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“The 8-Bit Cities project, which started with 8-Bit NYC, is an attempt to make the city feel foreign yet familiar, smashing together two culturally common models of space: the lo-fi overhead world maps of 1980s role-playing and adventure games, and the geographically accurate data that drives today’s web maps and GPS navigation. I hope to evoke the same urge for exploration, abstract sense of scale, and perhaps most importantly unbounded excitement that many of us remember experiencing on the Nintendo Entertainment System, the Commodore 64, or any other number of 8-bit microcomputers. Maps offer us visual architectures of the world, encouraging us to think about and interact with space in particularly constrained ways. Take some time to think about your surroundings a little differently. Set out on a quest. Be an adventurer.”
The phrase, “D.C. stinks,” took on a new meaning Wednesday as drivers slipped and slid across a greasy substance that smelled like vomit along U Street.
Police had to close eastbound U Street in Northwest between 16th and 9th Streets after pedestrians and cyclists fell on the used kitchen grease that apparently leaked from a truck.
A stretch of 14th Street from Florida to S Streets is closed.
Police have closed some areas to pedestrian traffic.
Hazardous materials crews are sopping up the mess, and the road is being sanded down to prevent additional problems.
A new class I’m taking brought me to the University earlier this week and I happened to park near this mural. I couldn’t resist snapping a photo of...
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Eastbourne Pier & Starlings - Eastbourne, England
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