8150 Sunset Blvd, 1966 © Ed Ruscha
Sunset Over Sunset
This project joins Ed Ruscha’s repeated street view photographs of postwar Los Angeles with historical census, occupancy, real estate, and newspaper data to uncover stories of everyday change and vernacular redevelopment along an iconic American boulevard.
308-310 S 4th St, Philadelphia, 1957, PhillyHistory.org
Preserving Society Hill
This project aggregates and spatializes historical photographs, planning and architectural data, and 90 oral history interviews to explore the relationship between urban renewal and historic preservation in Philadelphia’s landmark postwar development project.