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  • Creativity Can Solve Anything (according to local advertisers)

    Or so claims the tag line of the new documentary, Art and Copy. The film is at worst a creative ad for the advertising agency and at best an example of the slippery subject of consumerism. Representing both the everyday and the exotic, advertisements are simultaneously oppressive and liberating. My argument is nothing new, this…

  • Victorian Seaside Kitcsh Revival

    As Bloomberg sets out to make Coney Island a year-round attraction through capital investments (www.economist.com), many worry that the original character will be lost. Known for its historic cultural kitsch, or what Coney Island non-profit calls the “democratic cultural golden age” (www.coneyisland.com), I would argue that it was Coney Island’s combination of carnival seediness  and…

  • Bad Architecture

    Southfield, Michigan. Housing conveniently located next to a strip mall, but not necessarily slanted toward the strip mall in reality.

  • Detroit: Is that you, friend? [Part III, Dequindre Cut]

    Since NYC Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan has come into office, more than 200 miles of bike lanes have been installed (www.nyc.gov), a particularly daunting task considering the city’s density and street congestion. Detroit on the other hand has miles of open space for pedestrian-friendly walkways and bike lanes. But Detroit is the Motor City, and…

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