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this is an absolutely fantastic blog~ truly a favorite

Thanks!

Where are you attending a PhD in Urban Studies in Tokyo? And what are you focusing in on vis-a-vis urban development in the city from 1945-1973?

Hi anonymous -- I am at GRIPS (www.grips.ac.jp). Happy to elaborate on what my focus is -- a look at my blog www.benbansal.me will give away much. Get in touch!

furtho

Traffic outside Kyoto station, 1967 (via here)

#1967 #kyoto #station

#Expo70 #osaka #1970 #expo

#JAL #DC-6 #1960 #haneda airport

#JAL #DC-6 #haneda airport #tokyo #1960 #tokyo tower

#tokyo #bus map #1950

#JAL #DC-4 #1955

#1950 #ikebukuro

#1954 #ikebukuro #marunouchi line #seibu #construction

#1950 #ikebukuro #seibu

#ikebukuro #1950

#1962 #shimoda #tokyu #hotel

#shimoda #shizuoka #tokyu #hotel #1962

tamazo2

信濃橋団地(1961年)の中庭大阪市西区靭本町 2016

#shinanobashi danchi #osaka #1961 #danchi

moji

日本劇場 (1930~1970s)　　m20wc51

#nihon gekijo #yurakucho #tokyo #1970s

I walked past Azuma’s Tower House again yesterday. This amazingly small 50-year-old brick block in Gaien-Mae is perhaps the first in a long tradition of extremely small residential buildings in Tokyo. And while the architecture of scarcity brings about unprecedented creativity, it is also a reminder of what is wrong modern (real estate) capitalism. Read more here.

#tower house #gaienmae #tokyo #1966

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