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714 Main Restoration Progress
Fort Worthology —
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XTO Energy’s restoration of 714 Main continues at a steady pace. As we previously noted, the building’s original main entrance has been recreated in the center of the Main Street facade, and now the warrior heads atop the window arches are uncovered as well. A closer look reveals more new, interesting ...3 hours ago -
World Bank Launches New Urban Development Strategy
The Dirt —
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The World Bank Group recently launched a new global urban development strategy that will guide its project financing and research over the next decade. The World Bank says cities will expand by another two billion people over the next 20 years, and 90 percent of urban population growth will occur in the ...1 day ago -
PLAIN DEALER: OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS DESIGNING CLEVELAND’S NEW INNER BELT BRIDGE ALSO NEED TO CONSIDER THOSE WHO MIGHT BIKE OR WALK ACROSS IT – EDITORIAL
ClevelandDesignCity —
Authority: 142
Ohio Department of Transportation bureaucrats have a ready answer whenever some pesky citizens suggest changes in ODOT plans for the Inner Belt — or pretty much any other project: Nope. Can’t do it. So it’s no surprise that ODOT appears to have given little consideration to calls to add a secure lane for bikes ...1 day ago -
The point of planning
Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space —
Authority: 536
(Maybe I am just no fun.) From email: From my favorite cycling forum earlier today: "cities only really come to life when the adults find ways to play in them." I really like that. Is this our job? My response: what I say our job is is to stabilize, maintain, and extend the quality of life for residents, and ...1 day ago -
Transportation system information
Pasta&Vinegar —
Authority: 508
A quick visit to EPFL last week in Lausanne gave me the opportunity to observe and test the new QR-code system that enable to get some information about the tram schedule. The service works pretty well but it’s rather the little poster showed on the picture above that raised my attention. What is strikingly ...1 day ago -
PLAIN DEALER: THREE NORTHEAST OHIO PROJECTS, INCLUDING ASM HEADQUARTERS AND DOME, WIN STATE TAX CREDITS
ClevelandDesignCity —
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — An overhaul of the eye-catching ASM International headquarters in Geauga County, a renovation project in PlayhouseSquare and a makeover of a movie theater in Oberlin received some coveted financial aid on Thursday. The three Northeast Ohio properties were among 12 projects that collectively won ...4 days ago -
Texas Becomes First State To Adopt New Smart Street Rules
Fort Worthology —
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Big news – Texas has become the first state to officially adopt the new complete streets-based road design manual Context Sensitive Solutions in Designing Major Urban Thoroughfares for Walkable Communities, written by the Congress for the New Urbanism and the Institute of Transportation Engineers. Kaid Benfield at ...4 days ago -
A Message From Copenhagen: Climate Plan Must Include Walkable Urbanism
Worldchanging: Bright Green —
Authority: 652
WorldChanging Team: At a panel discussion yesterday at the Copenhagen climate summit, American policymakers and transit experts delivered a clear message: Walkable urban development must be...4 days ago -
Bilbao’s Pau Casals Square
The Dirt —
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Inhabitat wrote about Pau Casals Square, a new geometric park designed by ACXT in Bilbao, Spain, the site of Frank Gehry’s now iconic Guggenheim Museum . The park aims to connect surrounding neighborhoods and creates a bold new place to relax, while preserving much of the site’s original character. ...4 days ago -
Grainger & Leuda Mixed-Use Design
Fort Worthology —
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We’ve now got some drawings of the mixed-use project that’s going in at Grainger & Leuda in the Near Southside. Yet another case of the T4-N zoning paying off by requiring residential units in all construction. The development will feature ground-floor medical office space (for Dr. Chunduri’s neurology ...5 days ago -
Another Mixed-Use Development For The Near Southside
Fort Worthology —
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Tipsters have told us that this recently-surveyed lot, located at Grainger & Leuda in the Near Southside, will be home to a new mixed-use infill development. The development is said to be ground-floor office with apartments above.The site is located in one of the Near Southside’s T4-N (for “Neighborhood”) ...5 days ago -
Underground Jewels: Subway Star-chitecture
Worldchanging: Bright Green —
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Alex Aylett: Designboom has posted an eye-catching photo series of some of the worlds best subway architecture. They range from the old-world opulence of Moscows Komsomolskaya...5 days ago -
Secret Video of Government Highway Spending Plans Hacked and Exposed
TreeHugger —
Authority: 629
The Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has been secretly determining where the next tranche of infrastructure investment will be spent. They were not going to reveal this until after Copenhagen because of its appalling carbon footprint, but someone hacked into Youtube and found this classif... Read the full ...5 days ago -
Cities for Cycling: Creating Safe Urban Bike Infrastructure
The Dirt —
Authority: 463
The Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program and the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) organized an event, “Cities, Bicycles, and the Future of Getting Around,” at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. David Byrne, former lead singer of the Talking Heads and author of ...6 days ago -
Photo Tour: Quorum Architects
Fort Worthology —
Authority: 130
Recently, we had the opportunity to visit the home of Quorum Architects. Quorum is located in the Near Southside, at Vickery & Hemphill. From the outside, the Quorum building (which also houses Concussion and Matador, with Quorum leasing space out to those companies) is a very modest sort of building that comes ...6 days ago -
Advocacy for livability and walkability
Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space —
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While I dont remember his exact words, an area blogger mentioned to me last night that now I am part of the system (at least through the end of this project) since I am working for a county government. Its kind of interesting, because while I write in a reasonably strident fashion, I am not comfortable with being ...6 days ago -
Cool bicycle planning stuff
Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space —
Authority: 536
1. Requirements in New York City for bicycle accommodation in office buildings in with freight elevators has just gone into effect. See " Clearing a Path for Bikes in City Office Buildings " from the New York Times . The most enlightened of property owners and managers are already developing bicycle access plans. ...6 days ago -
Plaza del Torico / b720
ArchDaily —
Authority: 643
@ Duccio Malagamba Architects: b720 Arquitectos Location: Teruel, Spain Architects in Charge: Fermin Vazquez Project Team: Fermín Vázquez, Agustín Miranda, Pedro Baltar, Sebastián Khourian, María Barbeito, Ana Caffaro, Leyre Ciriza, Ángel Corsino (models), Pedro García, Pablo Garrido, ...1 week ago -
Roadtown: Linear City Proposed 100 Years Ago Would Work Well Today
TreeHugger —
Authority: 629
via No Tech Magazine In 1910, Edgar Chambless released Roadtown, outlining his idea for a linear city built on top of a railway line. "The idea occurred to me to lay the modern skyscraper on its side and run the elevators and the pipes and wires horizontally instead of vertically. Such a house would not be limited ...1 week ago -
Skyscraper “Urban Forest” By MAD Architects
Attuworld.com —
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