São Paulo, Brazil Says No To Outdoor Advertising

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São Paulo: The City That Said No To Advertising

This is interesting-it looks like the city of São Paulo, Brazil has decided to heavily restrict out door advertising and take down their ubiquitous billboards and large posters, which were apparently covering the city. It will be interesting to see how this experiment plays out in the long term once the dinosaur-like billboard shells are all removed and the people have time to reflect on how this changed their city.

There is a really nice set of images on flickr related to this, including the image above.

TED TALKS, James Howard Kunstler

Anyone who is interested in city design should find this TED talk by James Howard Kunstler quite interesting. James Howard Kunstler is is the author of several noted books on the built enviorment including a book I own "The Geography of Nowhere."

The talk runs for about 20 minutes and not only was it interesting but I was laughing out loud in my photo studio. just view the video below or click on this direct link to the talk.

Interesting article on the State of South Florida Condos

© Barbara P. Fernandez for The New York Times

As Condos Rise in South Florida, Nervous Investors Try to Flee - New York Times

The funny this is that I was on the other side of that condo the other day photographing the mess around there and then I find this article the next day.

Stardust Memories

Flickr photo by Tamela Wolff

Stardust Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas implosion.

Las Vegas one of those rare cities that celebrates the destruction of its own history. I'm a little sad I never got to see it. (video via Zoe Strauss)

Broken Angel on Flickr

Broken Angel is a mad looking eclectic spot in New York. Check it out with this nice photoset on flickr.

To learn more read these posts over at Gothamist: post 1 and post 2.