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My favorite ad from last weekend’s Super Bowl was easily Chrysler’s two-minute defense of the Motor City. The ad aired during the 3rd quarter of the game, generating lots of buzz afterward. The dialogue that’s followed is often conflicted. Was this an ad for a new car, or was it an ad for the city of Continue reading Imported from Detroit CC image from nathansnider The Infrastructural City – Something I’m eagerly anticipating is a sort of on-line book club discussion of the infrastructural city, spearheaded by mammoth. Over the course of the next several months, mammoth will be coordinating an online discussion of The Infrastructural City: Networked Ecologies in Los Angeles (edited by Kazys Varnelis Continue reading Infrastructural and industrial spaces Ever wonder where all that road salt comes from? A question that’s quite topical today. Mammoth has a post up on an operating salt mine beneath the city of Detroit. Detroit Salt Mine John Nystuen has a discussion of the legal implications, acquiring mineral rights for salt 1,000 feet below the surface of an active city. Continue reading Salt and infrastructure beneath the city Soldier Field, US v. Honduras World Cup Qualifier, summer 2009. CC image from flickr The US has narrowed their list of potential host cities for the US Soccer Federation’s bid to host either the 2018 or 2022 World Cup – and shockingly, that list does not include the Windy City. The final cities are Atlanta, Continue reading Links – bad day for the Midwest |
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