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The car simps in political leadership and the enemies of a vibrant, sociable spaces have decided to do away with outdoor dining structures in favor of street parking. There are plenty of reasons to love these ad hoc hovels, designed and built to support once-struggling restaurants and cafes, ranging from the ramshackle to the wonderfully inventive. These photos are an endearing testament to our fellow humans' creative resilience. I'm sad for NYC and disappointed in our leaders for regressing to the status quo instead of embracing communal spaces.
Apr 4, 2024
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this rabbit hole started when I accidently found a very cool bedframe on pinterest. it looked vaguely andry warhole esque and I clicked on the source link. which led me to a 2003 blog post. the post (very boringly) discussed the importance of infrustructure in 3rd world countries and suggested that descions that were made to build more housing in India were actually very cool and could be applied in big cities like New York.
i couldn't exactly pinpoint when the movement of urban nomads started, but it does have a very prominent figure -- Victor Papanek. he was an industrial designer from Austria and he dedicated all his life to building stuff for people. he quite literally has a book titled "Design for the Real World".
Papanek loved cubes. he has a series of drawings (1 & 2) about different cubes for a person to live in. it's actually kinda cool and does remind me of those NYC aparments I see on tiktok.
right now there are a lot of insallations that fall under the term urban nomads. for example, here's a shopping cart in which you can live.
before i end this post here's a modular playground he made that could be transported anywhere
that's all, see ya!
May 17, 2024
1939-1941 NYC attempted to photograph every building in all 5 Burroughs.
very striking to me is the lack of plastic, there are wooden crates, pallets and barrels instead. There are NO TREES on streets or in the park nearest me. And there’s not a lot of garbage on the ground.
Feb 1, 2024
what's more punk than reclaiming streets for people instead of cars and seed bombing vacant lots??? there's so much more to it but the linked video on redesigning city streets is hopefully inspiring to some. fight the existential dread with imagination. make the revolution irresistible.
image is from https://www.resilience.org/stories/2022-12-20/solarpunk-radical-hope/
Mar 8, 2024
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a study issued last month found that dancing is the most effective way of treating and mitigating depression. Walking, therapy, and yoga also outpaced SSRIs. and if you're saying 'oh this was probably funded by Big Dance', there's no evidence of that and if you're saying 'that's just what a Big Dance shill would say', well honey you're right
Mar 4, 2024
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Reminder that most of what we do is a performance
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