WCPN (Cleveland's local NPR on 90.3 FM) today had a rather interesting story about an architect who thought Cleveland was, for some strange reason, worthy of creating audio tours for. I totally agree with her and think that this idea works because it is both clever and simple, therefore fulfilling two categories that I just made up as justification for what a good idea is. She currently has only one tour up and running but is working on another that deals specifically with Cleveland's three grand arcades. Are there more then three? Does Tower City count? We can only wait and discover TOGETHER!
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In case you haven't noticed that this whole site has taken a definitive turn towards more Cleveland centric events and discussion, let me take the time to point this out. I have taken an obvious turn towards discussing Cleveland. Mostly because there are great things to do and see here that don't get a whole heck of a lot of press although there are some great examples of stuff to do, most noticeably Cool Cleveland dot Com which is pretty much a gimme anyway.
The second reason is that the kids that I was trying to do competitions with are moving, have moved away or are working crazy hours at small firms that make you work crazy hours, so now I mostly only have the voices in my head to bounce design ideas off of and those voices are MEAN. So, until this whole situation gets worked out, where the collaborators can figure out some sort of technological means to work together over great distances, this space is mostly going to get full of local happenings for the Cleveland area interspersed with my typical hippie-newz and world happenings.
Speaking of such, Global Green .Org has chosen a winner in the New Orleans design competition that I did register for but didn't get a chance to enter due to crazy work schedule and lack of wanting to read emails that mostly concerned themselves with Brad Pitt's hair. I get it, its great when famous people want to care about stuff, it is just that when Brad Pitt bills higher on the jury list then a Pritzker Award winner (Thom Mayne, you know, of Morphosis) and "the rest of the jury made up of nationally renowned architects and environmental expects" you sort of wonder what the hell the intent of the competition was and who exactly they wanted to compete. Don't get me wrong, I would love to meet Mr. Mayne and probably the rest of the jury but what am I going to say to Brad Pitt? "Congratulations on, um, having an interest in something that matters."? I don't mean to be a jerk, and I will probably lose my two readers who love whateverthehell that movie he was in that was called something like "River goes and bores you to death" but I am pretty damn sure that most good designer's ears would perk up at the mention of Mayne on a jury a hell of a lot more then Pitt. I will go and stew about this now on my own time.
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