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Monthly Archives: May 2008
Quantifying Walkable Urbanism
Walkable urbanism is the new buzzword in community planning and development. Websites are dedicated to neighborhood walks, the brookings institute has a collection of several articles by Chris Leinberger, and now you can even check the walkable score of your … Continue reading
Posted in mapping, musings
Tagged atlanta, community, development, Jane Jacobs, neighborhoods, new york, paris, planning, real estate, walkable urbanism
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Creative Surveillance
In Manchester, a local band has utilized the Big Brother era to overcome the financial burden of music videos. As an unsigned band, The Get Out Clause, wanted to create an impressive video without having to pony up for the … Continue reading
Socially Engineering the City of Masdar
A couple weeks ago Edwin Gardner, of prss release and Volume Magazine, asked me to expand upon my post on Masdar for the forthcoming issue of Volume on social engineering. In response, my article set out to contemplate the role … Continue reading
Posted in articles, musings
Tagged abu dhabi, foster, masdar, prss release, social engineering, sustainability, utopia, volume magazine
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