Nostalgia!

Fotografia de Cristina Garcia- Esplanada no Alto do Parque Eduardo VII, em Lisboa, Outubro de 2004

(...) só sei que as cidades são os túmulos mais secretos das nossas paixões (...)

João Camilo. O Desejo, A Mala dos Marx Brothers

Great one!

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CPH Experiments

An exhibition at the Storefront for Art and Architecture, NYC

Oct 2 2007 - Nov 24 2007

BIG is a Copenhagen based group of over 80 architects, designers, builders and thinkers operating within the fields of architecture, urbanism, research and development. BIG’s architecture emerges out of a careful analysis of how contemporary life constantly evolves and changes. In their projects, BIG tests the effects of size and the balance of programmatic mixtures on the triple bottom line of the social, economical and ecological outcome. Like a form of programmatic alchemy, they create architecture by mixing conventional ingredients such as living, leisure, working, and shopping.

Great idea!

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One of the new sidewalk decals designed to help locals and visitors alike navigate New York City. (Photo: Ruby Washington/The New York Times)

How Do You Find Your Way in the Big City?
By The New York Times

«James Barron of The Times writes for Wednesday’s newspaper about a secret embarrassment that many New Yorkers share, that disorienting moment when they finally exit the subway and step onto the street, lost in a city they know — or think they know. Which way is Ninth Avenue, anyway? (Tourists fare even worse, of course.) (...)» in CITY ROOM-16.10.07

Remember!

Broken City
Photographer Kadir Van Lohuizen witnesses the sorrow of New Orleans.

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«Devastated LandscapeThe Industrial Canal runs past the Lower Ninth Ward. The new flood wall can be seen on the left bank of the canal» IN TIME

Good News!

RETIRADO DAQUI (Queens Museum of Art)

Queens Museum of Art- NY

« The Queens Museum of Art is expanding! Located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, this expansion will double the size of the current space to 105,000 square feet, and allow for many more offerings by the museum.

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The expansion will allow the museum to fill the entire NYC building, extending into the southern half of the building which currently holds the ice skating rink (there is a new rink being built elsewhere in the park). This expansion also will allow more possibilities of educational programs, new performance space and new gallery space. Also, a café, larger bookstore, and museum shop are part of the expansion plans - this will all provide a more comprehensive experience for each visitor (...)» in OUTERB