Elsewhere

“Alley Walks” on the Rise in OTR, Downtown–At Last: small but much needed improvements to alley outlets; now, if we can just take off the gates so that we could all actually use them…

In Oakland, Citizens Learn to Treat Gunshot Wounds: taking the DIY ethos to a whole new level.

Zaha Hadid Races to Finish a Building Before Copycats Get There First: in China, the time between an initial design and its knockoff is collapsing, and it now involves buildings, not just fashion.

Why Are There So Many Bosnians in St. Louis?: fascinating!

Finding Vivian Maier – Official Movie Trailer: an upcoming documentary on Vivian Maier, the devoted nanny and reclusive street photographer.

Disneyland and the Uses of Architecture: on engineering nostalgia.

The Real Problem with Gentrification: A Phenomenon That Revived Cities Can Also Make Them Monotonous: just that.

Blooming by Elizabeth Murray

Blooming by Elizabeth Murray is a 120-foot long mosaic located in Manhattan’s 59th St. station mezzanine. It’s a dreamy representation of putting on one’s shoes and drinking a cup of coffee to get ready for the morning commute to work.

Elsewhere

Revisiting Cincinnati Stadia: Cincinnati Revisited is back in full force.

Get on the Bus: Art Abounds on Urban Route: taking the #1 bus through Cincinnati neighborhoods.

2011 Gift Guide: Eco Finds Under $100: a seed bomb shout-out from Design*Sponge.

Top Handmade Gifts for Gardeners this Holiday Season: a seed bomb shout-out from The Painted Rabbit.

10 Stocking Stuffers for Under $10: a seed bomb shout-out from Earth911.

New Map Imposes New York City Grid System on the World: the insane interactive project ExtendNY by Harold Cooper puts our home in Over-the-Rhine at around the intersection of South 6,920th St. and 2,941st Ave.

The Bay Lights, Light Sculpture Planned for San Francisco Bay Bridge: to celebrate the 75th anniversary of this bridge that spans from Oakland to San Francisco, an ambitious light installation is in the works.

Area Code Project by Mike McQuade

Philadelphia-born, Chicago-based designer Mike McQuade initiated the ongoing Area Code Project — a series of posters celebrating various area codes. Thanks to Ludacris for introducing this topic in a most appropriately cheesy way!

Elsewhere

Grocery Shopping Downtown: over on Cincy Voices, an investigation into downtown Cincinnati grocery options.

Da Bomb!: kind words about our seed bombs favors from Bliss Event Planning.

A Campground Grows in Brooklyn, Bringing a New York Edge to Roughing It: the old airstrip known as Floyd Bennett Field is “the only campground for the general public inside any American city’s limits that belongs to the National Park Service.”

NYC’s First 28 Subway Stations: detailed history, amazing photographs, and odd trivia.

Street Art and Politics in Copenhagen: Shepard Fairey describes getting beaten up and other reactions to his work in Copenhagen.

New Mural Goes Up in Golden Gate District: cool new public art in Oakland.

Hawaii Timelapse Sunset: beautiful.

Elsewhere

The Deserted Cincinnati Mall: as always, Chris Glass takes some amazing photos.

Rewind: MTV looks at Cincinnati in 1994: just that.

The Interventionist’s Toolkit: Posters, Pamphlets and Guides: a roundup of smartly designed and developed interventions and the groups that make them.

VisuaLingual: Detroit-based design studio Perfect Laughter likes our work!

Who Gives a Shit: Do You Bring Your Baby to Bars?: some choice words from the appropriately named Fucked in Park Slope.

New ArtWalk in Jingletown: Oaktown Art checks out public art in Oakland.

My Right or “Your” Right: my linguist friend ponders public transit semantics.

Elsewhere

365 Cincinnati: something new to do in Cincinnati every day of the year [well, the list is about 1/3 of the way through, but it's already robust with good ideas; maybe suggest your own?].

Pennsylvania, Home of People Who Stay in Pennsylvania: surprisingly, Arkansas, West Virginia, Mississippi, and South Dakota all experience more of an influx of new residents. It makes Cincinnati seem worldly by comparison, doesn’t it?

Oakland: We’re More than Just Violent Thugs!: things to love about Oakland, thanks to my friend Christine.

Buy a Torpedo-Testing Facility: okay, done.

NYC Key to the City Project: awesome art project.

Enough with Jane Jacobs Already: hmm, food for thought.

How to Open a Business in Brooklyn: read it and smirk.

Elsewhere

More Respect – Signs ARE Art: the American Sign Museum is working on a project this summer with ArtWorks at the Cincinnati Art Museum. In other words, Tod Swormstedt now has a blog.

Price Hill History Highlights: interesting tidbits including the Dead Man’s Tree.

Tuesday Feature: VisuaLingual: enter this contest to win our seed bombs!

I want to ride my Bicycle, I want to ride my Bike…: EmenGee Designs likes our bicycle prints.

Oakland Prepares for Response to Trial Verdict: “Officials in Oakland are girding for the verdict in a closely watched trial of a former transit police officer accused of murdering an unarmed black man on a subway platform.”

Crime Topography of San Francisco: topographic-type maps showing crime data throughout San Francisco’s neighborhoods.

Adventure Playground: John V. Lindsay and the Transformation of Modern New York: the art and artifice, doldrums and delights, of New York City as rendered in film and on TV, from The Pawnbroker to Sex and the City.

VisuaLingual Seed Bombs All Over

seed bombs in Cincinnati

This post could be called Our Friends in Far-Flung Places Have an Almost Infinite Capacity to Humor My Ridiculous Requests. When I asked people we know to stop by their local Anthropologie stores and take photos of the seed bomb displays, I got replies from all over the US! Above is what we saw at our local Anthropologie here in Cincinnati.

Elsewhere

Enjoy Your Weekend: featuring penguins!

In Defense of the Suburbs: I’m guilty as charged, making this an interesting read.

Oakland History Lecture: Greetings from Idora Park!: Idora Design shares some insights and great historic images of Idora Park, probably the cutest neighborhood in Oakland, CA.

Unhappy Hipsters: photos from Dwell Magazine, recaptioned.

Relive the NYC of 1924 Using Space-Age Machine of the Future!: wow, high-res aerial photos of NYC from 1924 through 2008.

Frederick C. Robie House: happy birthday to this iconic Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home, which turns 100 years old this year.

Tulsa Art Deco Museum: an ambitious-sounding museum seems to be in the works in Tulsa; via Art Deco Buildings.