Thursday, January 24, 2008

Get Midwest/Be Midwest

The new regional brand is a hot topic at Dayton Most Metro, Esrati, and even at Ellen Belcher's DDN Blog. Daytonology explores getting Midwestern via pix from (mostly) Google:

What the Dayton Development Coalition (brand sponsor) might be thinking...

Indy/alt. culture & the Creative Class get Midwestern....

Getting Midwestern in Jefferson Township....
Sugarcreek Gothic
The models and background for "the American Mona Lisa"

Dayton Gothic.

...leading to thoughts on Midwest regionalism as expressed in city-typology, urban space, and vernacular architecture. Perhaps explored in a future post.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Lets see "Midwestern Oakwood Gothic"---perhaps in front of the old mansion on Oakwood Avenue & Far Hills---and maybe "Huber Heights Gothic" in front of, of course, an all brick ranch home