by David | Oct 25, 2008 | culture, design, eating, photo, urbanism
I visited the hip South of Washington Street (SoWa) arts district Accompanied by some good people from the DeCordova and gallery buddy L for the YMOD gallery walk. There was a similar event on Newbury Street in the Spring. We began at the 450 Harrison at Thayer...
by David | Oct 10, 2008 | design, economics, technology
Have you noticed that just about every computer or TV screen has gone widescreen? I’m not sure what portion of TV programming or movies comes in what aspect ratio, but I’m definitely seeing computer monitors expanding horizontally. There are some good...
by David | Oct 8, 2008 | culture, design, urbanism
Once again, I’m in danger of falling seriously behind on posting about events that I’ve attended or noted, so I’m going to get proactive and blog about some events that are upcoming and maybe drum up a few more attendees. Perhaps I’ll see you...
by David | Oct 7, 2008 | design, photo, transportation, urbanism
The Northern Avenue bridge was illuminaled in orange and blue but I didn’t get even halfway across when a security guy called out that we had to clear the bridge because it was going to open. Open? I had no idea it could. Turns out it’s the spinny kind...
by David | Oct 6, 2008 | design, photo, urbanism
Tonight was supposedly the last night of Boston Illuminale (warning: annoying flash site, see also more photos on flickr), wherein several Boston sites were festooned with fancy lighting. I didn’t get to all the sites, but I’m not sure if they were all in...
by David | Oct 5, 2008 | design, urbanism
Yesterday was the official grand opening of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, the strip of urban parks that has replaced the elevated route 93 and changed the face of Boston. I might quibble with the execution or the cost, but I can’t say enough good things...
