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  Designing Beyond the Virtual City

  Simmons Buntin | Tue, Mar 18th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: simmons buntin, architecture, website, facebook, urban design compendium, town planning, urban design, city design, christopher alexander, good city form, kevin lynch, website design, resources, pattern languge | 0

  This website design process got me thinking about the city design process, and what they’ve got in common.  Does the virtual translate to the concrete?  No matter how technology changes, the process used to design websites is fundamentally the same.  Is that also true for cities?

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• The Daily Report

  Note to Cities: Richard Florida is not the messiah

  Hayley Richardson | Tue, Jan 22nd, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: hayley richardson, barack obama, facebook, richard florida, messiah, philly fellows, note to cities, youth involvement | 4

  My recent trip to New Hampshire, and a virtual argument between our own Dave Steele and the “untouchable” Richard Florida have unexpectedly and cogently intertwined.

  Both raise the question of citizen participation, and force us to examine the decidedly un-sexy ingredients to building a sustainable city.

  Campaigning for Obama in rural New Hampshire, I met countless people who have been involved in every primary season since they were old enough to vote. Granted, New Hampshire is…

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• NAC News

  Who’s that girl?  A search for the cover model

  John Reinhardt | Wed, Oct 17th, 2007 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: john reinhardt, facebook, cover model, search for model | 0

  You’ve see her face, haunting and innocent, staring at you when you get the morning dirt.  She’s watching you on Facebook, when you check for the latest events.  Perhaps you’ve even shared a sandwich at work or cuddled up on a rainy weekend (our latest survey showed that 26% of you read the magazine during lunch, while 34% read it on weekends).

  Here she is:
  

  Now we want to know who she is.  Stock images are great, but they often don’t tell the whole story. 

  If you know her, let…

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