sad city hartford

neighbor to the north - Hartford. recently, i stumbled across this site about the once thriving capitol of connecticut. 
good and bad facets of the area are discussed. the one time downtown was not enough, i will be back to investigate and form my own expert opinion. 
i'm slowly getting used to the sheer amount of abandoned industrial spaces littering this corner of the US. 
attesting its rich, manufacturing past.

new haven typologies_2

rejoice!
new haven 4th most dangerous city in the US. i have yet to feel this negative statistic's presence in town. i make where i live (to a certain extent... a line has to be drawn. would you live in Flint, MI?) 

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brooklyn_1

to the city
new haven -> grand central station. 1.5 hrs.
greeted by an old friend, whisked off to brooklyn -- to a commune on the top floor of a converted industrial structure. weekend dominated by pizza, walking, coffee, gin, hipster-watching. basta con las barbas!

paducah_3

one more time to w. kentucky

são paulo

new local!

farewell florida

paducah_2

paducah_1

 
-paducah, KY, isolated in the western tip of the state. my father relocated here years ago, the area where great rivers converge 
(the ohio, mississippi, tennessee). the center was architecturally charged, lazy, and cozy. 
-another illustration showing differences in church-dispersal in the US and spain.

tampa

a very tampa thanksgiving. map done on I-4 leaving Ybor City, Tampa's port-industrial-turned-hip district.

flashback_italia - torre velasca

flashback_italia 2010

jax_orl

now that i have a cell phone, i've been testing its limitations. although basic, it rocks the PAINT application. being a passenger through florida cities, i have a chance to create cognitive maps quickly of where i am. a friend and i recently spoke of (hypothetically?) completing an architectural project using only PAINT. 

evolutionary map collector, i am.

eixample dreta

hace dos meses que un colega y yo buscamos piso por todas partes de la ciudad condal. (un rollo que gracias a dios ya se acabó)
la búsqueda nos hizo llegar hasta glòries, lo más lejos que queríamos quedar. 
las paradas de monumental y sagrada familia se convertieron en lugares conocidos, que antes no era así. 
me puse pensar en las obras de esa zona y cómo funciona de una barrera entre la ciudad modernista y la progresiva y contemporánea.

prettiest map i've seen in a while.

 

vic & ripoll, puigcerdà

b-v-p

barcelona_valencia_palma
currently at the CCCB, fascinating expo documenting and comparing the 3 catalan-speaking mediterranean powers. 
immigration, tourism, infrastructure and origins are discussed. i found a comparison of the three cities' ancient cores particularly interesting. 
duh, i'm me. 

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