LINKING TO OTHER BLOGS

An urban area can be simply defined as an area with a large number of people residing in it; an area that has been significantly developed, or an area where the distance between buildings is very small. Urban areas generally indicate high populations, developed infrastructure, increases in social services etc. When defining a city or urban area various aspects of the city’s morphology must be considered as the culture of the urban areas are very diverse. Our blog focuses on expression of urban art within Trinidad and the way in which both urban dwellers and individuals in authority voice relay messages. Similarities between posts in the blog, “The Voice of the Urban” and posts within three of our colleagues blogs.

In the blog entitled,” Architecture and Caribbean Urban Spaces” by Kimara Dyer and Jhon Pierre, an entry was made pertaining to the importance of the game of cricket to the Caribbean region. In the post, an image of a monument of Brian Lara was displayed. The entry spoke about the influence of cricket to society; in terms of bringing persons together through successes of the West Indies Cricket team.herefore, the statute can be seen a powerful social force. This can be related to a post done in the blog “The Voice of the Urban”, on Mahatma Gandhi as he was also an icon and advocate of unity and togetherness of people. A helpful tip could be linking the images and content to scholarly articles and readings pertaining to architectural designs within the urban and their influences.

http://architecturecaribbeanurbanspaces.blogspot.com/ (CLICK LINK TO VIEW BLOG)

Another blog which can be related to our blog is entitled, “Urban Wire” by Jewel Paul and Thalia Thomas. In this blog a post on Marcus Garvey was done but the aspect was slightly different to that of “The Voice of the Urban”. The statue was mentioned with a little background information which was similar. When they spoke about the monument of Marcus Garvey. Their aspect focused on the city of San Fernando, its development and the construction of the Harris Promenade. They spoke about the reason why it was constructed the way it was and the layout of the promenade’s features, such as benches and trees. The blog post done in “The Voice of the Urban” focused on Marcus Garvey as well, but spoke more about his legacy and the influence he had on the world. He created movements for freedom and empowerment of blacks. Overall the photos on the blog were interesting and their content was sufficient. However, the content could been more in depth and expanded a little more.

http://urbanwirett.blogspot.com/(CLICK LINK TO VIEW BLOG)

In the blog, “"The Magnificent Seven" - History and Architecture”, we discovered a link between the post of the Queens Royal College Ceiling to be somewhat of an architectural abstract. This concept of abstract art was similar to the graphite image were in Wood brook, Port-of-Spain. Both posts require a creative eye to see its beauty, as well as, to understand the message the artists are trying to say. Both pieces aimed at representing art that deviates from traditional and contemporary forms of representation.  The blog overall had great content that showed the architectural aspects within urban spaces and how they change over time. Ample information was given on the construction and the historical backgrounds of these different architectural features, such as the influence of the design, the materials used in construction and why they were constructed.

http://trinimag7.blogspot.com/(CLICK LINK TO VIEW BLOG)