Mishka Henner

When Google introduced its free satellite imagery service to the world in 2005, views of our planet only previously accessible to astronauts and surveyors were suddenly available to anyone with an Internet connection. Yet the vistas revealed by this technology were not universally embraced.

Surprisingly, one of the most vociferous of governments to censor political, economic, and military locations was the Dutch, hiding hundreds of significant sites, including royal palaces, fuel depots, and army barracks throughout their relatively small country. The Dutch method of censorship is notable for its stylistic intervention compared to other countries: imposing bold, multicolored polygons over sites rather than the subtler and more standard techniques employed in other countries. The result is a landscape occasionally punctuated by sharp aesthetic contrasts between secret sites and the rural and urban environments surrounding them. 

-- Mishka Henner, from this wonderful online exhibition, DB12    

windows

Snippet of the Neiman Marcus windows in downtown Dallas

as curated for the Dallas Art Fair by artist Richard Patterson and some other art notables.

These ones are by artist Jeremy Mora, and were by far my favorite.

more here

saved!

swanky roof-top pool is so flipping fantastic

parking his ride (here)

current crumbling condition (which is sort of awesome-looking in its own right)

here

At last, someone has bought the Statler Hilton in downtown Dallas with plans of renovating it! On the list of eleven most endangered sites in the nation, the old mid-century building has sat empty for decades. Its revival is huge for this city, and a triumph for old buildings and their protectors everywhere.