Food, broadly defined, is a necessary sustenance that may also incorporate artistic practice — cooking, cuisine, and presentation. The Musée des...
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Athens-based photographer Georgios Makkas has been trying to document the changes happening in Greek cities over the last few years. His project...
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A jewel of the golden age of the New York City movie theater is being revived, with the reopening in February of the former Loews Kings Theater on...
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2014 was a remarkable year for Placemaking, and as PPS prepares to enter its 40th year at the helm of this growing movement, we are energized and...
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Instead of feeling threatened by a planet of slums in need of clearance, we believe in a planet of neighborhoods and habitats in different stages...
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In New York it is illegal for anyone to rent out a room in an apartment in a multifamily building for less than 30 days if a tenant is not...
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In his treatise What is Art? Leo Tolstoy argues that art is not an activity which is simply meant to produce beauty – a very subjective criterion...
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By 2030, two-third of the world population will live in cities and these later will emit 75% of greenhouse gas emissions. To face these climate...
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