A special edition of my Friday 5 featuring web exclusive material from Scientific American’s special edition on cities.
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.
A Brief History of Urbanism in North America: 1940-1949
The 1940’s saw the construction of the first American planned communities. It also saw the passing of a wave of federal legislation in the United States.
Friday 5: Articles for Urbanists [Aug 13th -19th]
This week’s installment of news and views for urbanists:
8-Bit Cities: Where Geek Meets Street
8-Bit Cities make cities feel foreign yet familiar by bringing together the lo-fi maps of 1980s role-playing games and today’s web maps.
Friday 5: Articles for Urbanists [August 6th-12th]
This week’s edition of news and news for urbanists.
Google+ for Urbanists
Google+ allows urbanists to share links, ideas and discussions on cities and placemaking without boring our non-urban friends and family.
The City Limits [Weekend Watch]
Photographer Dominic Boudreault captured picturesque cityscapes and rural retreats to illustrate the duality between city and nature.
Friday 5: Articles for Urbanists [July 30th-Aug 5th]
My weekly installment of news and views for urbanists.
Rorschach Cities
Rorschmap is a Google Maps mashup by James Bridle that creates Rorschach inspired kaleidoscopic views of cities and other locations from around the world.
Friday 5: Articles for Urbanists [July 23rd-29th]
This week’s installment of news and views for urbanists.