by natecooper | Aug 22, 2008 | architecture, cities, cool, culture, technology
Heard a podcast discussing the ideas of Christopher Alexander [link] and started digging around for a wikipedia entry. It’s surprising how little there is on this considering his ideas led directly to the development of wikipedia. The most descriptive article...
by natecooper | Aug 21, 2008 | aesthetics, architecture, art, cities, culture, los angeles, new york, technology
natecooper.net is making it appear as if all I’ve been reading is cracked.com and BLDGBLOG. Could be worse I guess. BLDGBLOG’s discussion of “extreme signage” [link] does pique my interest. I don’t know if I fully agree with the...
by natecooper | Aug 19, 2008 | Brooklyn, cities, culture, food, nate, new york
Coffee is a singular experience in New York. Though I have yet to experience the perfect cup of Joe here at the very least it is plentiful and there is a fair amount of independent shops — far fewer per-capita than should be but fair none-the-less. There is,...
by natecooper | Aug 16, 2008 | aesthetics, cities, cool, culture
Eric mentioned to me the unique design ofthis parking garage in Melbourne it’s sort of hard explaining verbally but very interesting to look at. Basically directions/signs for how to enter, exit and move around this parking garage are painted in such a way so...
by natecooper | Aug 15, 2008 | architecture, cities, culture
On a recent visit to Boston I found myself looking for the healing scars of the massive Big Dig. Mostly I was interested in the city spaces created above the buried freeway. BLDGBLOG has an interesting article [link] that wonders how the psychology of individuals in a...
by natecooper | Jul 31, 2008 | aesthetics, art, cities, cool, culture, movie reviews, movies
There is a scene (and mind you; spoilers are coming) in the new Batman movie that perfectly captures the zeitgeist of modern America. Two ferries are filled with passengers escaping from Gotham city. One ferry is filled with prisoners from the city jail and the other...