A look at what's going on in Trinidad, on H Street, and in the larger area north of Capitol Hill.
posted by inked at 12:52 PM
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local events
Atlas Districth's east end
a local wholesale food district
Gallaudet Universitya university for the deaf
h street main street
NoMA BIDa business improvement district
ANC6Agood for info on h street & its surroundings
Capitol Hill North Neighborhood Associationa neighborhood association
Rosedale Citizens Alliancea civic group in rosedale
Stanton Parka neighborhood south of h street
Trinidad-Ivy City Gardening Cluba community gardening club
Trinidad Neighborhood Associationa local neighborhood association
H Street Great Street The Hill is Homea capitol hill blog
Hillscapea weekly column on the hill
Capitol Hill History Projectmostly covers the area immediately to the south, but some discussion of the florida market
Gardened & Glowing in Trinidada piece on trinidad & its garden club
H Street Lifea look at h street's night life
Hot Spotan h st. article
H Street Corridor Transportation Study The Insiders' MarketA look at the capital city market
Ward 6tommy wells' site
mapquest
NY Avenue Metroa map of the surrounding area
The Office of Planning Beyond DCa look at planning issues in dc
City Deskthe city paper blog
Curbed DCa real estate blog about DC
DCistlife in dc
DCmuddevelopment in dc
Eater DCa site about dining in DC
Greater Greater Washington The New Gayliving gay in dc
We Love DCa blog about life in dc
WMATAdc's metro
NARPACpolicy in dc
DC Watchdc politics & thoughts
Neighborhood Infocensus type info
goings on in anacostia
Bloomingdalebloomingdale
Bloomingdale for Nowbloomingdale
Borderstandupont/logan/u street
The Brightwoodianbrightwood
Columbia Heights Newscolumbia heights
New Columbia Heightscolumbia heights
Congress Heights on the Risecongress heights
14th & Youlogan circle
Georgetown Metropolitangeorgetown
Logan Circle Newslogan circle
The TriangleMount Vernon Square
Near Southeast Redevelopment Sitetop notch site covering the area near the new stadium
Penn Quarter Livingformerly known as chinatown living
Petworth NewsNW nabe dealing with issues similar to h street's
Prince of Petworthlife in petworth
In Shawa blog about life in shaw's truxton circle area
Remaking Le Slum Historiqueanother read worthy shaw blog
Southwest...the Little Quadrant that Couldsouthwest dc
Stop Blog & Rollpolitics/policy & brookland & woodridge
DC Blogsa blog about blogs
a washington post project
Washington City Paper Washington Post Washington Timesdetroit
2Blowhardsbrooklyn
NY Magred hook
What is Gentrification?pbs
What's Wrong With Gentrification?ny mag
CDC - Healthy Placespotential health effects of gentrification
Gentrification Fictionwho tells what story
Urban Renewal or Removal? Gentrification, Artist & Yuppies Working Togetherneutral gentrification
Salon.comi am the gentrifier
MDCBOWEN.organti-gentrification
Gentrification? Yes!pro-gentrification
worldwide metro maps and info
NY Subway NY Subway Photoblog WMATAdc metro
tons of policy papers
Cool Town Studioswhat makes cities cool?
Cyburbiaa planning site
Planetizengeneral planning
Rebuilding Place in the Urban Spacegeneral urban/transportation
Starts & Fitsland use & transportation issues
Streetsblogcovering the streets (literally) of New York
Curbeda site about neighborhood level happenings in nyc
rebuilding a brooklyn brownstone
Houseblogs
23 Comments:
Well, it's part of H Street, at least.
Apr 12, 2012, 2:42:00 PM
nice. old map though...need to update with the Starburst!
Apr 12, 2012, 3:13:00 PM
am i missing something? it looks like a red and white map. I never was good at deciphering art...
also, anyone know what was going on at Jimmy's Tires building on Florida this afternoon? it looked like workers were there this evening.
Apr 12, 2012, 7:31:00 PM
7:31,
It's an H Street graphic that a reader sent to me as "neighborhood 'art'" because she was having fun. I'm interested in H Street graphics/icons/pics/art/ect.
I saw the guys at Jimmy's Tire too. Not sure what they are doing.
Apr 12, 2012, 11:57:00 PM
This is not art. This is a map that someone who does real work made and someone who considers themselves an artist turned red.
