Survey Results are in!

Thanks to those who answered my survey.

I posted the results on my other blog.
I’m keeping the survey open, so if you haven’t taken it,  feel free to.

Lifestyle Assessment Survey

Hey everyone- thanks for the blog support.
If you have a couple minutes, could you take this quick survey about lifestyle?  It’s only 10 questions and it’s for my thesis project.
Also, due to the nature of my project this survey is only intended for people born after 1980.
Thanks everyone- I’ll post the results here so everyone can take a look at how Generation Y wants to live.
Let me know if there are any problems with the survey.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NQD5D6G

Final Report

Here is the final document: http://bostonnaked.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/big-dig-big-changes.pdf

You can also find it under the “Totally Nude” page.

Thanks for reading.

Final Report to come within a few hours!

The final report will be available right here by 5:00pm today (central time).  The text is all written and the book is coming together.

Stay tuned.

Update

I haven’t posted anything in a while.  I have been working on  a lot of other things.  I’m back to working on this project full-time and will post my final report (in pdf) on the big dig and it’s effects on either Tuesday 12/14 or Wednesday 12/15- so very, very soon.  Look for that document to have a lot of content that is not on the blog.  I began to shift everything to print media, so that’s why nothing has appeared on here in a while.

Looking forward to your feedback on the report.

Stripping Down History

This weekend I came across a feature on Google Earth that I was previously unaware of: a historical catalog of satellite images from 1995-2010.  I am putting together an analysis of these images, focusing on the impact the Big Dig has had on the surrounding neighborhoods.  I am suspecting that this research will show that the transformation created by the Big Dig spurred new developments and urban infill.

You can check out the early stages of the analysis here, or go to the Maps_naked page.

Re-Focusing: The Big Dig

As part of an urban theory course at Texas A&M, this blog is being re-focused.  Instead of conducting an overall analysis of greater Boston, I will be focusing on a particular element of recent change in Boston- the Big Dig.  A 21 billion dollar undertaking, this urban revitalization project has taken a lot of time, effort, and money to complete and has been met with criticism.  Yet this still remains a model for solving urban problems in cities across the United States, due to it’s method of submerging elevated highways and transforming them into urban parks.  However, despite this project being a dream of modern planners and designers, it also has it’s shortcomings.  Many people in the area are not satisfied with the way their neighborhood is changing, experiencing rising housing values and gentrification.  Still others are appreciating the overall effect this development is having on the city, connecting the North End to the downtown area.

Much more maps and data to come.

To check out everything that was previously available on the blog, check out the Curating Culture page, which contains all the pages that were previously part of the main blog.

Hell Night

So speaking of Boston foods (my last post), I saw the Boston episode of the Travel Channel’s Man v. Food a few weeks ago.  In the episode, Adam attempts to eat some of the hottest food in the world.  This can be found in Cambridge, across the river from Boston, at the East Coast Grill.  The spicy food is only available three nights a year and gets quite a turnout.  Check out the video below to see if Adam can handle the heat.

For those of you who check in frequently, you may have noticed I changed the background again.  The current one is a shot from flickr of hell night.  You can see the past backgrounds by checking out the widget on the right-hand panel.

Jim Gaffigan on Boston foods

An analysis of Boston just wouldn’t be complete without a reference to Boston baked beans or Dunkin’ Donuts.  Comedian Jim Gaffigan gives his take on both.

New Nudity

So I’ve been adding a lot of pages, videos, analysis, etc to blog.  Most of the new things that I add are on separate pages and won’t appear on the front page posts, but I will try to direct everyone to the pages with frequent posts.

Some of the things that are new(d):

• People_Naked- new video on the “Santa Speedo Run”- a charity run in December.  In-depth demographics on the way.
• Music_Naked- new content about the Dropkick Murphys, and the Street Dogs as well as info on the Berklee College of Music
• Media_Naked- videos about recent movies made in/set in Boston as well as TV shows (Cheers, etc.)
• Public Spaces_Naked- I just added this section with 4 separate sub-pages on the Big Dig, Boston Common, Quincy Market, public transit, and street life- all with videos on musicians, street performers, etc.

Soon to come is info on demographics and pages on Boston’s sports scene and economy.  In the meanwhile, check out the content and videos on the pages above.

Also- I will be frequently changing the background of the blog to keep things fresh.  I’ve created a menu on the right sidebar that contains an archive of all the backgrounds, backlogging all the cool images of Boston.