1. Young designer’s vision for underground Lower East Side green space inverts spatio-economic dogma. Science fiction teaches us that the mutant proles live on the surface and underground while the future-chic kleptocrats inhale flavored air in low orbit highrises. But the presence of curated and controlled parkspace below street level puts smart money and high property values underground. Now we can look forward to playboy sons of asteroid mining magnates driving their drill cars through our houses’ foundations.

     

  2. Study of Late Capitalism

    Words: abbreviated from Killarney Clary 

    Images: Longsheng (“Dragonbone”) rice terrace, Shanghai skyline

    Media: Elmer’s glue, heavy weight printer paper, Crane & Co. correspondence card

     

  3. Stay Empty Friends

    Words: Philly Talks interview with Peter Gizzi 

    Images: Jon Hamm/Don Draper, Sleepycity photograph of Paris Metro

    Media: Elmer’s glue, heavy weight printer paper, Crane & Co. correspondence card