You think times are tough for you? At least you don’t own a mall. Once a bulwark of American economy, culture and probably its soul, the shopping mall has fallen on hard times. And to see the decline close up you should check out the site deadmalls.com. So what should we do with this new surfeit of empty big boxes surrounded by oceans of asphalt? There are a few good ideas submitted to Reburbia, a design competition to re-imagine suburbia. One suggestion from the Alabama-based architecture firm Forest Fulton suggests that perhaps the mall should see a reversal of a function and go from being:
Anthony Mangieri, who ran the Una Pizza Napoletana in New York until he closed up shop earlier this year, is going to reopen the restaurant in San Francisco next Spring. A notable zealot fringe leader of the recent Naples-style pizza revolution in New York, Mangieri’s obsessed with using perfect tomatoes, perfect flour and having the perfect wood-fired oven. (At Pizza Napletana in NY, Mangieri ripped out the last oven which he had custom built for the restaurant for another one custom built in Naples just two years later–at a cost of $40,000). Mangieri makes only four kinds of pizza: Margherita, marinara (no cheese), bianca (no sauce), and filetti (with fresh cherry tomatoes). There are no appetizers, no desserts, no salads, no slices, no substitutions, no delivery, no extra toppings. Each plate-sized pizza is $21. Watch him make a pie in Michael Evans’ short film Naturally Risen.
There’s a new guide in town. From the good people who brought you The Onion and their A.V. Club, comes a new food, music and nightlife guide to San Francisco. Decider’s already conquering eight other U.S. cities with its good balance of listings and features. And with Yelp’s clueless-d-bag to knowledgeable-insider ratio climbing everyday, Decider may have shown up just at the right time. I’m especially fond of The Drink Finder, which is probably one of the best Google Map guides for drinking available.
While you thought you could find this on Wikipedia, what you really need is some subjectivity to come up with a good, fairly complete list of regional pizza styles. And check out more good foodblogin’ at Serious Eats
You think times are tough for you? At least you don’t own a mall. Once a bulwark of American economy, culture and probably its soul, the shopping mall has fallen on hard times. And to see the decline close up you should check out the site deadmalls.com. So what should we do with this new surfeit of empty big boxes surrounded by oceans of asphalt? There are a few good ideas submitted to Reburbia, a design competition to re-imagine suburbia. One suggestion from the Alabama-based architecture firm Forest Fulton suggests that perhaps the mall should see a reversal of a function and go from being:
