11.08.2009

City of Tomorrows Workshop at Storefront

Sounds interesting...
City of Tomorrows is a workshop about the New York City of the future that merges urban geography, science fiction and guerrilla theater.
Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York

10.21.2009

Walk on October 17











Thanks to all you 2050 interested people walking along 14th Street....
More images soon follow soon....

10.11.2009

Distribution of shopping bags on 14th St. on October 17 and 18

A thousand shopping bags that proclaim DON´T VISIT 14th STREET NYC IN 2050 will be distributed by the artist along 14th Street on October 17 (11am-3pm) beginning at E.14 St & Av C and on October 18 (11am-3pm) beginning at W.14 St & Hudson River.
For more information please visit Art in Odd Places

6.04.2009

14th Street NYC will be underwater by 2050


Climate change will bring more frequent, severe storms and flooding to NYC. Millions of people will have lost their homes around 14th Street by 2050 because of the devastating impact of global warming. Will 14th Street still be there in 2050?

2050: New world order and its impact
on NYC 14th Street



Currently we are moving away from US hegemony towards a new world order that will obviously transform the status of the “superpower US” on the way to the year 2050. Apparently there will be a new role and image of the glittering jewel and emotional capital New York in 2050 as well.
Will it be possible and attractive to visit one of New York´s lifelines, Manhattan’s 14th Street in 2050?

Who will be able to afford living in Stuyvesant Town in 2050?















The post-war housing project Stuyvesant Town was controversial from the beginning. It was built for veterans and the middle class and displaced several thousand residents that lived in a low-rise, tenement style, mixed-use neighborhood. Corresponding opposing visions of the cities former “master-builder” Robert Moses and the urban writer and activist Jane Jacobs towards city building and urban space resonate with many New Yorkers today. And what is about Stuyvesant Town today? It evolved into a property grab for the overheated real estate market and is one of the front lines for rent control battles in NYC.
So who will be able to afford living there in 2050? Maybe you and your family?