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An inspiration engine for ideas
The city was so madly beautiful and nobody could do anything but go along with it—the worst month (except for August) had turned into a springtime romance.
Eve Babitz • Sex and Rage: A Novel
“L.A. is not a city that presents itself to you,” Sam Sweet, a local amateur historian, told me one gray afternoon. “It rewards you to the degree that you’re willing to unlock it. That’s always been the beauty of the city for me.”
Rosecrans Baldwin • Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles
Urban Omnibus
urbanomnibus.net
The city becomes a backdrop to the omniscient screen, falling into the space of flows. Geographical differences give way to digital similarities, which can sometimes be very inconvenient when too many people are following the same algorithmic pathways.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
TED • Planet City -- a sci-fi vision of an astonishing regenerative future
ARTISTS SPACE
artistsspace.orga bare concrete corridor where signs warn: Yield to Art in Transit.
Patrick Bringley • All the Beauty in the World
Design + Built Env
Planning, design, arch, city, inside, theory, utopia/dystopia/atopia
evanovich • 5 cards