Assignment, Globe, Individual Lauren Slowik Assignment, Globe, Individual Lauren Slowik

Block Party - GLOBE Course

 
A survey of my block in Brooklyn.

A survey of my block in Brooklyn.

Party Poster - I printed it and hung around my block. The only Google Voice message I got was a call chastising me for not correcting the Internet-translated Italian I used.

Party Poster - I printed it and hung around my block. The only Google Voice message I got was a call chastising me for not correcting the Internet-translated Italian I used.

 

For my final investigation for GLOBE I decided to build on my group work from Occudopt and try to create an intentional community like the one on the block next door. They always have a fun-ass block party every July so I thought “why couldn’t our block have one too?” So this is a document of my foray into block party organizing. Slow work but I hope it will happen summer of 2012! EDIT - it didn’t, still hasn’t. But now

 
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