(s)low Resolution, 2007
Next Project →Situated on a plateau in Pittsburgh and overlooking a valley carved by Negley Run and Washington Boulevard, difficult terrain surrounds Larimer on three sides. Relying on a series of bridges to provide connection with nearby neighborhoods, Larimer hovers at the periphery of city political, economic and social attention. Years of neglect have eroded the physical and social resources of the neighborhood. Publicworks Office responded by initiating a series of actions and events between 2005 and 2007 under the banner “Friends of Larimer.”
Friends of Larimer scanned multiple channels for formal and informal images of the neighborhood and plotted them to a web-based map. Transmissions via police scanner, local news media, property assessment records, interviews, and personal observations were charted. A complete image of the neighborhood gained “definition” through a greater number of data points, yet it simultaneously lost “resolution” as complexity and contradiction increased.