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NYTimes has a nice graphical piece about it: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/19/arts/design/michael-heizer-city.html https://www.nytimes.com/intera

by dmix 4y ago

NYTimes has a nice graphical piece about it: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/19/arts/design/michael-heizer-city.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/19/arts/design/m...

bondarchuk 4y ago
I could only see the video header, but the shot with a guy walking through it gives a great impression compared to the humanless pics.
- dmix 4y ago
  The original article really fails to communicate the scale which is a big part of this project.
acomjean 4y ago
Thanks. Great photos and good background info too. This has been worked on for decades.. They made the valley it’s in a national monument to prevent the yuca mountain nuclear storage from being readable: So:’ “City,” because it was now part of the national monument, would have to admit public visitors.’ Here is a “gifted article” link for those without a subscription: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/19/arts/design/michael-heizer-city.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxfs9gGPzNiGeVTdcwqNPW9LavB-dIvMyINIpwy_cSNJaMbApA_lzxe9WMkgoSwSpsJae3Z8EPzRzqZ62Wil--aPxao0C0G2gaHileqA4xbujsgiPOySxH_DCgSV3cV5j8pZ6dA2o0GgPlf3BDu90jdBhivckBc0tQmtXNymMrOCoX0slQKiOaBDW7gIyXOBLC3qEzZPHteV2IEgFAknGTXh__W829NheXdsXN675JBQlE9Hs1fRTUic7adf0WOBiAtTchL5osrXSqByTyMrQx_4-FKhcvr2soX9_Ot5P-B_AjmbdVQKSQEKU&smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/19/arts/design/m...
- hedora 4y ago
  I was pretty excited to go, then saw this at the end of the article: > Visitors will also need to get themselves to Alamo, Nev., a nearish town. They’ll then be picked up, allowed to roam “City” for a few hours and, because there are no lights on the road and no cellphone service, they will be driven back before dark, meaning they won’t get to see the sun rise and set, prime hours. The "no lights" thing is a pretty lame excuse. It sounds like an exercise in minimum compliance with the order to open it to the public.

by dmix 4y ago

NYTimes has a nice graphical piece about it: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/19/arts/design/michael-heizer-city.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/19/arts/design/m...

bondarchuk 4y ago

I could only see the video header, but the shot with a guy walking through it gives a great impression compared to the humanless pics.

dmix 4y ago
The original article really fails to communicate the scale which is a big part of this project.

acomjean 4y ago

Thanks. Great photos and good background info too. This has been worked on for decades.. They made the valley it’s in a national monument to prevent the yuca mountain nuclear storage from being readable: So:’ “City,” because it was now part of the national monument, would have to admit public visitors.’ Here is a “gifted article” link for those without a subscription: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/19/arts/design/michael-heizer-city.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxfs9gGPzNiGeVTdcwqNPW9LavB-dIvMyINIpwy_cSNJaMbApA_lzxe9WMkgoSwSpsJae3Z8EPzRzqZ62Wil--aPxao0C0G2gaHileqA4xbujsgiPOySxH_DCgSV3cV5j8pZ6dA2o0GgPlf3BDu90jdBhivckBc0tQmtXNymMrOCoX0slQKiOaBDW7gIyXOBLC3qEzZPHteV2IEgFAknGTXh__W829NheXdsXN675JBQlE9Hs1fRTUic7adf0WOBiAtTchL5osrXSqByTyMrQx_4-FKhcvr2soX9_Ot5P-B_AjmbdVQKSQEKU&smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/19/arts/design/m...

hedora 4y ago
I was pretty excited to go, then saw this at the end of the article: > Visitors will also need to get themselves to Alamo, Nev., a nearish town. They’ll then be picked up, allowed to roam “City” for a few hours and, because there are no lights on the road and no cellphone service, they will be driven back before dark, meaning they won’t get to see the sun rise and set, prime hours. The "no lights" thing is a pretty lame excuse. It sounds like an exercise in minimum compliance with the order to open it to the public.