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By: Please Happy » Email About Blogging

Please Happy » Email About Blogging — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:58:52 +0000

[...] banister at my new favorite coffee shop or the light in my cats’ eyes or the little shoots of green growing out of a Los Angeles sidewalk. Beauty in the [...]

By: elledubs

elledubs — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:50:22 +0000

Just realized that the Flickr vid only uploaded half of the photos! Just re-uploaded the video to Vimeo.

By: gabe t

gabe t — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:21:03 +0000

wrong coast but if i am ever out that way i'll let you know… i'm in dc now

By: elledubs

elledubs — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:29:01 +0000

Shirin: How about “permeable” sidewalks or sidewalks made out of something like mud that doesn't create a muddy flood when it rains. I don't really know what this would look like, though, because if we really had something that could accommodate roots, then the sidewalks would be all gnarly, which sounds awesome for the trees and not awesome for tripping/injury lawsuits against the city. Hmmm…..

By: elledubs

elledubs — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:27:38 +0000

Richard Starfursky: Do you mean I got the assignment wrong or I got the concept of The Natural Landscape wrong? I think you're right about the assignment. I started looking for ways that nature was impacting human-made objects, and started resenting the intention. So, instead looked at how the concrete was impacting the water flow, the grass, the whatever. But, in retrospect, I think the two affect/impact each other, right? So, when you look at how one impacts another, it's hard to determine which is doing more of the impacting (though, of course, if you start with pre-human time, then you can argue it's always the humans impacting the nature, since we were here second). Anyway, thanks for the thought! I'm glad this post generated so many exchanges.

By: elledubs

elledubs — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:21:58 +0000

gabe: I'm excited to check all these out! Thanks for commenting. I'm glad I had a reason to explore the nature (and pavement) in this city. Where do you live, anyway? I hope you say L.A.!

By: Shirin

Shirin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:58:18 +0000

I've been noticing sidewalks buckled by tree roots everywhere since the city chopped down the lovely old trees on my block last month. (I think the sidewalk damage is the reason they're gone.) Somehow LA needs to figure out a way to have trees with shade that don't destroy the sidewalks. –Shirin

By: Richard Stafursky

Richard Stafursky — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:25:41 +0000

“Go out and document physical evidence of natural forces and how those forces have impacted human-made objects.” I think you got it backwards.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_landscape

By: gabe t

gabe t — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:29:22 +0000

since you piqued my interest (and distracted me from work!) here are some links

http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/natres/06702….

http://www.hgtvpro.com/hpro/bp_green_building/a...

http://www.harvesth2o.com/

and my favorite :
http://nabataea.net/water.html

By: gabe t

gabe t — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:03 +0000

i don't know… stinky? no that is a fine idea, do they exist?

i even like the grey water as an extra water supply … just not to the public. perhaps there are industrial uses for it? a separate industrial water supply is a great idea!