Showing posts with label Yannick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yannick. Show all posts
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Observations of Current Japantown
Observations at 2 AM
-deserted place, only a few people on Dunlevy (New World Hotel)
-Oppenheimer Park has no lights, dark place
-East Cordova and Powell St are busy streets but the park is a dark place in the middle with no lights at night
-No character (i.e. street signs, lights such as Chinatown)
-Prostitution (at Jackson and Cordova)
Oppenheimer Park has no lights, the people who drive by cannot see but a dark field.
Would lights help people to get people's attention?
Do we want attention?
Abandoned by people? (No bars, restaurants, 'go-to places')
Only one grocery store is open (Tamura House, at Dunlevy and Powell)
Where do the people go?
Why do they leave?
What would bring them back to Oppenheimer Park?
Observations at 11AM
Characteristics:
-Smell (differs in every street dependent on the time of day)
-Gathering on the streets around Oppenheimer Park
-Slow movement
-Lots of interaction between people
-Big line-ups at Franciscan Sister of Atonement (Dunlevy & Cordova)
It is a busy place during the day. Lots of cars driving by and ltos of people on the streets. Strong and small community where people know each other
-deserted place, only a few people on Dunlevy (New World Hotel)
-Oppenheimer Park has no lights, dark place
-East Cordova and Powell St are busy streets but the park is a dark place in the middle with no lights at night
-No character (i.e. street signs, lights such as Chinatown)
-Prostitution (at Jackson and Cordova)
Oppenheimer Park has no lights, the people who drive by cannot see but a dark field.
Would lights help people to get people's attention?
Do we want attention?
Abandoned by people? (No bars, restaurants, 'go-to places')
Only one grocery store is open (Tamura House, at Dunlevy and Powell)
Where do the people go?
Why do they leave?
What would bring them back to Oppenheimer Park?
Observations at 11AM
Characteristics:
-Smell (differs in every street dependent on the time of day)
-Gathering on the streets around Oppenheimer Park
-Slow movement
-Lots of interaction between people
-Big line-ups at Franciscan Sister of Atonement (Dunlevy & Cordova)
It is a busy place during the day. Lots of cars driving by and ltos of people on the streets. Strong and small community where people know each other
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Powell Street Festival
Here are some images and quotes from people who attended powell street festival.the first image is the most powerful I think.
-Yannick
-Yannick
Friday, April 8, 2011
Old Japantown Diary Images
Scanned images from a diary of an old Japanese man who lived on Powell street.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Current Japantown - First Impression Photos
Photo's from Yannick...
"I went down to japantown yesterday and got some first impressions.
i tried to capture the most significant things. the most interesting thing in japantown is its smell.
every single street has a different smell. hard to capture that but i think it could be something to analyze more.
i went there during the day, i will go there again tonight to see how the environment and the people change at night."
"I went down to japantown yesterday and got some first impressions.
i tried to capture the most significant things. the most interesting thing in japantown is its smell.
every single street has a different smell. hard to capture that but i think it could be something to analyze more.
i went there during the day, i will go there again tonight to see how the environment and the people change at night."
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