9/18 - 9/24 Weekly Arts and Urbanism Roundup

Pittsburgh:

Mayor Peduto proposes real estate ta hike to fill projected $35 million budget shortfall.

Who are Pittsburgh's best professors?  (Pittsburgh Magazine)

Ed Piskor is Pittsburgh's Hip-Hop historian (Pittsburgh Magazine)

Chicago blogger rallies in defense of a bikeable Pittsburgh (Pop City)

Pittsburgh Public Market hosts first-ever food swap. (Pop City)  .

Cleveland:

There's a reason you're hearing so much about Cleveland these days (Next City)

Cleveland State University president to move downtown, becomes first CSU head to not live in Shaker Heights. (Cleveland Scene)

Bach, Boulez and ballet highlight new Cleveland Orchestra season.

Cincinnati 

How Cincinnati's pro-streetcar campaigners won in the end. (Atlantic/ Citylab)

West Virginia

Barbara Hicks Lacey remembers Charleston during segregation. (West Virginia Public Radio)

West Virginia urged to fight for international tourists

Twelve West Virginia communities focus on abandoned and blighted properties

Other Urbanism News.

Strange cloud over St. Louis turns out to be a huge swarm of butterflies. (Atlantic/Citylab)

Want to see more Millennials as home owners? Ease FHA condo restrictions. (Next City)

The Pink Zone: Why Detroit is the new Brooklyn (Fortune Magazine)

Placemaking and street design for conservatives  (Urbanism Speakeasy)

If so many people support mass transit, why do so few ride?  (Atlantic/ Citylab)

Walking through the art of black radical Brooklyn (Next City)

Why cities should strive for streets that "fail"  (Streetsblog)

Private owner of Indiana Turnpike files or bankruptcy

Bi-partisan Senate bill would give locals more control of transportation spending. (Streetsblog)

Art News: 

Hyperallergic talks with longtime Pittsburgh based artist, Christopher Kardambikis @ The New York Art Book Fair. (Hyperallergic)

Do Mexican drug lords buy art?  (Hyperallergic)

The esoteric world of print collecting (The New York Times)

Great piece on museum and gallery no-photo policies (Business Insider AU)

In London,showcases for self-taught artist's works  (Hyperallergic)

Unfinished work by Leonardo nearly restored. (The Art Newspaper)

Fashion photography is the art world's rising star  (The New York Times)

Paleolithic art at Spanish, Altamira Caves to remain open until February 2015 (The Art Newspaper)

Two new Mayan cities discovered in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. (The Art Newspaper)

Banned Books week: Comic books and literary censorship.  (Reason Magazine)

Banned Books Week: Guess which book topped the list again?  (Reason Magazine)

Local Comic Artist, Ed Piskor goes Neck Deep into Hip-Hop History

This is weird for me, cause my high school, in Queens, Hillcrest was a hotbed of early Rap & graffiti culture. Ed goes really deep into this with his new comic book, Hip-Hop Family Tree and is certain to tell you things you, don't know.

Time magazine did a post and great video

North : A Comic Artists Guide To The North Side

Artist: Tom Scioli

Rob Rogers and all the funny, warped and twisted cartoonists and comic artists behind the Toonseum are hard at work with all kinds of projects, like the Drawn To The Summit Show @ The Warhol and now a Comic artist's guide to The North Side.

"The Northside has a new visitors guide, it’s free to the public and drawn by some of Pittsburgh's best cartoonists! The guide, called North, features short comic vignettes of great Northside destinations such as The Warhol, PNC Park, and The National Aviary. North offers visitors and locals alike the opportunity to find new places to visit, or to be reminded of old favorites. The guide is available by request for personal use, or for mass distribution.

Funded by a grant from the Charm Bracelet Project, the ToonSeum partnered with 18 cartoonists (plus three writers) and 15 organizations to create a comprehensive visitors guide to the neighborhood.



Artist: Ed Piskor

Each artist covered a popular venue or historically rich area. After countless pen strokes and hours of researching, North is ready to launch. Distributed free of charge to Pittsburgh hotels, visitor’s centers, schools, and more, the guide will allow Pittsburghers new and old to enjoy the experience that is our Northside.Pittsburgh cartoonists gathered together to generously donate their talents to North. American Splendor contributor Ed Piskor, editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers, Paulette Poullet, and THE PLAIN JANES creator Jim Rugg are just a smattering of the talent involved in creating North."

To have North distributed at your place of business, or to learn about advertising space in future issues of North please e-mail Joe Wos at joe@toonseum.com.

"Our mission of the ToonSeum is to celebrate the art of cartooning. Our goal is to promote a deeper appreciation of the cartoonists and their work through hands-on workshops, community outreach, cartoon-oriented educational programming, and exhibitions or original cartoon art."

The Toonseum is coming soon to a spot downtown as a separate institution