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Sarah Fine | Nov 16th, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure, Economy, Built Environment | Region: West Coast | Cities: |
Chances are you heard about Occupy protestors in Oakland and Washington, D.C. being struck by cars two weeks ago—a Mercedes and a Lexus, respectively. But did you hear about the Hummer in Oakland? Or the Toyota truck that drove through a general assembly at the port? (
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Matt Milloway | Nov 15th, 2011 | Topic: Economy, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: New York |
The core physical and socioeconomic differences between Paris and New York City can be understood at least in part by looking at each city’s suburban development patterns. (
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Michael R. Allen | Nov 10th, 2011 | Topic: Culture, Built Environment | Region: Midwest | Cities: St. Louis |
The remaining wild acres of Pruitt-Igoe, one of the country’s most infamous former housing projects, now sit hiding in plain sight. While the Gateway Arch beats the pulse of a proud city, Pruitt-Igoe murmurs its shame. What should this land become? Michael Allen, a local activist, is searching for an answer. (
keep reading…)
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Aurash Khawarzad | Nov 7th, 2011 | Topic: Culture, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: New York |
The Occupy movement has captivated our national consciousness by using public space to force the acknowledgment of socio-economic inequalities in our society. Occupy has also raised awareness of the policies that govern public space in cities throughout America. Enter #whOWNSpace. (
keep reading…)
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Aditi Mehta | Oct 24th, 2011 | Topic: Culture, Built Environment | Region: Central, East Coast, Midwest, South, West Coast | Cities: Los Angeles, New Orleans |
Like people, these misplaced chairs bring different personalities to the street and even tell stories about their respective neighborhoods. Sometimes they hang out on the sidewalk for a while, but most of the time they don’t linger long. (
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Colby King | Oct 22nd, 2011 | Topic: Culture, Economy, Built Environment | Region: East Coast | Cities: |
Because the trails of Rochester, New York and Columbia, South Carolina are not hidden deep in wilderness, they offer fun and unique riding experiences close to residential and employment rich business areas. The popularity of each cities’ trails among local riders also serves an important function in the health and recreation ethos of their respective communities.
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This Big City | Oct 13th, 2011 | Topic: Governance, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: |
London has a long history of gang culture, once being considered the gang capital of the world. Yet despite handing that title over to American cities in the mid-twentieth century, gangs have remained a consistent problem – a problem which in recent years appears to be on the increase.
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Aaron Lubeck | Oct 6th, 2011 | Topic: Culture, Built Environment | Region: Midwest | Cities: St. Louis |
Bob Cassilly was not a card-carrying preservationist, but over the course of his career he seemed to have repurposed more architectural salvage than anyone else in the world. He traversed the line between sculpture and architecture, creating unique adaptive re-use projects across the United States. (
keep reading…)
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Mike Lydon | Oct 4th, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance, Culture, Economy, Built Environment | Region: East Coast | Cities: New York |
Small-scale incremental interventions are increasingly viewed as an economical way to instigate positive change in the built environment. This approach, called tactical urbanism, is the subject of the first Tactical Urbanism Salon, to be held on October 15, 2011, in New York City. (
keep reading…)
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Leda Marritz and Nathalie Shanstrom | Oct 1st, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: |
Speed bumps, street markings, speed limits and other measures have all been used to create safer conditions for all users of the road. But what about trees? (
keep reading…)
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Chances are you heard about Occupy protestors in Oakland and Washington, D.C. being struck by cars two weeks ago—a Mercedes and a Lexus, respectively. But did you hear about the Hummer in Oakland? Or the Toyota truck that drove through a general assembly at the port? (keep reading…)
The core physical and socioeconomic differences between Paris and New York City can be understood at least in part by looking at each city’s suburban development patterns. (keep reading…)
The remaining wild acres of Pruitt-Igoe, one of the country’s most infamous former housing projects, now sit hiding in plain sight. While the Gateway Arch beats the pulse of a proud city, Pruitt-Igoe murmurs its shame. What should this land become? Michael Allen, a local activist, is searching for an answer. (keep reading…)
The Occupy movement has captivated our national consciousness by using public space to force the acknowledgment of socio-economic inequalities in our society. Occupy has also raised awareness of the policies that govern public space in cities throughout America. Enter #whOWNSpace. (keep reading…)
Like people, these misplaced chairs bring different personalities to the street and even tell stories about their respective neighborhoods. Sometimes they hang out on the sidewalk for a while, but most of the time they don’t linger long. (keep reading…)
Because the trails of Rochester, New York and Columbia, South Carolina are not hidden deep in wilderness, they offer fun and unique riding experiences close to residential and employment rich business areas. The popularity of each cities’ trails among local riders also serves an important function in the health and recreation ethos of their respective communities. (keep reading…)
London has a long history of gang culture, once being considered the gang capital of the world. Yet despite handing that title over to American cities in the mid-twentieth century, gangs have remained a consistent problem – a problem which in recent years appears to be on the increase. (keep reading…)
Bob Cassilly was not a card-carrying preservationist, but over the course of his career he seemed to have repurposed more architectural salvage than anyone else in the world. He traversed the line between sculpture and architecture, creating unique adaptive re-use projects across the United States. (keep reading…)
Small-scale incremental interventions are increasingly viewed as an economical way to instigate positive change in the built environment. This approach, called tactical urbanism, is the subject of the first Tactical Urbanism Salon, to be held on October 15, 2011, in New York City. (keep reading…)
Speed bumps, street markings, speed limits and other measures have all been used to create safer conditions for all users of the road. But what about trees? (keep reading…)
