culture & the contemporary cityTumblr (3.0; @michaeltmartin)http://culturalurbanism.org/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hqa01TQl1qzn85do1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Precisely</p>http://culturalurbanism.org/post/23621229067http://culturalurbanism.org/post/23621229067Wed, 23 May 2012 14:32:24 -0500gentrificationart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4eu63ATZE1qzn85do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tauba Auerbach<br/><strong>Untitled (Fold)</strong><br/><span>2011</span><br/><span>Acrylic on canvas / Wooden stretcher</span><br/><span>60 x 45 inches </span> </p>http://culturalurbanism.org/post/23532063250http://culturalurbanism.org/post/23532063250Tue, 22 May 2012 01:03:38 -0500contemporaryart<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/41663211" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.nicolahume.co.uk/listen-here/">Listen Here</a> <span> allows locals to introduce their favorite places to tourists by sharing live sounds from around the city.</span></p>http://culturalurbanism.org/post/23484974212http://culturalurbanism.org/post/23484974212Mon, 21 May 2012 11:38:53 -0500citiessound<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m47ci7LuTv1qzn85do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cities of the Imagination</p>http://culturalurbanism.org/post/23276724179http://culturalurbanism.org/post/23276724179Thu, 17 May 2012 23:58:55 -0500citiesdesignmythology“Live your Life. Live your Life. Live your Life.”<br/><br/> - <em>Maurice Sendak (via <a href="http://aliakahan.tumblr.com/post/22651163160/live-your-life-live-your-life-live-your-life">aliakahan</a>)</em>http://culturalurbanism.org/post/22654572682http://culturalurbanism.org/post/22654572682Tue, 08 May 2012 10:39:45 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3o40qmGX61qzn85do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“<span><em>Invisible Cities</em> presents a selection of artists’ interpretations of the built environment and its reflection in our emotional, psychological, and intellectual lives while musing on the city’s extended life in the imagination and in our dreams, conjuring up new images of both our past and future.” - exhibition at Mass MoCA</span></p>http://culturalurbanism.org/post/22600460100http://culturalurbanism.org/post/22600460100Mon, 07 May 2012 14:41:13 -0500citiesart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3mzplAYFK1qzn85do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://observatory.designobserver.com/feature/the-poster-that-launched-a-movement-or-not/32588/">“What is our one demand?”</a></p>http://culturalurbanism.org/post/22573107070http://culturalurbanism.org/post/22573107070Mon, 07 May 2012 00:10:32 -0500owsdesign<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3lxu0bfOg1qzn85do1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/05/03/nyc_buildings_where_great_literary_works_were_written.php">Curbed’s map of where in New York great literary works were written. Full info beyond the click</a></p>http://culturalurbanism.org/post/22519191339http://culturalurbanism.org/post/22519191339Sun, 06 May 2012 10:32:24 -0500literaturemapsnewyork<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3jjx0qHl01qzn85do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/05/world/europe/greeks-expected-to-make-old-guard-pay-for-turmoil.html?hp">Grecian austerity</a></p>http://culturalurbanism.org/post/22436391206http://culturalurbanism.org/post/22436391206Sat, 05 May 2012 03:36:36 -0500politics<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3bz8nbQZk1qzn85do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via <a href="http://dotankbrooklyn.org/">DoTank</a></p>http://culturalurbanism.org/post/22180781800http://culturalurbanism.org/post/22180781800Tue, 01 May 2012 01:26:46 -0500owsentrepreneurshipworkers<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m37twdFKSR1qzn85do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://flavorwire.com/284560/stanley-kubricks-snapshots-of-the-1946-new-york-city-subway#6">New York City Subway; Stanley Kubrick</a></p>http://culturalurbanism.org/post/22014868488http://culturalurbanism.org/post/22014868488Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:41:01 -0500photographynewyork<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33u3gYvam1qzn85do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Gustave Caillebotte: Paris Street, Rainy Day. 1877</p>http://culturalurbanism.org/post/21866616341http://culturalurbanism.org/post/21866616341Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:54:52 -0500artflaneurcities<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m30l82XQ5u1qzn85do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.oxfordamerican.org/blogs/southern-girl/">Oil; Gulf of Mexico</a></p>http://culturalurbanism.org/post/21761629689http://culturalurbanism.org/post/21761629689Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:50:25 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2x7ukdjNC1qzn85do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.sustainable-nola.com/">Sustainable NOLA</a></p>http://culturalurbanism.org/post/21636689286http://culturalurbanism.org/post/21636689286Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:08:44 -0500designlocalfood<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2i99xJ2751qzn85do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Market in Lagos</p>http://culturalurbanism.org/post/21131188923http://culturalurbanism.org/post/21131188923Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:15:33 -0500citieseconomy““Some generations ago, we might have all been burned, perhaps rightly, as witches. After all, who knows where these images really come from? “”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://occupytheory.org/read/communique-1.html">Tidal: Communique #1</a></em>http://culturalurbanism.org/post/20762898906http://culturalurbanism.org/post/20762898906Sun, 08 Apr 2012 23:37:30 -0500occupywallstreet<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1xvqtXW9N1qzn85do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Voting season</p>http://culturalurbanism.org/post/20453949773http://culturalurbanism.org/post/20453949773Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:11:17 -0500politicsamericanadesign<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1nvkceeEY1qzn85do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>The Globe and Tudor single-screen Movie Theatres, circa 1934.  Today the site is the J.W. Marriott Hotel.</span></p>http://culturalurbanism.org/post/20126956422http://culturalurbanism.org/post/20126956422Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:31:24 -0500NewOrleansmoviehouse““You cannot police a bird…the streets belong to the people.””<br/><br/> - <em>Mardi Gras Indians; St. Joseph’s Night</em>http://culturalurbanism.org/post/19650016233http://culturalurbanism.org/post/19650016233Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:33:51 -0500NewOrleansculture<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0yoseenb01qzn85do1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Public corruption by State. Louisiana isn’t number one! (but we are number two)</p>http://culturalurbanism.org/post/19385873652http://culturalurbanism.org/post/19385873652Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:05:01 -0500politics