Tag: Tourism
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Juzcar: The Smurf Town
Hollywood takes over the small town of Juzcar and paints it blue to promote their film The Smurfs 2. See Metro Square http://metrosquare.blogspot.com/2011/12/juzcar-smurf-town.html#more In 2011, Sony Pictures convinced the residents of Juzcar, a small town in Malaga Spain, to let them paint the entire town blue including the town church and gravestones, to celebrate the…
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Mosques II: Ummavi Mosque Cordoba (785-961)
This is the third installation of Mosque Form and Function, the second post was about the First Royal Mosque of Damascus. In 750 CE, the ninety year Ummavi (Umayyad) rule in Syria came to a tragic end. It was a blood bath the entire family of Ummavi Khalifa, Marwan II was put to sword and the Khilafat moved east to Iraq for…
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Summer 2013: Public Art in NYC
Pedro Pablo Silva passed away recently, and it seems only fitting that, in honor of the whimsical art that he created in collaboration with local communities, we highlight art in public spaces… New York City has been supporting art in public places since at least 1967. While some of this art is permanent, there…
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Relationship Maintenance: NYC
I read a blog post entitled “What to do if you are falling out of love with New York” recently. It is a pretty solid list and it made me review all those moments when NYC and I were on rough terms. Often those times seem to coincide with lack of money or love,…
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New Orleans really knows how to throw a Super Bowl Party
New Orleans really knows how to throw a Super Bowl Party.
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New York City – As seen through the ages
Driving Around New York City in 1928 This 5 minute clip from 1928 shows interesting things about city streets and transportation modes. Please note the following: We might think that the red double decker tour buses on New York city streets are new. They were imported from London barely 20 years ago. But look carefully in the beginning of the film and…