Elsewhere

Cincinnati’s ‘Hat Man’ Is Dead: RIP, Avtar S. Gill.

Items Found in Vacant Building: a remarkable collection of artifacts.

Over-the-Rhine and Washington Park: nice photo tour.

Cultural Authenticity in the 21st Century: on the shifting meanings of place and history.

Comeback Kid: Long-Lost Loew’s Kings Rebuild Begins After Three Decades of Decay: finally, progress on the amazing Loew’s Kings Theatre in Brooklyn.

Goodbye Coney Island, Hello Myrtle Beach: more thoughts on the far-reaching and sad changes taking place in Coney Island.

One Way to Keep Super Bowl Profits Local: Sell Off Every Last Bit of Material: something smart is happening in Indianapolis.

VisuaLingual Seed Bombs at West Elm

West Elm is opening a new store today in Indianapolis at the Fashion Mall at Keystone, and our seed bombs and kits are among the store’s regional product offerings.

Elsewhere

A Subway Tunnel: exploration deep in the bowels of the Cincinnati subway that never was.

Make Cincinnati Weird: the official Vimeo channel.

Autocomplete Coloring Book: some love for the Visionaries & Voices catalog I designed, courtesy of Selectism.

SubSurface Graffiti Expo & Hip Hop Festival: an awesome weekend-long event in Indianapolis celebrates its 10-year anniversary starting tonight [check out my photos from last year].

The State Hermitage: Chris Glass and his camera check out St. Petersburg.

“Oh…..I Could Never Live in NYC”: confessions of a New Yorker.

Marfa, Texas: An Unlikely Art Oasis in a Desert Town: just that.

Numbers by Robert Indiana

I have removed the content of this post in response to the following letter from the IMA:

It has come to the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s attention that you are displaying images taken on the IMA grounds on your web site (http://visualingual.wordpress.com/2012/08/20/numbers-by-robert-indiana/). The IMA requests that you immediately cease using the image of the Numbers sculpture where you are standing inside the Zero. This is a violation of the copyright held by the artist of this sculpture, which is maintained by the IMA. These copyrighted works of art require that any time the IMA wishes to use images of them that we must first obtain permission from the appropriate rights holder and pay for the usage, if required.

Elsewhere

The Ultimate Insider’s Guide to Downtown + OTR: letting the world know about some neighborhood treasures.

Findlay: An Urban Market: speaking of neighborhood treasures…

Wedding Favors: some love for our personalized seed bomb wedding favors.

Moveable Feast: This Cycling Tour Has Bikers on a Culinary Crusade: “Every 10 miles or so, cyclists pass through a small Iowa town, where churches, restaurants and ad hoc vendors line the streets to tempt bikers with homemade pie, buttered corn on the cob and pork chops.”

Why I Don’t Live in Indianapolis: The Urbanophile weighs in on the Circle City.

Why I Live in Indianapolis: a response from Punchel’s.

Is Detroit Becoming Michigan’s Next Suburb?: “These suburban-like qualities are being woven around the delayed progress that many anxiously await from government programs and recycled politicians.”

VisuaLingual at the INDIEana Handicraft Exchange

We are thrilled to be participating in the INDIEana Handicraft Exchange this Saturday, June 9th, at the Harrison Center for the Arts at 1505 Delaware St. in Indianapolis! The event includes over 100 booths with independent design, art and craft, plus live music and a variety of food and beverage vendors.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum is located on the grounds of the racetrack that hosts the annual Indy 500, “the greatest spectacle in racing.” I’ve been to the race several times but don’t really know anything about cars, so I’ll stick to what I do know: sporty color combos, cool old logos, hand-painted lettering, and bad ass numerals.

Elsewhere

P&G “Storytelling Lofts” in OTR?: my latest contribution to Make Cincinnati Weird.

Michael A. Uhlenhake – Architect, Developer and OTR Resident: interesting view on OVer-the-Rhine from a 20-year resident.

Love Bugs: awesome article about two of Cincinnati’s most beloved artists, Charley Harper and his wife Edie.

Cincinnati’s ‘Urban Walls’ Movement Looked to Spark Thoughtful Design: background about a cool public art series from the 1970s.

The Harlem Fine Arts Show: this weekend, OTR’s own Cedric Michael Cox takes on the Big Apple.

From Naptown to Super City: The Urbanophile assesses urban progress in Indianapolis.

Thor’s Coney Island: Generic New Building at Surf & Stillwell: in Brooklyn, Coney Island’s improvements yield disappointingly boring results.

Looking Back: Best VL Posts of 2011

This year, VL work kept us really busy, but we were able to squeeze in a few quick trips. I found plenty of inspiration in Cincinnati and beyond, and here are my favorite posts of my adventures. Pictured above is the glorious Guardian Building in downtown Detroit.

Looking Back: Best VL Posts of 2010

Here are my favorite blog posts from 2010. The year started with a trip back home to NYC, where we checked out the just-opened High Line. My favorite part of the park is The River That Flows Both Ways by Spencer Finch, pictured above.