Apr 13, 2012, 7:38:00 AM
I don't mean to be a jerk, but how is this art?
Apr 13, 2012, 9:42:00 AM
Guys,
Perhaps our energies might be better focused producing some neighborhood art, rather than just criticizing someone else's image.
Apr 13, 2012, 9:49:00 AM
I agree, I am not an artist, just a GIS analyst. I had been seeing a lot of "art" like this lately, companies will let you pay them to make this "art" for you. http://cityprintsmapart.com/university-of-maryland
I thought it would be fun to use my "skills" (it took 5 minutes:) to do one of MY neighborhood, where I live...sorry eastenders. I agree with inked though, I would love to see more neighborhood inspired artistic creations.
Apr 13, 2012, 9:53:00 AM
oops I meant sorry westenders...hee hee you think I geographer would be better with direction;) I originally came from the west coast so everything is east from there.
Apr 13, 2012, 9:57:00 AM
I can see the art in it - it appears to have been manually rendered (the East-West streets show slight shifts/jogs from the computer program). If you can't say anything nice, no matter what your aesthetic taste, maybe it's worth just staying a teensy bit quiet and letting people enjoy their creativity, no matter what your hyper-judgmental self thinks of it. At least two people liked it, the artist herself and the owner of the blog that you chose to read. Ease off a bit!
Apr 13, 2012, 10:44:00 AM
Does the "artist" wait tables or tend bar for now to make money until someone starts buying their totally ill wares? That person is going to be slinging drinks a lot longer than they thought..... Now bring me another beer.
Apr 13, 2012, 2:00:00 PM
Anon 7:44: Are you pointing out the flaws in this oeuvre? Because it made me realize I'm not an artist, but at least I can draw a straight line.
Apr 13, 2012, 2:05:00 PM
Be nice.
Apr 13, 2012, 2:34:00 PM
I like it. Shit, I'd buy it if it was cheap and at some market...especially since my place is on it.
Have you seen some of what passes for art? This blows a lot of it out of the water. No need to argue over the label "art" or not. It's cool. I say so.
Apr 13, 2012, 4:44:00 PM
INKED - Let's have a Frozen Tropics Art Contest! We can submit proposals to you (TIFF or JPG) and the critics (readers of your blog) can be the judge. What say you?
Apr 13, 2012, 10:45:00 PM
Most negative blog community I've ever come across.
Apr 14, 2012, 9:01:00 AM
7:45,
Hmm. Maybe a contest. For now, I'd just like to see what kinds of stuff people are producing. Hopefully people will be a little less mean than some people have been in this thread.
Apr 14, 2012, 3:15:00 PM
I don't know whether it's the mentality of DC or just these consumerist times, but it's a shame that some of you can only view art on whether it is marketable or whether someone would buy it. Sometimes art is just one person experimenting with their own creativity, and one of the beauties of the internet (in general) and this blog (in particular) is that it gives you a venue to share what you've done. Neither the artist nor Inked asked if you would buy it, nor do they likely care. Beauty (and art) is in the eye of the beholder, and all of you armchair quarterbacks who have nothing better to do than run everybody down because they don't meet your aesthetic expectations, or opening hours, or whatever else you choose to complain about are not contributing positively to the discussion or this blog. It's a lot easier to comment on others than to actually DO something.
Apr 16, 2012, 11:52:00 AM
Someone experimenting with their own creativity is not art.....much like this map.
Apr 16, 2012, 1:48:00 PM
Someone stringing together a series of words does not make it a valid nor worthwhile opinion...much like the previous comment.
Apr 16, 2012, 3:01:00 PM
i like it. i'd frame it and hang it on my wall. it's graphic, it pops and it represents something that not everyone who walks through my door would get. art simply neeeds to elicit a response, as this art clearly has. perhaps those critical of this rendering of our neighborhood best stick to what is considered traditional art. like
pics of seashores and fruit. i agree this blog does have some naturally irritated and irritating responders who fancy themselves witty and edgy.
Apr 17, 2012, 4:54:00 PM
and they often respond as anonymous contributers...
Apr 17, 2012, 4:56:00 PM
Here's a link to the one I threw together for the H Street Guide... Though I would love to do something even better if there are any H Street map artists out there! http://hstreetguide.com/h-street-guide-page.aspx
Apr 20, 2012, 7:24:00 PM
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