Showing posts with label Urban Design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Urban Design. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

From PBS NewsHour －
Urban designers transform these streets
into pedestrian paradise

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New York City’s streets underwent a radical transformation under the leadership of Janette Sadik-Khan, who served as transportation commis...
Friday, June 3, 2016

From Co.Exist —
Car-Free Neighbourhood Redesigns Suburbia

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It's possible that some people might own a car in a new neighborhood designed for Mannheim, Germany. But they won't be able to dri...
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Thursday, March 10, 2016

Why Vancouver has 5 times more kids than Seattle, 9 times more than Portland

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"Why Vancouver BC has 5 times more kids than Seattle, 9 times more than Portland?" DECISION https://t.co/ndhxSeYHEt pic.twitter...
Sunday, February 28, 2016

From The Link —
Japanese Architect Manabu Chiba Presents Alternative Design to Canadian Audience —
People First Urban Planning

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Graphic Madeleine Gendreau  Madeleine Gendreau    Walking through the city, it’s often forgotten that the environment in which we live ...
Thursday, February 25, 2016

From Urban Land Magazine —
Growing Small: How Smaller, Infill Urban Developments Are Making a Big Difference

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Small development is incremental . It is perhaps even surgical at times—helping infill the broken teeth of existing urban blocks or proper...
Friday, October 2, 2015

#StreetoftheDay —
Rue Alsace-Lorraine, Toulouse

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Jenny Morris photo Today my friend Jenny Morris, on her Toulouse morning walk turned a corner onto Rue Alsace-Lorraine and saw what she ...
Saturday, July 4, 2015

Bing Thom re-imagines downtown Vancouver

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MT @rdtvan : Bing re-imagines #downtownVancouver http://t.co/W4h9TXU8Vx #rdtvan http://t.co/ioZirDl557 pic.twitter.com/dipdZwWywm — B...
Sunday, May 17, 2015

Street of the day: Istanbul, Turkey
— @NathanNWE

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#streetoftheday Istanbul, Turkey. pic.twitter.com/af4yJAzdZd — Nathan Lewis (@NathanNWE) May 17, 2015
Thursday, May 14, 2015

@WilliamPennFdn —
$11 million Philly investment:
"Reimagining the Civic Commons”

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Can civic places, including libraries, parks, trails, plazas and community centers, be reimagined to make cities more successful? The John...
Sunday, April 26, 2015

Charles Marohn in
The American Conservative —
Cities for People—or Cars?

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One hot summer day I walked through an old, neglected neighborhood, the kind of place where feral cats stalk mice in the weeds near cracke...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

From Price Tags —
How Vancouver does successful retail

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Sam Newberg – known as ‘Joe Urban’ – sent this request to Price Tags:   We’re having a crisis of urban design in Minneapolis. ( How t...
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 14, 2015

#Nanaimo waterfront park lease
referendum upcoming — I share some thoughts with Mayor + Council

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Post by The Sidewalk Ballet . . @NanaimoCommons @1sidewalkballet @DarrellBellaart Time to scale back such a grandiose project. Build a ...
Tuesday, February 3, 2015

From @StrongTowns @TheSchoolOfLife —
How to make an attractive city

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A great pedestrian experience has 4 elements effecting #walkability . Great design considers all 4. pic.twitter.com/ITJIpyQOek via @skyej...
Saturday, January 24, 2015

BC Sustainable Energy Association —
BCSEA Kamloops presents Gil Peñalosa Feb 3

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Urban design might not be the first thing you think of when it comes to the BCSEA. Why bring in an urban advisor rather than an energy e...
Monday, October 27, 2014

The (amazing) density of Barcelona Eixample @cnunextgen

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Post by CNU NextGen: The Next Generation of New Urbanists .
Monday, July 28, 2014

From CBC Radio — Ideas with Paul Kennedy
Witold Rybczynski: Art We Live In

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We love and hate them, but we can't escape them either - we're all obliged to live and work in buildings, and we all have strong f...
Thursday, May 29, 2014

Twitter List — Architecture, Design

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Tweets from https://twitter.com/1sidewalkballet/lists/architecture-design
Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Canadian Cities —
Comparison of Typical Downtown Block Sizes

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Select Canadian cities: Comparison of typical downtown block sizes. pic.twitter.com/2efUqZ6CXC — Brent Bellamy (@brent_bellamy) April 10, ...
Saturday, March 8, 2014

In Walkable Cities
Size and Nature of City Blocks is Crucial

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RT @urbandata : In walkable cities, size and nature of city blocks is crucial. Figure-ground maps: pic.twitter.com/Lx8kgs29GS MT @BrentTode...