Bowery Birds

A digital recreation of the Bowery in 1997 between Houston St. and Delancey St.

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Somewhat in progress!

A story about the project is in issue 6 of Triple Canopy.

Coded in Lisp, the way real programs were. I spent many happy hours on this at Eyebeam during 2008 winter residency. The birds owe a great debt to Craig Reynolds' flocking work.