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• OASIS

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 732
  The New York City Open Accessible Space Information System Cooperative (OASIS) is an online, interactive mapping and data analysis application that gives an incredibly detailed view of New York Citys open spaces and how they are used. The map enables overlays of information like: transit; parks, playgrounds and open ...
  2 days ago

• Architecture & Urban Planning in China: Smart future showcased at Shanghai World Expo

  
  { design@tive } information design — Authority: 129
  With heavy coverage from newspapers and television, you may have become quite familiar with the theme of the Shanghai World Expo – “Better City, Better Life.” But have you ever thought of the meaning behind the phrase? Do you know what a better city is and how to achieve a better life? These questions ...
  1 week ago

• Geometric Park Heals a Rocky Rift in Bilbao

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 731
  A beautiful geometric park has sprouted upon a once-barren slope that split two suburbs in Bilbao, Spain. Designed by ACXT , Pau Casals Square is a vibrant expanse of green space that connects the surrounding neighborhoods and creates a place for people to sit or stroll. The striking public park consolidates an ...
  2 weeks ago

• Spread it Around -- Loneliness May Be Contagious

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 789
  Filed under: Health Care , Woman Up , Culture "Wouldnt it be fine bein lonely together? " -- Barry Manilow Its not often that science comes in to justify the truth of old Barry Manilow songs, but a new joint study from the University of Chicago, Harvard and the University of California-San Diego suggests ...
  2 weeks ago

• Living in China: Chinglish to get the axe in Shanghai for World Expo

  
  { design@tive } information design — Authority: 129
  Shanghai is looking to get rid of poorly translated English signs as it readies to welcome 4 million foreign visitors to next year’s World Expo. “Pick one’s steps?”, by Itamar Medeiros Shanghai Media Group’s International Channel Shanghai (ICS) launched a campaign called “ Write It Right ” to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pathways of Desire: Detroiters carve their own streets out of the snow

  
  Boing Boing — Authority: 880
  Using photos and satellite images, the Sweet Juniper blog documents the "pathways of desire" in Detroit -- the streets and sidewalks that Detroiters carved out of the snow indicating where theyd like to go, rather than where the city expects them to go. I read somewhere (I think it was Peter Ackroyds incredible ...
  3 weeks ago

• Listen to Mary Newsom’s “The information Superhighway: Urban Renewal or Neighborhood Destruction?” talk at IDEA 2009

  
  { design@tive } information design — Authority: 129
  As a long-time practitioner of daily newspaper journalism who sees the economic model of the newspaper industry sinking (and broadcast journalism isn’t in much better shape), Mary looks into what will happen to cities if/when the mass media splinter. With all of the “new media” journalism: the emerging trends ...
  4 weeks ago

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