Some economists believe the pandemic has turbocharged what was an already inevitable decline for so-called superstar cities
By
Nick Allen,
Washington Editor,
Washington DC
;
Josie Ensor,
US Correspondent,
New York City
and
Margi Murphy,
US Technology Reporter,
San Francisco
27 February 2021 • 7:00am
According to data from the US Postal Service, New York lost a staggering 110,978 people last year
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After the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic ripped through America s cities a little known beach town in Florida called Miami saw its population quintuple in seven years to 150,000 as people fled the metropolises.
A century later, a similar phenomenon is underway, sparked by Covid-19, combined with the exponential rise of teleworking, and the crippling unaffordability of housing in city centres.
Perhaps the perfect show for these times,
Illuminate Coral Gables is an outdoor art exhibition of eight projects that incorporate video projections, sculpture, and installations, all scattered throughout the city s downtown area. Kiki Smith s Blue Night consists of mirrored renderings that denote actual constellations strung up along Giralda Plaza, while Carlos Estévez s technology-based Urban Universes is an immersive work that adorns the façade of the historic Coral Gables City Hall. The exhibition will be on view until March 14, but bear in mind that certain projects are only viewable on certain days.
6 p.m. Thursday, across downtown Coral Gables; illuminatecoralgables.org. Admission is free.
Sabrina Amrani opens FloodZone , Anastasia Samoylova s first exhibition in Spain
Anastasia Samoylova, Gator, 2017-2021. ChromaLuxe. 76 x 114 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Sabrina Amrani.
MADRID
.-Sabrina Amrani is presenting FloodZone, Anastasia Samoylovas first exhibition in Spain. The title of the show is borrowed from her eponymous project started in 2016, a photographic series in which the artist seeks to respond to the environmental changes on coastal cities of South Florida.
The project is built upon a set of interrelated paradoxes: the seductive and destructive dissonance between the official iconography of the region, comprised by tourist and real estate advertising, and the stark daily realities of climate change; the ways of landscape and the sense of place are at once natural and constructed; and the way photography both records and crafts perception.
By Claudia Mendoza
Jan 11, 2021
There s no doubt that 2020 will go down in history books. Perhaps our children or grandchildren will one day ask us. What was 2020 like?
Well, HistoryMiami Museum is inviting the public to help document 2020. The museum will preserve local experiences, stories, photographs, and artifacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter movement, and the 2020 elections to help remember the unforgettable year.
Submissions of items and stories can be made through the museum’s website historymiami.org/collecting2020. But pay close attention. No drop-offs or unsolicited donations through mail or in-person will be accepted.
You may submit your items and stories throughout 2021.
By Claudia Mendoza
Jan 7, 2021
Check-in with us every morning as we kick off 90 minutes of Non-Stop ’90s at 8:00 am! @Totally939Miami! - #MackInTheMorning @MACKONTHERADIO & @ClaudiaMonair, who s filling in for @iAmLettyB.
There s no doubt that 2020 will go down in history books. Perhaps our children or grandchildren will one day ask us. What was 2020 like?
Well, HistoryMiami Museum is inviting the public to help document 2020. The museum will preserve local experiences, stories, photographs, and artifacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter movement, and the 2020 elections to help remember the unforgettable year.
Submissions of items and stories can be made through the museum’s website historymiami.org/collecting2020. But pay close attention. No drop-offs or unsolicited donations through mail or in-person will be accepted.