Comments on: This old house (where ideas come from) http://cultureby.com/2004/04/this_old_house_.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Will Parker http://cultureby.com/2004/04/this_old_house_.html/comment-page-1#comment-8115 Will Parker Mon, 22 Nov 2004 23:01:08 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1241#comment-8115 Actually, the Karrie Jacobs article -- which is indeed a great read -- is online at http://www.metropolismag.com/cda/story.php?artid=70. Actually, the Karrie Jacobs article — which is indeed a great read — is online at http://www.metropolismag.com/cda/story.php?artid=70.

]]> By: LK http://cultureby.com/2004/04/this_old_house_.html/comment-page-1#comment-8114 LK Sat, 24 Apr 2004 22:32:20 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1241#comment-8114 steve, thanks for that post. i was in a godforsaken suburb of washington DC the other week, the crystal city area of arlington, virginia, and in the middle of a cluster of faceless corporate hotels linked by nondescript malls themselves linked by underground walkways were some new "loft" residential developments. basically in a suburban industrial park. as if though the mere use of the word makes the product desirable to a certain demographic group. in my hometown of vancouver the part of the city with buildings called things like "the firehouse" and "the cannery" is yaletown. it is one of the most ridiculous parts of the city, the complete antithesis of what creativity is. at a party the other night with a bunch of 20 something artists (i am neither 20 something nor an artist, but fortunate enough to know some) we decided that if yaletown's "firehouse" and "cannery" type buildings had rats in the vicinity the neighbourhood would be infinitely cooler and that better ideas would emanate from it. steve, thanks for that post. i was in a godforsaken suburb of washington DC the other week, the crystal city area of arlington, virginia, and in the middle of a cluster of faceless corporate hotels linked by nondescript malls themselves linked by underground walkways were some new “loft” residential developments. basically in a suburban industrial park. as if though the mere use of the word makes the product desirable to a certain demographic group.

in my hometown of vancouver the part of the city with buildings called things like “the firehouse” and “the cannery” is yaletown. it is one of the most ridiculous parts of the city, the complete antithesis of what creativity is. at a party the other night with a bunch of 20 something artists (i am neither 20 something nor an artist, but fortunate enough to know some) we decided that if yaletown’s “firehouse” and “cannery” type buildings had rats in the vicinity the neighbourhood would be infinitely cooler and that better ideas would emanate from it.

]]> By: Steve Portigal http://cultureby.com/2004/04/this_old_house_.html/comment-page-1#comment-8113 Steve Portigal Fri, 23 Apr 2004 14:08:02 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1241#comment-8113 The May 2004 Metrpolis mag has an article - not online - egad - by Karrie Jacobs entitled "I am the Uncool Hunter." In this article she describes a trip to Frederick, Colorado, a tract housing depot near Denver that has a new development where they've built single-family dwellings that look like lofts "tricked out in industrial brick and steel with names like the Firehouse and the Cannery." It's a really fascinating piece. The May 2004 Metrpolis mag has an article – not online – egad – by Karrie Jacobs entitled “I am the Uncool Hunter.”

In this article she describes a trip to Frederick, Colorado, a tract housing depot near Denver that has a new development where they’ve built single-family dwellings that look like lofts “tricked out in industrial brick and steel with names like the Firehouse and the Cannery.”

It’s a really fascinating piece.

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