Interested in hearing the sounds of the Irish Sea at Aberystwyth? What about the sounds of the Nag’s Head pub in Malvern, Worcestershire? Or Choir practice at St Martin in the Fields, London?
The UK Soundmap covers the entire United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and can be found at the British Library site.
~ Paris flat unopened for 70 years
via How to be a Retronaut
“Mrs de Florian never returned to her Paris flat after the war and died at the age of 91 in 2010. Behind the door, under a thick layer of dust lay a treasure trove of turn-of-the-century objects including a painting by the 19th century Italian artist Giovanni Boldini.”
Historypin, where old photos are pinned to modern pictures. Over 8000 historical pictures from around the world pinned so far. It really is fascinating - go and check it out!
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Food art photography by Akiko Ida and Pierre Javelle
Little People in the City - a tiny street art project
Little handpainted people, left in London to fend for themselves.
NYC.gov has recently launched a Google-esque interactive aerial map of New York in 1924. … This is a before and after history of New York City told by comparing aerial photography from 1924 and 2008. Much has changed in 84 years, and much has stayed the same. Here are some examples and observations.
This is The Smalls Street Sounds, we are trying to create the biggest sound collaboration on the web - but we need your help. Stop, listen and record the sounds around you. Upload the sounds you capture. Together we can build a fantastic Sound Map of the United States that can inspire imaginations around the world.
A picture gallery and a tribute to all the fantastic cat-ladders of the world.
