Filed under: college | Tags: New York Times, maps, postcards, cartography, farming, vegan, mapparium
I like old postcards and cartography. These are really pretty.
This guy is right, I should be vegan. The last line in this article is haunting. I have so much work to do!
I don’t know how I missed the Strange Maps blog for the past two years of its existence. It is well trafficked, updated often and devotes every post pays homage to one or more devout cartographers. I’ve added it to my blogroll as well a virtually frequented sites section which includes Art in Ruins.
It has a section on the Providence Fruit and Produce Warehouse where I not so virtually trespassed. It has since been demolished by the present property owners after receiving permission from the city despite the historical value of the property. This is, sadly, due partially to vandal trespassers (of which I am not one of; my rules when trespassing include not creating obvious additional access points or endangering the accessibility of the site for other trespassers).
Filed under: college, last green valley | Tags: Bennington, maps, New York, Pomfret, Providence, running
Bennington and North Bennington, Vermont:
I’m working on a series of sloppy maps that show various routes through the four municipalities that I’ve been a resident of, Bennington, New York, Pomfret and Providence.
This first series documents my running routes. Knowing what I know about running, I know I’m addicted to running. I had no idea it could become a disorder until a year ago. Luckily, I’m not that extreme yet. In the two rural locations I steered away from subdivisions and in the two cities I…attempted…to avoid traffic. In three of the municipalities (all but Pomfret) I tended to travel in the direction I understood as North on standard runs – Bennington, true North; New York, Uptown; and Providence, towards the top of the RISD Map. In all cases this could be considered necessary – Bennington, avoiding blight; New York, escaping to Central Park; and Providence, avoiding traffic.
So which is my favorite municipality to run in? I don’t know, but a lot of the things that I appreciate while running (lack of traffic and noise for example) aren’t so appreciated when my run in finished. For example, the distance from groceries. (more…)
