Cheshire, OH by Micah Ganske
The painter and sculptor Micah Ganske was born in Honolulu and now lives in NYC, where he has been working on Tomorrow Land, a series of dystopian acrylic paintings of the shadows of “aspirational technology” on depressed or abandoned industrial locations.
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Roy’s Motel and Café was once a motel, café, gas station, and auto repair shop. Nowadays, it’s a gas station, popular tourist spot and filming location in the ghost town of Amboy in California’s Mojave Desert, located along Route 66.
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“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.
Alcatraz? No, Alcazar. The Alcazar Hotel, designed by Carrère and Hastings, opened on Christmas day, 1888 and closed in 1931. Today it houses the St. Augustine City Hall and the Lightner Museum.
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Located in Fort Myers, FL, the Edison & Ford Winter Estates includes the homes and gardens of the two inventors, a museum, and the Edison Botanic Research Laboratory.
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Located on the grounds of the St. Bernard Abbey in the small town of Cullman, AL, the Ave Maria Grotto is an installation of over 125 miniature buildings, mostly Catholic cathedrals and monasteries, with a few secular structures [like the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Alamo].
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I think there might be a mall on Sanibel Island in Florida, but it’s hard to know for certain.
Cincinnati 2012: how lovely to end the year with a time lapse showing downtown, Over-the-Rhine and much more.
How to Have Your Heart Broken Every Year: on the perils of gardening in Over-the-Rhine.
Paige’s Favorite Things: wow, we’re in a great company in this roundup of Cincinnati-centric goods, courtesy of Cincy Whimsy.
Habitat for Humanity Takes a Modern Tack: inspiring homes built in Charlottesville, Seattle and Portland.
The Oldest Photo Ever Taken of New York City: a daguerreotype of the Upper West Side from 1848.
Strong Towns: “passionate about the future of America’s cities, towns and neighborhoods.”
Unmiserable Cleveland: just that.
On our Great American Road Trip, we drove down a stretch of old Route 66, but this video shows much, much more than we got to see, from Illinois all the way to California.
Salcombe by Mike Bernard
Born in Kent, Mike Bernard is now based in Devon, UK, where he creates landscapes that incorporate acrylic paint and mixed media collage elements. The resulting works focus primarily on landscapes of European cities and coastal villages, with “happy accidents” during the creative process providing surprising details and color combinations.
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