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• The right to safe transit

  
  Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space — Authority: 537
  In an earlier comment thread, Cavan reminds me that some people can justifiably feel uncomfortable on transit because of raucous people, inappropriate behavior, etc. While I dont think that justifies creating separate shuttle bus systems, I do think we need to address the problems better than we do. For example, I ...
  18 hours ago

• "Parking, parking, parking" and "Driving, driving, driving"

  
  Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space — Authority: 537
  Urban scenes at eye level, Part Two, Jan Gehl, Close Encounters with Buildings For those of us who grew up watching the Brady Bunch on television, we remember the competition on the show between the middle and older sisters, Jan and Marcia, and Jans lament that everything was about Marcia -- " Marcia, Marcia, ...
  21 hours ago

• Its very very very hard, but sometimes you get quality urban infill

  
  Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space — Authority: 537
  14th and U Streets NW, circa 1950s, Scurlock Studios photo, National Museum of American History. Older intact commercial buildings at 14th and P Streets NW When I first started being involved in revitalization issues I had plenty to learn. At the outset--remember that it was not until 2003 that ...
  2 days ago

• Its all relative: conditions shaping road speeds and safe, comfortable places

  
  Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space — Authority: 537
  There is a paper out from the University of Connecticut on " Designing Roads that Guide Drivers to Choose Safer Speeds ;" by John N. Ivan, Norman W. Garrick, and Gilbert Hanson, University of Connecticut, Connecticut Transportation Institute; for Connecticut Department of Transportation; JHR 09-321 Project 04-6. ...
  2 days ago

• Mayor Jackson demands details

  
  Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog — Authority: 435
  Frank Jackson, displeased with what he views as a lack of communication from MMPI, yesterday sent the company a list of questions (PDF) about the the proposed changes in the design of the Medical Mart . He also said that the City will hire a consultant to independently assess the condition of Public ...
  3 days ago

• Day in the Life of a Market Square in Thailand

  
  Bricoleurbanism — Authority: 93
  I was scrummaging around my hard drive and came across some scans I had done of film prints of Cambodia and Thailand from January 2004 but hadn’t cleaned up and catalogued. My digital camera had broken while at the Angkor temples in Cambodia but luckily I had my mini film camera as backup. While relaxing for a ...
  3 days ago

• Forwarding Dallas Hill-Filled Design Wins Re:Vision Dallas Competition!

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 736
  The winner of the extremely exciting  Re:Vision Dallas competition to create a completely sustainable community on a run-down city block in downtown Dallas was just announced yesterday – and it’s incredible! “Fowarding Dallas,” submitted by Portuguese-based architectural firms Atelier Data and Moov took ...
  3 days ago

• 10 x 10 project and Lawn to Farm envisioned by Urban Design Lab

  
  City Farmer News — Authority: 427
  The 10 x 10 project, comprising modular food production units distributed to schools, community centers, and Boys and Girls Clubs, would provide children with a hands-on, direct food production experience, as well as appreciation of fresh foods. From of a report by Urban Design Labs (MIT and Columbia University ...
  3 days ago

• A radical in the Age of Denial

  
  Energy Bulletin - — Authority: 620
  Its all about community. The age of cheap fossil fuels allowed us to forget that. But communities are making a comeback, and well need strong ones if were to get through the years ahead with minimal human suffering. Well also need tremendous doses of compassion, creativity, and courage. read more
  4 days ago

• The Usual – Scenes From Opening Night

  
  Fort Worthology — Authority: 128
  Last night, we received word from bar maestro Brad Hensarling that his new Magnolia Avenue spot, The Usual, would at long last be opening its doors. We slipped in about an hour before opening to grab some photos of the newly-finished bar, and hung around getting shots of the opening night celebrations.For the ...
  4 days ago

• Medical Mart conversation

  
  Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog — Authority: 435
  On the most recent Feagler & Friends program , architect Peter van Dijk, Levin College Dean Ned Hill, and the Plain Dealer s Steven Litt discussed the changing plans for the Medical Mart in Cleveland. A Plain Dealer editorial said that the project should move forward . The paper also posted MMPIs ...
  5 days ago

• Why Ant-like Agents Love Paris

  
  Price Tags — Authority: 421
  From MIT’s Technology Review : Luciano da Fontoura Costa at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil and few pals created a computer model of the street and underground networks in London and Paris. The networks of Paris and London had 11699 nodes and 6885 nodes, respectively. They then let loose ant-like agents ...
  5 days ago

• Balancing conflicts, especially over industry, can be very difficult

  
  Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space — Authority: 537
  Image from the Broken Sidewalk blog. It happens that I have walked past the Swift hog butchering plant in Louisvilles Butchertown and I can attest to the fact that it smells "earthy." At the same time, the plant has been there for 43 years and employs 1,300 people directly, probably another 700 people are ...
  5 days ago

• Houses, Homes & Hope: A Melbourne Conversation

  
  Sustainable Melbourne — Authority: 127
  Source: Climate Action CalendarImage: davef3138 via flickr CCHouses, Homes & Hope: Creating Neighbourhoods That Are Better Places To Live – An event to discuss housing and safe neighbourhoods.A range of local and international panellists will consider how affordable housing can give hope for low-income ...
  5 days ago

• Replacing Ugly Construction Site Barriers with Beautiful Living Green Walls

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 149
  Normally at a big construction site, an ugly OSB wall plastered with posters provides a barrier between the site and the rest of the city. Typically thought of as eyesores, these walls are anything but pleasing to the eye. But what if they could be transformed into living urban spaces full of plants and systems that ...
  5 days ago

• Replacing Ugly Construction Site Barriers with Beautiful Living Green Walls

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 736
  Normally at a big construction site, an ugly OSB wall plastered with posters provides a barrier between the site and the rest of the city. Typically thought of as eyesores, these walls are anything but pleasing to the eye. But what if they could be transformed into living urban spaces full of plants and systems that ...
  5 days ago

• From an outer suburban life by Linda Carroli

  
  Proboscis | Diffusion — Authority: 100
  Download eBook A4 | US Letter PDF 500Kb StoryCube A4 only PDF 630Kb About : Several years ago, Linda Carroli relocated to the outer northern suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. During this time, as a result of this experience, she was moved to commence postgraduate studies in urban planning and design. ...
  5 days ago

• Transit-mobility stuff

  
  Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space — Authority: 537
  1. Placemaking Institute calls our attention to this September article from the Toronto Star about a condo building constructed with no automobile parking for individual units, but including 315 spaces for bicycles and 9 carsharing spots. See " Car-free condo: 42 storeys, no parking: University Ave. project with 315 ...
  6 days ago

• 714 Main Progress

  
  Fort Worthology — Authority: 128
  XTO’s restoration of 714 Main, the former Transport Life Building in Downtown, is getting closer to completion. As seen above, much of the glass of the new replica 1920s base has been installed, and as we reported previously the new warrior heads have been added atop the arches.Now, XTO has added another important ...
  6 days ago

• Landscape Institute announces 2009 Awards

  
  World Landscape Architect — Authority: 141
  Landscape Institute announced the 2009 Landscape Institute Awards recently with Gillespies winning the President’s Award for St Andrew Square in Edinburgh. The Peter Youngman Award which is awarded each year for outstanding contribution to landscape was awarded to the Olympic Delivery Authority for their visionary ...
  6 days ago

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