Urban Renewal
— A Plea for Public Space
— A Plea for Public Space
Term: Fall 2018
Course: Typography II
Advisor: Ben Franklin, Lecturer
Course: Typography II
Advisor: Ben Franklin, Lecturer
I designed Urban Renewal as a self-collected anthology of essays, podcasts, and speeches questioning relationships between space, gentrification, and the way we so easily forget history when tangible reminders have been forcibly removed. The three chapters of written content of this book were created by Walter Hood, Roman Mars, and Nora Wendl, respectively.
This editorial publication uses the Time Travel feature of Google Street View to document the moments of growth, decline, and change of the Ville neighborhood in St. Louis. By comparing the same locations at different points in time, readers can wander through the decades of rapidly transforming and disappearing neighborhoods.
Click here to learn more about The Ville, the historic African-American neighborhood, and consider donating to the Northside Community Housing project.
This editorial publication uses the Time Travel feature of Google Street View to document the moments of growth, decline, and change of the Ville neighborhood in St. Louis. By comparing the same locations at different points in time, readers can wander through the decades of rapidly transforming and disappearing neighborhoods.
Click here to learn more about The Ville, the historic African-American neighborhood, and consider donating to the Northside Community Housing project.
Above, the short sheets in the book allow the reader to interact with the changing landscape. When the reader flips the sheet from left to right, they watch the building disappear from the street corner. I placed the dates that each image was captured next to each other on the pages in the hopes that the reader would be confronted with the immediacy of the disappearance of these spaces.
Below, the documentation includes details from the full book, including the title card sheet indicating the beginning of a new text and the the microtypography of the captions for images. I chose to rotate the typography on the introductory sheets in order to mimic the shape and height of buildings and structures.
Below, the documentation includes details from the full book, including the title card sheet indicating the beginning of a new text and the the microtypography of the captions for images. I chose to rotate the typography on the introductory sheets in order to mimic the shape and height of buildings and structures.
