John Geraci talks about cities and technology—specifically how local communities are being remade around the world with web and mobile technologies.
Category: Urbanism
Posts related to cities and urban areas, their geography, economies, politics, social characteristics, as well as the effects on, and caused by, the built environment.
Friday 5: Revolutions and Urbanism
This week’s articles focus on the role of urbanism and public space had in the unrest in the Middle East.
Let’s Get Urbanized
Filmmaker Gary Hustwit, director of Helvetica and Objectified is working on the third film in his design trilogy, entitled Urbanized.
Book Review: The Living City by Roberta Brandes Gratz
The Living City is an invaluable resource for those wishing to know more about the power that small projects have in improving a city.
A Brief History of Urbanism in North America: 1700s
During the 1700’s cities began to be planned according to central visions. Here are three examples plus the first land use legislation.
Jaime Lerner: Why Smart Cities are like Turtles
Legendary architect and urban planner Jaime Lerner describes his vision for the “smart cities” of the future.
It’s a Wonderful City
This is a fun riff on It’s a Wonder Life highlighting the importance of city planning.
Friday Five: Smart Cities Edition
This week’s articles look at various aspects of smart cities and the interaction of technology and urbanization.
Good News for The Suburbs
In September, I posted about Arcade Fire’s album ‘The Suburbs.’ On Sunday, the album won a well deserved Grammy for Album of the Year.
5 of the Best Urban Infographics
I have always been compelled by data visualization. Here are five of my favorite infographics pertaining to cities.