hmmmm.... tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/adams580/architecture//4258 2006-09-25T15:19:43Z Movable Type 4.31-en Social Design Isssue tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2006:/adams580/architecture//4258.53982 2006-09-25T14:50:59Z 2006-09-25T15:19:43Z MURALS. I see too many of them. Various community groups decide that a neighborhood needs to be spruced up, so they gather a bunch of children or maybe even hire a local artist, and they paint a gaudy mural on... Celeste Adams MURALS. I see too many of them. Various community groups decide that a neighborhood needs to be spruced up, so they gather a bunch of children or maybe even hire a local artist, and they paint a gaudy mural on some blank stretch of wall. In doing this they feel they are giving back to the community and making the area a more pleasant environment for it's inhabitants.
Unfortunately they fail in both of their objectives. I don't think I've ever seen a mural that was tasteful in design or added anything positive to the general ambience. They always end up looking tacky to the max. And the presence of a mural in any community screams "poverty".
They don't serve any useful purpose, they only detract from any semblance of dignity. If community groups really want to help a neighborhood feel like a more friendly place, they need to come up with more relevant and less cliche methods then throwing some colorful paint on a wall.

]]> midtown market, continued..... tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2006:/adams580/architecture//4258.53117 2006-09-18T04:54:24Z 2006-09-18T05:14:39Z I had never been to the Midtown Market before so this was a new experience for me. It was basically a farmers market, with vendors selling fresh produce and other goods. The group of people there were diverse in many... Celeste Adams I had never been to the Midtown Market before so this was a new experience for me. It was basically a farmers market, with vendors selling fresh produce and other goods. The group of people there were diverse in many different ways: culturally, economically, different ages too. It was a nice open vibrant environment- busy, animated, fresh, tasty.
In my literal interpretation of the prompt, the main exchange of energy is centered around the food and money. It takes physical energy to make money, it takes food to gain physical energy, it takes money to get food. It’s like a vicious cycle. This process is more apparent at the market because there’s not that middle man situation, your going directly to the source. But instead of the vendors needing money to get food, they need the food to get money. They create the initial source of energy, the food, which they exchange for money, which in turn creates more energy and more money. And so on. I’m thinking too much into this, I know. Thats just what the prompt made me think about.

]]> Midtown Market tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2006:/adams580/architecture//4258.52466 2006-09-13T00:23:43Z 2006-09-13T00:25:58Z Where exactly is this so-called Midtown Market? Eh? No one I know has heard of it. Whatever. Will find it and update later.... Celeste Adams Where exactly is this so-called Midtown Market? Eh? No one I know has heard of it.
Whatever. Will find it and update later.

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