Postmodern City Maps

As a community planner, I'm fascinated with places. I love bustling historic neighborhoods and sparkling modern buildings alike. I also like looking at maps as abstract representations of these places. Our current mode of operation in culture is certainly postmodernism - a collision of different systems, different perspectives, and different points in time coming together to make something new. Mark shared some blog posts that highlighted two incredible postmodern places.

The first is a burrito restaurant in Berlin that emulates the style of a taqueria in the Mission neighborhood of San Francisco. Having experienced the authentic, no frills, but really tasty and filling burritos widely available in the Mission, and having eaten curry wurst at Octoberfest in Stuttgart, I could really appreciate this. When I go to Berlin, I want to try this place.

Link to the post on Laughing Squid.

The other postmodern place is a google map made real as an art installation. I don't think this place would be quite as fun to visit, but it makes me laugh to imagine it. I love the idea of a real place making you think of a database map place, and being funny to boot.

Link to the original post in we make money not art.