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Tag: Brian Krier

  • Activists to Turn Parking Spaces into Green Spaces

    Brian Krier | Aug 22nd, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco | 4

    Between all the mammoth S.U.V.s, boxy minivans and compact cars, parallel parking in any city can be a nightmare. Come Sept. 19, drivers in cities around the world vying for curbside parking will also have to compete with potted plants, park benches and some clever environmental activists.   (keep reading…)

  • Portlanders and their Bicycles

    Brian Krier | Aug 20th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: | 0

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  • L.A. City Council Turns Fast Food Into a Zoning Issue

    Brian Krier | Aug 15th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Los Angeles | 3

    In a unanimous vote on July 29, the Los Angeles City Council approved a one-year moratorium on the opening of new fast food establishments in some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods. Was the council acting in its constituents’ best interests or did the city extend itself too far into the lives of its residents?   (keep reading…)

  • A Region on the Brink: the Southern Intermountain West

    Brian Krier | Aug 4th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: | 0

    Last week, the Brookings Institution released its latest report from its Blueprint for American Prosperity initiative. The report, entitled “Mountain Megas: America’s Newest Metropolitan Places and a Federal Partnership to Help Them Prosper,” highlights the Southern Intermountain West – a region developing at a rate presently unparalleled elsewhere in the country, bringing with it all the blessings and burdens of rapid growth.   (keep reading…)

  • Fictional Urbanism

    Brian Krier | Jul 28th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Philadelphia | 0

    The City Desk devotes its pages to a city that does not exist, profiling a citizenry that is entirely fabricated, following a ceaseless cast of characters in an ever-expanding urban narrative that has no basis in fact. Strangely enough, it’s not entirely inaccurate.   (keep reading…)

  • WALL-E issues a stark warning about Earth’s future

    Brian Krier | Jul 8th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: | 2

    WALL-E, the latest animated feature from Pixar Studios, presents some unsettling images of Earth 700 years in the future: uninhabited cities built out of infinite fields of garbage;  a planet devoid of human civilization; a landscape in which the color green has been removed from the spectrum; and one robot that rules all. It only takes a minute to realize that WALL-E is not your typical kid’s movie.   (keep reading…)

  • Philadelphia Mayor Answers Questions From The Public On NPR

    Brian Krier | Jun 19th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Philadelphia | 0

    Michael Nutter, mayor of Philadelphia, will help local NPR partner station WHYY kick off its new multi-platform broadcast program, It’s Your City tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. The live hour-long program offers Delaware Valley residents the opportunity engage the new mayor.   (keep reading…)
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