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Comment on obliterating all signs by pennyjars

pennyjars — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:08:07 +0000

It’s a fault of my own to love ruin. I’m drawn to blank downtowns and photography books of decimated beauty parlors. Recently, I saw a photo series of Detroit’s wrecked glory and I can’t help but want to walk through the falling down ball rooms and grand lux hotels. It’s a fault of my own, a love for the beauty of the bleak, a thrill of chills, a broken down sometime.

Comment on obliterating all signs by Jesse

Jesse — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:13:22 +0000

Nice post!

Comment on wide, clean streets by occupied territory « west by northwest (by midwest)

occupied territory « west by northwest (by midwest) — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:31:02 +0000

[...] this because of the vast spaces outdoors? Do people here crave [...]

Comment on wide, clean streets by lightness and being no. 1 « west by northwest (by midwest)

lightness and being no. 1 « west by northwest (by midwest) — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:28:48 +0000

[...] maybe it is the city planning here in Salt Lake, with wide spaces between buildings and vast parking lots. Light simply has more space through which to leak – or [...]

Comment on by indirection, we find direction(s) out by civic pride & prejudice « west by northwest (by midwest)

civic pride & prejudice « west by northwest (by midwest) — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:27:18 +0000

[...] (or hear people answer) this inquisition – how the addresses are purposeful reminders of how far you have strayed from Temple Square. People here locate themselves by where they are [...]

Comment on you can always go back by pedestrian equivalent « west by northwest (by midwest)

pedestrian equivalent « west by northwest (by midwest) — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:19:56 +0000

[...] when the cartoonish pedestrian lights white. How could I explain that I want to watch the U-Turns? That I find myself jealous of each jerky, hard turn of the steering wheel, the unnatural angles [...]

Comment on wide, clean streets by divine intervention « west by northwest (by midwest)

divine intervention « west by northwest (by midwest) — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:17:15 +0000

[...] but I know that the powers-that-be in this city are not on my side. This is a city of wide, clean streets, after all. A great place if you love to [...]

Comment on by indirection, we find direction(s) out by divine intervention « west by northwest (by midwest)

divine intervention « west by northwest (by midwest) — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:17:03 +0000

[...] in this city where every aspect of planning hinges upon the spiritual – where every turn down a new street signifies something greater, either straying from or [...]

Comment on by indirection, we find direction(s) out by my own private avenues « west by northwest (by midwest)

my own private avenues « west by northwest (by midwest) — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:14:26 +0000

[...] importantly, though, the grid in the Avenues is not spiritual metaphor; addresses do not tell you how far you have stray… The north-south streets are named with letters of the alphabet, in order: E, F, G, etc.; east-west [...]

Comment on liquid, languid, luscious, leaf, love, L by Neff Floral building, downtown Salt Lake City « west by northwest (by midwest)

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:12:31 +0000

[...] since moving to downtown Salt Lake City, I have obsessed over the Neff Floral building. I feel like I can never get close to it. If I walk on the sidewalk, I feel pressure to [...]