CITY PLANNING: Archive

CITY PLANNING

January 2012

4 posts

December 2011

4 posts

In a deep remote canyon on the east branch of the north fork of the Feather River, two Germans roll a boulder aside and under it find lump gold. Another couple of arriving miners wash four hundred ounces there in eight hours. A single pan yields fifteen hundred dollars. The ground is so rich that claims are limited to forty-eight inches square. In one week, the population grows from two to five...

November 2011

1 post

October 2011

9 posts

“Yet loves revives as we spin homewards along the coast through the early...”

– Walker Percy “The Moviegoer”

September 2011

14 posts

ED RUSCHA’S TOP IO AMERICAN TOWNS I. SAN FRANCISCO. Absolutely the most beautiful city in the entire world. With history, class, and cuisine, it’s a place of astounding mystery. l ask myself why I never lived there. No answer. 2. WINSLOW, ARIZONA. An excellent stopover on P40 going east or west. Stay at la Posada, an ancient hotel with gardens, a library, art by Tina Mion, a wonderful restaurant...

“Riding on a city bus along the route that you have taken from your job, from the...”

– Michael Chabon “The Mysteries of Pittsburgh”

August 2011

3 posts

DON'T HOLD THE ELEVATOR

An excerpt from the article in the Fall 2011 Data Issue of Good Magazine, which is in turn an excerpt from the book ‘The Chairs are Where People Go’ by Sheila Heti and Misha Glouberman: Misha speaks in fully formed paragraphs, I was surprised to discover. On some occasions he would say something, then say to me, “Don’t put that in,” and then I would say, “But...

July 2011

8 posts

“Everything contains some silence. Noise gets its zest from the small...”

– Kay Ryan “Sharks’ Teeth”

June 2011

9 posts