[post was edited Tues. AM.] This just caught my eye: Some great folks are going to be discussing Occupy and public space at Avery Hall, Columbia University. Again, the link... Would love to hear more of what they discuss, if anyone can live blog or something. I am curious. But, I'm having a... View full entry

Note: I'm saving clippings and thoughts in preparation for the event (poster) on Nov. 19th at the VDL Neutra House. (More: see this post; all posts tagged--ahem--"glam"). Saturday servings: This blog post by Joel Olson, on "Whiteness and the 99%" begins to raise some of the issues that pertain... View full entry

Note: I'm saving clippings and notes in preparation for the event on Nov. 19th at the VDL Neutra House (see this post; all tagged "glam"). I'm curious to know more about what goes on at the Congress for New Urbanism Council  meetings, glimpsed at here. They recently met in Montgomery... View full entry

There's something Corbusian about this.. . via View full entry

As people think a bit more critically about what it means to “occupy” contested spaces that blur the public and the private and the boundaries between the 99% and the 1%, and as they also think through what Occupy Wall Street might do next, I would humbly suggest they check out the... View full entry

Some of you might have noticed that Orhan is hosting a series of talks at the VDL Neutra House in Silverlake, Los Angeles. Aside from doing my part to continue gentrifying the neighborhood, at least with my overaccumulated low-culture, I'll be in conversation with Stefano De Martino on... View full entry