lightweight, open-air, and a favorite hangout for both litter and rodents viridis reticulum carrum Description A long-standing member of New York City’s waste receptacle lineup, the Green Wire Bin is a lightweight, open-air trash can commonly found in parks, sidewalks, and street corners. Its wire mesh design allows for visibility into its contents, a feature…
A fond farewell to the Downtown Alliance composting bin pilot, where the bins collected 105,157 pounds of organic waste over 18 months.
Can you fall in love with a Paris Bollard? Perhaps. In these parts we love bollards as an idiosyncratic typology: when done right they become usefully iconic, when done poorly they stick out of the urban fabric as security-theatre impediment. Here’s a great article by the Social Life Project called The Little Bollard That Could……
An invasive species of EV chargers
Informing the community notitia insula Ordersupellex Familyviso Genus notitia Species notitia insula Description A bulletin board monolith to hang community announcements, with address ring on top. Identification Cylindrical concrete monolith 1.5-2m in diameter, often with taped paper; with red metal top, often with spray-painted address. Habitat On Main Street sidewalk and plazas on Roosevelt Island.…
We were out and about Brooklyn yesterday and we encountered one of American Express and Resy’s 13 Yurt Villages across the US, designed to support safe outdoor dining during COVID-19: The Yurt Villages are a new covered, heated outdoor experience available exclusively for American Express Card Members. The collection of custom-designed tents will serve as…
L. buxus blavus – Standard Collection Box Receptacle (Blue Box) – in the snow in Long Island City.
Context and variation brings joy to Matthew Aitken when he sees the fire hydrant, and all the different examples throughout his city.
Photographer Matthew Chattle shares photographs of the many different types of social distance markers in and around London.
