Elsewhere

Northside’s CoSign Initiative Could Become a National Model after Landing New Grant: awesome, awesome news for CoSign [but next time, please ask for repro rights; WTF?].

Cincinnati’s Gorgeous Attempt to Woo Visitors, Circa 1933: some of the glass mosaic murals from the Cincinnati Union Terminal currently live at CVG and will hopefully find a new home soon.

Suburban Blight in Kansas City: just that, in words and pictures.

The New York City Filming Locations of The Warriors: only one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen on the Internet.

City Walk: The Show Is Afoot!: a TV show about walking through cities like LA and NYC; sounds pretty cool.

Warby Parker Gets All Coney Island with New Collection of Specs: this video is a hypnotic bunch of hipster douchebaggery, set on the Coney Island boardwalk.

Animal Commuters: Strangest Creatures Found on Public Transit around the World: bizarre but kind of awesome.

Elsewhere

Cedric Michael Cox | Visual Artist: I just finished the new site for my OTR-based friend and studio neighbor; if you spot any egregious errors, please direct them to my attention.

Springtime Garden Wedding: some love for our personalized seed bomb favors.

Liberty St. “Road Diet” Advances, to Be Bid by Nov. 2014: a plan to eliminate the barrier between the Southern and Northern portions of Over-the-Rhine.

Aggregate Dialect Difference: the Cincinnati dialect is least like NYC, Newark, Jersey City, Boston, or Philly.

The Heidelberg Project: A Resilient Community Rebuilds, Again: the latest on Detroit’s Heidelberg Project after last month’s tragic fire.

Is the End Nearing for Odessa Café and Bar on Avenue A?: the end of an era for a neighborhood icon? Pretty soon I won’t even recognize my hometown.

Fake Shop Fronts Used to Make Towns Seem Neater for G8: in Northern Ireland, The Society of the Simulacrum has popped up.

Elsewhere

ArtWorks — Transforming Cincinnati: an awesome video about an awesome organization.

Not My Favorite Auto Show: at long last, Chris Glass has updated his photo blog, including a lovely shot of your favorite texting zombie.

A Little Friday Link Love: Gypsy Forest likes our 10 Seed Bombs with Slinger!

Millennium: The Central Park 5 and the Gilded City: a long-awaited must-read from LastoftheMohikanz.

40 Signs You Grew Up in Brooklyn: #14 is L’Amour, the rock capital of Brooklyn, natch.

Great Art in Ugly Rooms: Dan Flavin above a toilet! Jean-Michel Basquiat in a fast-food restaurant! Cindy Sherman in a laundromat! WTF?

The Smiths — A Tribute: “The Smiths’ discography, based on the Manchester tram map.” Love, love, love…

Fresh Harvest by Jonathan Queen

Last summer, Jonathan Queen worked with a team of ArtWorks apprentices on the creation of a photorealistic mural entitled Fresh Harvest, located on the side of Kroger HQ on Central Parkway in downtown Cincinnati.

City Dwellers by Mark Hadjipateras

City Dwellers (for Costas and Maro) by Mark Hadjipateras is a series of glass mosaics located in the 28th St. subway station in NYC. The cartoonish images reference the nearby Flatiron Building and Toy Center, as well as the flower, fur, and garment districts.

Open Walls Baltimore

Located in the Station North neighborhood of Baltimore, Open Walls Baltimore is a collection of about two dozen public murals by street artists from around the world, curated by Gaia.

Off the Wall in Baltimore

Shipwreck in a Storm by Willen van Diest

Off the Wall is a series of temporary installations in public spaces throughout Baltimore, initiated as an outreach effort by the Walters Art Museum. Reproductions of paintings from the museum’s permanent collection are on view through the end of 2013, including Shipwreck in a Storm by Willen van Diest at 200 East Pratt St.

Elsewhere

Cincinnati, OH — 15 U.S. Cities’ Emerging Downtowns: nice accolades from Forbes.

City Stores | Cincinnati: Cincinnati-centric videos, photos and more.

Wedding Favors: A First Class Wedding likes our personalized seed bomb wedding favors!

‘Rap Quotes’ by Jay Shells Maps Out Lyrics with Guerrilla Street Sign Installation: amazing; I wish I had embarked on this kind of wayfinding/placemaking campaign.

New York State Pavilion Documentary: Matthew Silva is raising funds for a worthy cause — a documentary about Philip Johnson’s iconic New York State Pavilion, built for the 1964 New York World’s Fair and now sitting in ruins.

Rent from on High: a heatmap of 1-bedroom rental prices in San Francisco, found on Burrito Justice.

Cultural Vibrancy: this essay, which “posits that ‘vibrant’ is the creative class’ code for urban gentrification,” had me alternately shaking my head and laughing my ass off.

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.

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.