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Reader Submissions: Your futureMBTA
A while back I asked readers of my futureMBTA site to send in their own ideas and maps for MBTA expansion ideas. I got some great ideas and I’ve posted a bunch of them up. Head over and get your mind working on what-could-be.
http://futurembta.com
Around Kassel
Much of Kassel was destroyed in the war so there are three distinct kinds of buildings in the city: the first are the pre-War buildings which are made with brick and are more earth toned in color. These appear to be from the late 19th century and if you look closely you can see the scars in the stone work from the bombings. The second are the buildings that were rebuilt after the war. Everyone has the same decorative style but they use stucco instead of brick for the body of the building which gives them an almost plasticy feel, like these were mass produced knock offs (which in fact they were). The last kind of buildings are the modern ones. These range from classic Bauhause to poor-man’s Bauhause, from Soviet housing blocks to elegant towers-in-the-park. All these buildings are built literally right next to one another, seemingly everywhere. It makes for quite the juxtaposition.
City Porn
City porn. New term I’m coining. What is it? Pictures of cities that are so mouth wateringly amazing, so mindblowingly dramatic, that they are down right pornographic. (attn: If you came here expecting this news story I’m sorry I’ve misled you.)
What caused me to think of this new way of objectifying urbanity? [...]
