CITYnoise

A friend of mine e-mailed me this link in regard to the Deriugin House, a D.I.Y. structure soon to meet the wrecking ball. The link has photos and text on Bishop Castle "Another Self-Made Masterpiece," hosted by citynoise.org, a site new to me that describes itself as a "public photoblog where people with a love for the urban form, modern world, or a general appreciation of their environment gather to post stories, narratives and often upload photos of their favourite cities, hometowns, travels, or current locations."



Like yesterday's In The Weather, citynoise presents personal and idiosyncratic views of our surroundings, though it veers toward the photo-documented rather than the hand sketch, although that doesn't mean the occasional poem can't surface. Browsing through the Chicago section, there's plenty of individual variety though to me it seems that the details seem to take precedence. Which makes sense, as often those are the things we remember. A plant able to thrive in an alley. The accuracy of a sculpture. Urban decay. Graffiti.