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The base of Okamoto Tarō’s iconic “Tower of the Sun,” in the Festival Plaza of the 1970 Osaka Expo. Photo from Minami Nakawada, ed., Expo ‘70: Kyōkagu: Ōsaka bankoku hakurankai no subete (Daiyamondosha, 2005).
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VISIT: THE OKAMOTO TARŌ MUSEUM, KAWASAKI, JAPAN

WATCH MONDO HOLLYWOOD


INTERDITES EN FRANCE (OH-LA-LA!):


In retrospect, the unwarranted reactions against the film by authoritarians, ranging from the French Commission of Control to the CIA (which labeled it, along with all of Cohen’s other films, as ‘pro-communist’) indicate Mondo Hollywood had struck a nerve — and questioned myths that seemed essential to those who attempted [...]

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Correspondance de couleur des moyens de transport de Montréal, Lesli222, Oeuvre personnelle




Lignes du métro de Montréal destinée au modèle géographique, Leslie222, Oeuvre personnelle







Station Berri-Université du Québec à Montréal | Architectes : Papineau, Gérin-Lajoie & Leblanc
Station Bonaventure | Architecte : Victor Prus
Station Peel | Architectes : Papineau, Gérin-Lajoie & Leblanc


MONTRÉAL MÉTRO – GOOGLE MAPS MASHUP (anglais)


Can a subway be sexy?
With [...]

DONALD SUTHERLAND IN HIS HIP HABITAT PAD (1977)




CBC ARCHIVES’ SAFDIE FILES:
CHECK OUT ADRIENNE CLARKSON’S 1967 INTERVIEW WITH SAFDIE

“When Isamu Met Bucky” by David Friedman, ironicsans.com
I’ve been thinking about R. Buckminster Fuller lately — what a visionary he was and how his inclusive philosophy about this planet we all share seems so timely.
Then it dawned on me that Bucky was friends with another hero of mine, Isamu Noguchi.

Bucky & Isamu, 1971
So, to refresh [...]

TonelLas partes que más me sudan cuando me pongo nervioso [The Parts of Me that Sweat the Most When I Get Nervous] , 1995 – 2009Wall drawing, dimensions variable

“The entire park is considered to be a sculpture”







Moerenuma Park Website

The telephone:

The place:

The action:


Another relic of the future that never was:

The theme song for the first episode of Mary Tyler Moore!!

If it looks out of sync, click on the HQ button. That not only lines it up, but increases the quality.

Hey, anybody got any idea how I c...