Cities, etc.

Cities, etc.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

The Urban Divide

















Included in class today:

Free Money (Horses): Patti Smith (3:51); Big City (Down Every Road): Merle Haggard (3:01)

City Haiku

Smoky city night
Piercing yowl shatters the dark.
Nonchalant to the
Bloodshot glares from dark windows,
The city cat tiptoes by
Cicero Grey


The Wave

 


State of the World's Cities: The Urban Divide


Noche Buena (Latino!): Compay Segundo (3:00)


7 comments:

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  2. wvs.topleftpixel.com/flash/cntower_timelapse.swf

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  3. Class Contribution
    Jason Jones

    www.mta.me

    At www.mta.me, Conductor turns the New York subway system into an interactive string instrument. Using the MTA’s actual subway schedule, the piece begins in realtime by spawning trains which departed in the last minute, then continues accelerating through a 24 hour loop. The visuals are based on Massimo Vignelli’s 1972 diagram (http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/project.cfm?id=266).

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  4. Class Contribution: Kelley O'Leary
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIAs4K8-rb0&feature=player_embedded#at=59

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  5. Class contribution

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP3eHMWFEkM

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  6. Class contribution

    http://www.npr.org/2011/02/12/133709007/The-Triumph-Of-The-City-May-Be-Greener

    Click on "listen to the story" to listen

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  7. Class Contribution

    The photos show things that are out of place in a city that grab ones attention. This reminded me of the discussion we had on laying on the sidewalk and an officer coming up and putting an end to the "out of order-ness" in the city. It also continues the debate about how sidewalks are built for the public but are we really that free on them?

    http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/7LdvYO/www.xmarkjenkinsx.com/outside.html

    -Natalie Love

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