My weekly selection of news and views for urbanists.
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.
Urbanized Trailer [Weekend Watch]
Trailer for “Urbanized”, the new documentary about the design of cities by Gary Hustwit.
Friday 5: Articles for Urbanists [September 17th-23rd]
This week’s news and views for urbanists… (and a few from last week too!)
Super Mario Vancouver
Dave Delisle has created a map of Vancouver’s SkyTrain transit system, done in the Super Mario Bros 3 map style.
The Atlantic Takes on Cities
The Atlantic has doubled down on their interest in cities. They have launched a new site called The Atlantic Cities.
Learn How Melbourne Beat Vancouver in Livability
Come hear Rob Adams, the Director of City Design for Melbourne, share his experiences and insights on Oct 3rd or 4th
PARK(ing) Day Vancouver!
For Park(ing) Day 2011, I’ll be joining a small but dedicated group led by the Vancouver Public Space Network. Here are the details.
Seth Godin on What Makes a City Great
What Seth Godin believes makes a city attractive to tourists also makes it interesting to urbanists and urbanites.
Friday 5: Articles for Urbanists [September 3rd-9th]
This weeks slate of articles for urbanists. It was really hard to keep it to just 5!
Friday 5: Long Weekend Reading for Urbanists
This week’s news and views for urbanists.