Bogota’s Ciclovia: An Experiment in Democratic Use of Public Space
Every Sunday part of Bogota’s transit network transforms into a non-motor vehicle system. Instead of cars and buses, more than 120 kilometers of streets a...
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Exploring Caribbean food culture in Cartagena de Indias: La Calle de Tripita y Media
The streets of Cartagena de Indias, in Colombia, are full of history, flavors, and colors. Both in their names and architecture, in their walls and cobbles, the...
The Disorientation Effect of a Booming Town: Austin Under Construction
To experience rapid urbanization can be disorienting. Cities and towns that grow too fast have to confront the challenges of collapsing and re-designing their t...
Urban Thinking in Austin: Leveraging Old Buildings for New Ideas
As the fastest growing city in the U.S. (grew 5.4% between 2011-2013) Austin is changing its urban environment and demographics in a pace that is quite shocking...
Latin American Cities and Film Travelogues From the 20th Century
Since the 19th century travelogues have been a popular media format. First as illustrated lectures accompanied with glass-lantern slides and moving images proje...
Mexico City as a Sensorial Kaleidoscope: Exploring Movable Urban Layers
More than eleven years took me to come back to Mexico City, Distrito Federal (DF). The return has surprised me as much as it happened the first time I landed in...
The Colombian Graffiti Explosion : 24 Hours of Writing in Bogota, Medellin, and Cali
Grafitti writing and street art have spread through the walls of Bogota and other Colombian cities during the last decade opening an important space of creative...