Archive for August, 2008
Urban Diversion 3.0
Is Texas the only state with a city named Paris? Is Illinois the only with Springfield?
Ever wondered how many states have similar named cities? You might consider this an exercise in urbanism by association, or perhaps just a random idea for mapping.
In Identically Named Places Connected (USA), Neil Freeman creates a visualization for this very […]
Ignore Pruitt-Igoe, Experiment With Big Box Development
I had another “connecting the dots” moment the other night. After reading Austin Contrarian’s thoughts on big box development, I started thinking about the symbolic end to Modernism.
[Image: Cartoon courtesy of Empire Wire.]
How much has the failure of Modernism to address social housing affected experimentation in development?
Obama vs. McCain - Urban Policy
How is urban policy represented on the respective campaign websites of John McCain and Barack Obama? This was the simple question I asked myself while reading about Obama’s economic policies. I half expected to come out empty handed on both websites, and in actuality, half was the appropriate word.
[Image courtesy of ABC News.]
Pattern Recognition 6 (double dose)
This week’s patterns come from a different source - my friend Lauren Bebry. After discussing my obsession for patterns with her, she practically burst at the seams to share her own pattern photography.
Recently, she had discovered the overwhelming number of patterns present in the urban environment. Thus, armed with a camera, she captured her journey […]
Current State of Innovation… Say What?
Disclaimer: If you are a resident of Indiana, an employee of HKS, or a lover of faux-traditional architecture, I apologize. What you are about to read may be offensive.
Yesterday, the news feed at WAN released a description and images of the new Indianapolis Colts stadium by HKS. It claims a level of […]
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