I’ve loved this project since first hearing about it in the early 2000s.
Completed in 2009, the 1.5 mile elevated park was created on a former railroad spur along the west side of Manhattan and designed as a "living system” - part landscape architecture, part urban design.
The newly announced proposed extension will connect the High Line to the new Penn Station expansion allowing pedestrians to walk from the parkway to the station concourse without crossing busy roads.
The complexity of cities can be overwhelming and fascinating. Surprisingly, only 3% of the US is considered urban landscape.
Assorted plans and kits for small modern structures with basic materials and clean lines. More here.
Georgia’s senate shift to blue yesterday is in large part due to Abrams decade-plus commitment to building a Democratic political infrastructure in her state - first with her New Georgia Project and then with Fair Fight - voting rights organizations created to combat voter suppression and make it easier for especially the disenfranchised to get to the poll or mail-in their votes.
She is a powerful force and no doubt a great threat to the mob of pawns at the nations capitol yesterday (Jan. 6, 2021) and their cowardly representatives.
I love that SOMEBODY is collecting all these vintage products and making art based on it. See more from Ivo here.
These dream-scapes and structures were created by the Chinese director Wang Chaoge. Check out more about this project here.
The stepped temples are made from local black limestone slabs to create a modern take on the traditional forms. These slabs are planted with greenery on the lower levels to buffer the interiors from the heat. To create the water feature, the architectures diverted waste water from a nearby quarry to a low-lying retention basin that was planted with vegetation to naturally clean the water.
Lalibela is an Ethiopian town famous for its rock-cut monolithic churches. St. George is believed to have been hewn from the existing lava rock in late 12th or early 13th century AD. More here.
Thanks again Dan Sjogren for putting this on my radar.
This combines two of my favorite things. Check out more pictures and information here.
The resourcefulness of this project is lovely to see. The architects at Collectif saga (France) teamed up with this existing Co-op to masterplan a site they had already been farming. The structures are mostly made of industrial bi-products or scraps and organized to create gathering spaces, training areas and greenhouses to start crops. See more here.
Curious to see how fairly this vaccine rolls out. Here’s an interesting article from NYMag that lays out possible challenges.
This shower is supposed to peak around Dec. 13-14 but dozens of shooting stars should be visible before and afterwards. The rock comet called 3200 Phaethon is the parent body of this shower.
The bigfish shop just got a little cozier for winter. Four weeks after ordering, the Alpine from CO Cylinder Stoves arrived and got piped into an existing double-walled vent pipe in corner + opted for the side-arm water tank with valve so tea/hot chocolate can be offered to visitors. The wood storage unit for shop scraps is sided with cement board to protect frig., and don’t worry, bikes will only hang there when stove is not firing.
Charged with rethinking urban sprawl and an outdated infrastructure in/around the city of Copenhagen, B.I.G. proposes a 50yr plan (LOOP) that links energy exchange, waste/recycling, water treatment, EV charging, and most interestingly, a public transportation line that is also building, park, commerce hubs and health care campus.
Mark was best known for her fearless photographs of groups on the fringe of society. Her husband spent the last 4 years distilling her nearly 2 million images down to a retrospective book of 515 plates. Lovely NPR story here.
Mary Ellen Mark by the water, near Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1972.
Diamond the Halloween Mermaid, South Bronx H.E.L.P. Shelter, New York, USA. 1993
Cards Against Humanity’s 2020 response to Black Friday (below) says much about this impressive company.
Our daughter, Greta (16), shared this article from the New Yorker with us in the early Fall. Rothberg’s test will be a self administered/at home/rapid test (30mins.) that is less than $20. Approval and roll-out projections are for January 2021, it has a very high accuracy rate and will hopefully be a game changer - in the meantime, where a mask and give everyone lots of space.
Rothberg received the 2015 National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
