift Guide: 10 Stocking Stuffer Ideas: Style at Home likes our seed bombs.

More Gifts That Won’t Land You In the Doghouse: and so does Web MD…

Gingerbread Block: Sneak Peek: it’s exactly what you think it is, and it’s even lit up.

Hand-Drawn Map of New York: insanely detailed and awesome.

Wasteland to Wildflowers: “This walk took me through a mixed landscape, starting in the industrial zone, through the suburbs and finally into the bush.”

Top 10: Sexy Staircases: just that.

Map Sculptures by Matthew Picton

London 1666 by Matthew Picton

Plenty of artists use books in their work or create maps as their practice. London-born, Oregon-based Matthew Picton has found a way to do both by using books and other textual materials that reference a city in a moment in time. Above, London 1666 is constructed out of book covers for The Plague Years by Daniel Defoe.

VisuaLingual at the Crafty Supermarket

This Saturday, 17 Nov, we’re excited to again have a booth at the Crafty Supermarket in the Clifton Cultural Arts Center, 3711 Clifton Avenue [corner of Clifton and McAlpin]. If you’re in the Cincinnati area, stop on by to get a head start on your holiday shopping with an array of handmade wares.