Hrag Vartanian

On thursday, Veken and I headed over to Washington, DC for the day and came across a Hurricane Katrina protest/installation-on-wheels/billboard parked in front of the Capitol. I couldn’t resist exploring the provocative looking trailer with large tape lettering on all sides.

I approached the trailer door and asked if it was a performance or something and [...]

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I’ve never seen a city skyline that formed a straight line before. The world’s tallest building, Burj Dubai, is on the right and dwarfs the other skyscrapers.

{photos via Flickr}

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I recently discovered this lovely civic architectural jewel in Long Island and couldn’t resist to blog about it.
Designed by architect William B. Tubby, the building at 1550 Franklin Ave. (Mineola, NY) was inaugurated in 1902 and remained the seat of county government until the start of World War II, when it fell into disrepair and [...]

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Amazing flickr set revealing an abandoned 1970s housing complex called San Zhi outside of Taipei, Taiwan. Designed as vacation homes it was abandoned because of hauntings/real estate bubbles/adverse climate, depending on who you believe.
More background on NOTCOT.
{via IanClaridge}

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The ancient Armenian tradition of khachkars (literally meaning “cross-stone” in Armenian) has made its way to America and woven its way into Armenian communities around the world.
Los Angeles, where 400,000 people of Armenian heritage reside, is a particularly rich field for the seeds of this art form to grow. Unfortunately, people still mistakenly assume [...]

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