Showing posts with label Facebook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Facebook. Show all posts
Friday, November 27, 2015

Rebecca Solnit
Wanderlust, A History of Walking —
“In a sense the car has become a prosthetic..."

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Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust: A History of Walking “In a sense the car has become a prosthetic, and though prosthetics are... Posted by The Si...
Monday, October 19, 2015

From Bicycle Diaries / David Byrne —
"Our cities are alive, just like us..."

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Our cities are alive, just like us; they have both a deep intelligence that guides them and a physical presence. They’re... Posted by The Si...

From @CityLab —
The Robert Moses Vs. Jane Jacobs
Opera Is Almost Here

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The Robert Moses Vs. Jane Jacobs Opera Is Almost Here @CityLab Posted by The Sidewalk Ballet on  Monday, October 19, 2015
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

"Something special about cities with
compact urban places, they stimulate innovation, entrepreneurship,
create opportunities"

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—@globeandmail @shanedingman “something special about cities w/ compact urban places stimulate innovation, entrepreneurship create opportuni...
Thursday, July 9, 2015

New plaza in Vancouver’s gay village
to be named after Jim Deva

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New plaza in Vancouver to be named after Jim Deva, the late and beloved co-owner of Little Sister's Bookstore.... Posted by Arsenal Pulp...
Thursday, June 18, 2015

From Better! Cities and Towns —
Form-based codes: What's the deal?

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Form-based codes: What's the deal? The community gets walkable neighborhoods with affordable housing—developers get a streamlined approv...
Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Chris Burden died on Sunday. He was 69.

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From @CityLab "When it comes to thinking critically about what makes cities run, Burden’s genre-spanning career places him among the mo...
Thursday, April 23, 2015

Some great walks in New York City

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New York City is a walker's paradise. Follow us on some great walks around the city, and then tell us about your favorites. Posted by Th...

If you go walking in New York City...

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If you go walking in New York City early enough in the morning, who knows, you might witness a scene like this one, which became the cover o...
Friday, April 3, 2015

@LitmanVTPI study: more land is devoted to roads and parking spaces per automobile than is devoted to each person's house.

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"Menos Cajones Más Ciudad" ("Less Parking More City") is a terrific new short video by the wonderful folks at ITDP....
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

How Much Sprawl Costs America — $1trillion+ according to new report

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How Much Sprawl Costs America @CityLab @LitmanVTPI Posted by The Sidewalk Ballet on Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Sunday, March 15, 2015

For Warhol, J.G. Ballard, and others
the destroyed car is one of the most potent symbols in modern art

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Post by The Sidewalk Ballet .
Thursday, March 12, 2015

From Urban Toronto —
Westbank Proposes Fully Rethought
Mirvish Village Redevelopment

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Ever since it was announced last year that David Mirvish had sold his family's iconic Honest Ed's store and Mirvish Village proper...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Free eBook — @CityLab Books:
The Future of Transportation

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Post by The Sidewalk Ballet .
Saturday, March 7, 2015

From @guardiancities —
Are we seeing the erosion of public space
and access in our cities?

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Post by Nanaimo Commons .
Thursday, March 5, 2015

Background / Vancouver —
An artist's view of the city, October 30, 1972

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Post by The Sidewalk Ballet .
Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Women in Design: An interview with Johanna Hurme of @546arch @spacingvan

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Post by The Sidewalk Ballet .
Saturday, February 28, 2015

From @TheTyee — Part 2 of 3
'At My Age, All I Expect Is a Place to Live'

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Post by The Sidewalk Ballet .

From @TheTyee — Part 3 of 3
Inside Woodward's, a Still-Contentious
Social Housing Experiment

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Post by The Sidewalk Ballet . Inside Woodward's, a Still-Contentious Social Housing Experiment | The Tyee

From The Tyee — Part 1 of 3
At Four Sisters Co-op, an
Affordable Housing Dream Realized

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Post by The Sidewalk Ballet .