sit on this art
These benches were spotted in Melbourne Australia. Different and gorgeous. Art to sit on.
ownership
I was disappointed. And then I wasn’t.
Every month Kim, Sara & I host a cityLIVE! event. We are interested, as we believe our audience is, in understanding issues that impact our city and region. We are interested in holding a forum that allows everyone to attend. And we are most interested in nurturing a thoughtful exchange of ideas.
things to learn from Paris #3
Remember this story? Mon dieu! You don’t have to spend $1010 on a trash can.
dreaming red
We sold our Lake House a couple of years ago. It had become a burdensome retreat, large and a lot to care for. Most days we’d sit in the tiniest room just off the kitchen, reading and looking at the gorgeous lake view.
design a Pgh pop up
cityLAB is going to pop Pittsburgh up in some other cities. We are hosting a one-day creative event (a charrette) at Carnegie Mellon’s School of Architecture in Pittsburgh. Designers, architects, artists and wanna-be artists will work in teams to design a pop up that describes Pittsburgh best.
celebrating buses
Our bus stop shelters are as dreary as January in Pittsburgh. While they may be utilitarian they are quite pedestrian and uninspired. The essential bus stop sign hasn’t even been integrated into the shelter. It stands all alone, attached to a nearby post or pole, an afterthought. What a shameful solution for a bus system that has more riders than most other cities in the US.
under the freeway
Endless miles of freeway have always irritated me. They plow through neighborhoods, dissecting blocks and turn well worn paths and local connections into dead ends. Instead of sustaining cities they perpetuate sprawl.
moderns tour
As part of an annual its North American Tour Day to call attention to modernist design, DOCOMOMO US has designated Pittsburgh a Tour Day city.
the devil is in the details
The August Wilson Center in Pittsburgh’s Downtown is close to completion. It is an important building, a cultural center devoted to the African American Arts, and it has been a long time coming.
