No. 91/92: Notes on a Parisian Commute is a collection of musings, observations, and thoughts Lauren Elkin noted on her iPhone while commuting to work by Parisian bus lines 91 and 92. Elkin provides an accurate definition of what she wants to capture: the “poetics of the city as viewed through the bus.” But beforeContinua a leggere “Writing the city: bus rides with Lauren Elkin”
Archivi della categoria: ENGLISH
On “passing through”. Memory, identity, experiences at Studentenstadt in Munich
A rain of leaflets. It was on February 18, 1943 that Sophie Scholl, a twenty-one-year-old student of biology and philosophy, walked through the deserted corridors of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, in the company of her brother Hans. She climbed the imposing stairs to the balustrade, and from there, giving a small blow to the reamContinua a leggere “On “passing through”. Memory, identity, experiences at Studentenstadt in Munich”
The City through an architect grandpa’s eyes and his granddaughter’s ones
Since ever I share the passion for urban and city design with my grandpa Vittorio Franchetti Pardo, historian of architecture. So, during this long quarantine when we have been a part, despite living close, I decided to call and interview him by phone. Talking, we observed that the city has ideally, pheraps been the onlyContinua a leggere “The City through an architect grandpa’s eyes and his granddaughter’s ones”
Rome: between the geometries and the arteries of the Olympic Village
The twenty-ninth day of quarantine. Closed in my rented room in the Olympic Village, between a cup of coffee and the other, I approach the window, waiting for any minimal event thag could show up in my sight. Maybe senses became thinner because of isolation and loneliness, and the most evident change in perceiving theContinua a leggere “Rome: between the geometries and the arteries of the Olympic Village”
L’essencia de Gràcia
«El meu país és tan petit que des de dalt d’un campanar es veu el campanar veí» diu la cançó de Lluis Lach. Així és com podem descriure Barcelona: una unió de petits pobles que podem veure des de l’alt campanar veí. En què la ruptura de les muralles de ciutat vella i la creacióContinua a leggere “L’essencia de Gràcia”
New York: the Big Apple half bitten
A black and white photo, which shows many cars in the queue, taken by a father who, in this long period of quarantine, plays with his son. Here, if we change our point of view even a little, we see a daily scene of a busy and chaotic New York street, where the gray turnsContinua a leggere “New York: the Big Apple half bitten”
Can a city call you by your own name?
I arrived to Hanoi on March the 1st without great expectations. In my eyes that place had the guilt of being a big city and I, with the typical presumption of the expert travelers, was convinced that big cities were all the same: noisy, dirty, busy and smelly. I arrived to Hanoi late one eveningContinua a leggere “Can a city call you by your own name?”
Damned the day I moved there
I moved to Milan on January 13th in 2020. Nobody spoke about the virus, even if at that time COVID-19 had already started spreading in Lombardy. Maybe the virus had travelled on a train like me. Maybe it had scattered in the large halls in the Central Station, holding on tight to someone’s backpack whileContinua a leggere “Damned the day I moved there”
A stroll around the Goutte-d’Or multicultural neighborhood in Paris
A perfect rectangle, the Goutte-d’Or neighborhood in the 18th district of Paris is bordered on the west by the Haussmannian Boulevard de Barbès and on the east by the rails of the Gare du Nord. The Rue Ordener and the Boulevard de la Chapelle, with its spectacular elevated subway, form its northern and southern borders.Continua a leggere “A stroll around the Goutte-d’Or multicultural neighborhood in Paris”
Tre Sequenze 