I (Astrid) got to got to NY with work (about one of the last people allowed a business trip before the financial clamp-down stopped all non-essential travel). I had been to NY twice before, but now had never been in the city on my own. I set out to find places again I had been to before (Gray's Papaya for Hot dogs; nice Mexican food and I also discovered a very nice Ethepoian food place) and also tried a few new things (Chamber Music at the Metropolitain Museum; 'Obscult NY Walking tour). As I had forgotten to bring a camera, I decided I had to buy one and happened to walk past a LOMO store (this is how I ended up owning my first LOMO camera :)). My hotel was called the Mondrian, a hip/trendy blue place more like a bar than a hotel (that's why I almost didn't find it when the cabbie dropped me off in a deserted backstreet in the rain in the middle of the night) located on Crosby Street (funnily enough the street featured in the film 'Adjustment Bureau' which I happened to watch on the plane). The below foto's are a random collection shot with the LOMO.
Ian Field + Astrid Kirchner co-founded Urbaneer in 06 as a MBA project. Urbaneer is a creative hub that facilitates creative urban engagement and exploration.
Ian has a Masters Degree in Sport History and Culture. His Masters dissertation focussed on the evolution of creative leisure activities within the urban environment and their relationship with space and place, subcultral composition, the cultural construction of identity, economic structures and political meaning. He also has a BSc Management Studies and currently works in London in the marketing communications industry.
Astrid, originally from Austria, has been in London since 2002. Her first degree is in “Environmental Sciences & Geography” and she spend two years in US as part of her degree. Urbaneer has grown out of a project called “Living In A Tubemap” which encourages Londoners to be tourists in London. In 2005 Astrid took part in Europan. In 2008 She finished her MBA, specialising in Creativity & Innovation and a coaching foundation course. Before travelling Astrid worked in executive development for 7yrs, most recently she developed & led the Financial Talent Executive Network(www.icaew.com/f-ten).
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