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San Francisco live/work loft with Frankenstein painting
A favourite San Francisco live/work loft space. I partly love it for the great painting of the burning ruin—the text at the bottom reads “Monument to Frankenstein.” I can’t find the source of this...
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Painted houses in Cape Town’s Bo Kaap quarter
Wow. It might be difficult to pull off these colours in the watery light spectrum we have here in Vancouver. But frankly Vancouver ought to be able to do a lot better than the local Victorian colour...
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Painted houses
Modernist Vancouver house of the painter BC Binning, who painted his own interior and exterior murals. Photo by Arne Haraldsson. See here for more information on this heritage-protected house. In my...
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Coast Modern – preview of the upcoming documentary film
These stills were shot during the filming of Coast Modern, a documentary film about West Coast modern house architecture, spanning from LA to Vancouver, by Vancouver filmmakers Gavin Froome and Mike...
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Once Upon A School – Dave Eggers and his Pirate Supply Store/Tutoring Centre
Most people have probably seen this video, but it’s worth watching again. Dave Eggers won the 2008 TED Prize for his education and literacy work with kids, and in this entertaining acceptance speech...
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Petulia, 1968
Petulia, starring Julie Christie, George C. Scott (who looked a little like Sean Penn then) and Richard Chamberlain, was shot and set in San Francisco in 1967. An odd film but interesting in that it’s...
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Berlin’s skyrocketing housing costs and hipster proliferation
The above video by a Berliner complains about Berlin’s influx of hipsters, addressing them directly in its conclusion: “Please stop to face your neighbourhood… it matters if you try to live in...
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