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Asphalt Rundown (Rome)

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Description: Asphalt Rundown (Rome)
TitleAsphalt Rundown (Rome)
Creator nameSmithson, Robert
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1969
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsUnknown
LocationEstate of Robert Smithson
Accession numberUnknown
SubjectsUrbanizationDump trucks
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Forgetting Passaic
Jennifer L. Roberts
Description: Mirror-Travels: Robert Smithson and History
Mirror-Travels: Robert Smithson and History
~On Saturday, September 30, 1967, Smithson took a bus ride from the Port Authority terminal in Manhattan to the city of Passaic, New Jersey. With Instamatic camera and notepad in hand, he spent the better part of the day exploring the downtown district of the...
Author
Jennifer L. Roberts
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2004 by Jennifer L. Roberts
Related print edition pages: pp.60-85
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00282.4
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22075&redirecttoanchor=72848
Chapter subject tags:Historic preservation--Law and legislationSatire in artRace relations

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Description: Non-Site (Palisades, Edgewater, New Jersey)
Non-Site (Palisades, Edgewater, New Jersey)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 23
Creator nameSmithson, Robert
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1968
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsPainted aluminium, enamel, stone and typsecript on paper
Dimensions55 7/8 x 36 x 26 in. (142 x 91.5 x 66 cm)
LocationWhitney Museum of American Art, New York
http://collection.whitney.org/object/5560
Accession number69.6a-b
Non-Site (Palisades, Edgewater, New...
Non-Site (Palisades, Edgewater, New Jersey)
Description: São Paulo
São Paulo
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 19
Creator nameAmaral, Tarsila do
Creator nationality/cultureBrazilian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1924
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions26 3/8 × 35 1/2 in. (67 × 90 cm)
LocationPinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil
São Paulo
São Paulo
Description: Broadacre City
Broadacre City
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 14
Creator nameWright, Frank Lloyd
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1932
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
LocationFrom Frank Lloyd Wright, "When Democracy Builds" [Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1945], 54
Broadacre City
Broadacre City
Description: We must kill the street!
We must kill the street!
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 14
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1925
Object typeDrawing
LocationFrom "Precisions" [Paris, 1930]
We must kill the street!
We must kill the street!
Description: Stadia II
Stadia II
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameMehretu, Julie
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date2004
Object typePainting
MaterialsInk and acrylic on canvas
Dimensions274.3 × 365.8 cm. (108 × 144 in.)
Stadia II
Stadia II
Description: Map of the City of Philadelphia
Map of the City of Philadelphia
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 01
Creator nameSimons, J.
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleMapmaker
Creation date1830
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
LocationThe Library Company of Philadelphia
Map of the City of Philadelphia
Map of the City of Philadelphia
Description: Theoretical diagram of urban growth as applied to Chicago
Theoretical diagram of urban growth as applied to Chicago
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 14
Creator namePark, Robert;Burgess, Ernest
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleMapmaker
Creation date1925
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
LocationFrom Ernest Burgess, "The Growth of the City" in Robert E. Park and Ernest W. Burgess, "The City: Suggestions for Investigation of Human Behavior in the Urban Environment" [Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1925], 55
Theoretical diagram of urban growth as...
Theoretical diagram of urban growth as applied to Chicago
Description: Diagram of a group of slumless smokeless cities
Diagram of a group of slumless smokeless cities
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 14
Creator nameHoward, Ebenezer
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator roleMapmaker
Creation date1898
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
LocationFrom Ebenezer Howard, "To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform" [London, 1898]
Diagram of a group of slumless smokeless...
Diagram of a group of slumless smokeless cities
Description: Seinajoki Civic Center, Finland
Seinajoki Civic Center, Finland
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 14
Creator nameAalto, Alvar
Creator nationality/cultureFinnish
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1960–1968
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
LocationFrom Timo Koho, "Alvar Aalto: Urban Finland" [Helsinki: Finnish Building Centre, 1995], 65
Seinajoki Civic Center, Finland
Seinajoki Civic Center, Finland
Description: View of Ferrara cathedral and surrounding clerical and communal buildings
View of Ferrara cathedral and surrounding clerical and communal buildings
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 26
Creator nameBolzoni, Andrea
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1773
Object typeDrawing
View of Ferrara cathedral and...
View of Ferrara cathedral and surrounding clerical and communal buildings
Description: Plan of the City and Suburbs of Philadelphia
Plan of the City and Suburbs of Philadelphia
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 01
Creator nameFolie, A. P.
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleMapmaker
Creation date1794
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
LocationThe Library Company of Philadelphia
Plan of the City and Suburbs of...
Plan of the City and Suburbs of Philadelphia
Description: Outlook Tower, Edinburgh, diagrammatic elevation
Outlook Tower, Edinburgh, diagrammatic elevation
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 14
Creator nameGeddes, Patrick
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator roleDraftsman
Object typeDrawing
LocationFrom Sir Patrick Geddes, "Cities in Evolution" [London: Williams and Norgate, 1915], 324
Outlook Tower, Edinburgh, diagrammatic...
Outlook Tower, Edinburgh, diagrammatic elevation
Description: Proposed pedestrianization of downtown Fort Worth, Texas
Proposed pedestrianization of downtown Fort Worth, Texas
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 14
Creator nameGruen Associates
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1956
Object typeArchitecture
LocationFrom Greater Fort Worth Planning Committee, "A Greater Fort Worth Tomorrow" [Fort Worth, 1956]
Proposed pedestrianization of downtown...
Proposed pedestrianization of downtown Fort Worth, Texas

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