Get lost, or at least wander around for a while to a place you haven\u2019t spent much time, that isn\u2019t a well-known historical sight. Pay attention to your surroundings while you walk and look for a particular example of this clash between new and old. When you find some building or location that sticks out to you as especially pleasing or upsetting, take some pictures, walk around it, acquaint yourself with it, try to pick out a few reasons that you felt drawn to this place.<\/p>\n
Then, take your observations and write a paragraph in the style of a museum placard. Try to be mostly formal: describe your \u201cexhibit\u201d, and the different elements that went into it (if you care to do some research on the location, you could include the date it was created, edited, who was responsible, etc.).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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