Quote for Today: Elizabeth Harrower
For five days the city had wilted under a hard sky, sweltering in a temperature that stayed fixed in the middle nineties. Even at night there was no relief from …
For five days the city had wilted under a hard sky, sweltering in a temperature that stayed fixed in the middle nineties. Even at night there was no relief from …
The sun, like a golden knife, was steadily paring away the edge of the shade beside the walls. The streets were enclosed between old, whitewashed walls. Everywhere were peace and …
Here there is buried legend after legend of youth and melancholy, of savage nights and mysterious bosoms dancing on the wet mirror of the pavement, of women chuckling softly as they …
You are mad to be spending the summer in the country, where the days are too quiet and you have so much time to think. In the city you live …
Most of us navigate the world principally by our sense of sight. What if we expanded our sense of touch? This remarkable video, directed by Wiland Pinsdorf, is an exploration of …
All over the world, people migrate from rural areas to the city for new opportunities. What is needed for success? People leave family farms and traditional local businesses to venture into …
Cities were always like people, showing their varying personalities to the traveler. Depending on the city and on the traveler, there might begin a mutual love, or dislike, friendship, or …
The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man. —Marshall McLuhan
Fog and smog should not be confused and are easily separated by color. Fog is about the color of the insides of an old split wet summer cottage mattress; smog …
Jonathan Gales is a film maker and designer specializing in architectural subjects. He is also a founding member of Factory Fifteen, “a creative studio that works in film direction, production …
