Searching for the soul of the city
Fort Greene Garden Walk and Edina Tokodi Installation
01-06-2009 /views: 982 in past 12 months.
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The self-guided Fort Greene Garden Walk on Sunday, June 14th, 2009 from 11am – 5pm includes 10 private gardens, 3 community gardens and a commercial rooftop, featuring a hydroponic garden, a beehive and a chicken coop. Additional stops on the tour include Irondale Theatre (http://Irondale.org) and GreenSpaces (http://www.greenspacesny.com/) where acclaimed “green graffiti” artist Edina Tokadi (http://mosstika.com) has created an indoor installation and her first permanent outdoor piece (96” x 96”) with sedum and wheatgrass.
The largest screen of Amsterdam for Urban Projection
City Doctors #2 : Berlin or: be careful you don't get hit by art.....
25-05-2009 /views: 624 in past 12 months.
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City Doctors. A series about people that make the city a better place. Papergirl for instance. Be careful you don’t get hit by a roll of artwork as you wander through the streets of Berlin….
The best bar in the world!
16-05-2009 /views: 1518 in past 12 months.
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That bar can be found in .........
Odd Sympathies, 2008 – Orchestrated Sounds of a City
Odd Sympathies, a site-specific concert à pied, had its first performance in April 2008. Kerry Springs writes about this experience in Cardiff
City doctors for a healthy social space…
I am concerned. Concerned about the health of our Social Space. Our Public Domain. Our streets. Our squares. Correct me if I’m wrong but I feel our so
Calatrava bridge leaves Rotterdam, on its way to Dublin
Here's something you don't see every day. The brand new bridge from Calatrava leaves Rotterdam for its journey to Dublin.
100 per cent of the Bermudian people live in urban areas
What is your favourite City?
This is the question we asked when Inspiring Cities held the opening festivity at their new office at the Westerdock. At the end of the day we had a n
Guerrilla Knitting
What do a fountain in Paris, a traffic sign in Stockholm, a tree in LA, a fence in New York, a wall in Seattle, a pub in Collette, a bus in San Salvad
CityPoem 96 - Amsterdam
A poem subtly woven into an embankment wall, selected for the soul of the location.
Hungry Cities
Cities cover just 2% of the world's surface, but consume 75% of the world's resources. But how are cities and food connected exactly? And what is a 'f
Bank Route, Amsterdam
In reaction to the international credit crisis, the Amsterdam architecture institute ARCAM has mapped out an architectural route through the city taki
Base of the World, Piero Manzoni
A large metal plinth, inscribed 'The Base Of The World, Homage To Galileo' placed upside down in a field in Herning, Denmark. It announces that the wh
Inflate your city
A city map on an inflatable ball.
Half a billion invested in the cultural institutions of Amsterdam's Museum Square
The Museum Quarter is a unique location in Amsterdam with no fewer than four world-class cultural institutions: the Rijksmuseum, the Stedelijk Museum,