The architecture firm of Carrère and Hastings designed the Beaux Arts main branch of the New York Public Library, which opened in 1911 at 42nd St. and 5th Ave. in Midtown Manhattan. The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
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Our Great American Road Trip included an obligatory stop in Las Vegas, where we had to check out the Fremont Street Experience and, of course, the famous Strip, starting with New York, New York Hotel & Casino.
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The Brooklyn-based designer Aymie Spitzer has created Neighborwoods, a series of maps that are drawn by hand and then laser-engraved into unfinished aromatic cedar. Here are Brooklyn, Philadelphia, London, Barcelona, and Paris.
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Manhattan by Matte Stephens
Portland, OR-based Matte Stephens is sort of the love child of Georges Damin and Mark Coomer, with a hint of Nicholas Takis and a touch of Jim Flora in the mix, sprinkled with a garnish of early Charley Harper. His gouache paintings are very much rooted in the forms and colors of the middle of the 20th century, and I especially like his scenes of different cities.
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Really, the only reason I would ever want to own my own house would be to be able to wallpaper the walls. Check out Metropolis by Sandberg Tyg & Tapet, a manufacturer based in Ulricehamn, Sweden that calls itself “the world’s slowest wallpaper factory.” This pattern couldn’t possibly be more me.
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Signage around Town: Over the Rhine Edition: a graphic designer ogles all the amazing signage and ghost signs in OTR.
Mushroom House in Hyde Park for Sale: only 349k for one of the most interesting homes in Cincinnati.
Three NKY Cities Awarded Best in Preservation: kudos to projects in Bellevue, Covington, and Newport.
Chelsea Resident Hangs Anti-Tourism Posters Pleading Visitors to Improve Their Manners: “Dear Chelsea, Nice problem to have. Wanna trade? Sincerely, Bedford-Stuyvesant.”
Underground New York Public Library: a visual library featuring the reading riders of the NYC subways.
Bikes, Transit and Traditional Urbanism: a fascinating, detailed look at walking, bike use and public transit in different cities, from Copenhagen to Bratislava.
A Parisian Sunday Walk: checking out street art in Paris.
House of Musicians: Digging Cincinnati investigates the history of 1223 Jackson St. in Over-the-Rhine.
The New French Hacker-Artist Underground: in Paris, a group has “carried out shocking acts of cultural preservation and repair.” Indeed.
Neighborhood Story Project: documenting people and place in New Orleans through interviews and photographs.
Complaint Box: Local Hypocrites: loving local versus shopping local in NYC.
Change by Us NYC: “a place to share ideas, create projects, discover resources, and make our city better.”
Soul of Brooklyn: just that, in the form of a snazzy web site.
Abandoned America: “an autopsy of the American dream” with tons of photos.
Working with myriad designers and illustrators, London-based Herb Lester Associates publishes useful, sometimes unusual maps and guides for the world’s great cities. Above is a collaboration with Oslo-based designer Peder Bernhardt on a fun “Swinging London” hankerchief for the store A Bathing Ape.
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OTR Flags: coming soon to Washington Park in Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati.
A Last Look at the Holiday Cocktail Lounge: quite possibly the best dive bar in the world closed its doors last Saturday.
A Tiny Apartment Transforms into 24 Rooms: architectural cray-cray in Hong Kong.
Heavy Equipment Playground: fun in Las Vegas, “where you can relive your sandbox days!”
Faux City: thoroughly modern tilly explores architectural simulacra in NYC.
A Parisian Sunday Walk: checking out street art in Paris.
This Thing of Ours: New York Hardcore Meets the 1990s: just that.
Paris-based Felice Varini, originally from Locarno, Switzerland, considers himself a painter, not an installation artist, but his work is deeply rooted in the exploration of vantage points within 3-dimensional space.
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