What I’ve been reading this week
Tag: Urbanism
Friday 5: June 26 – July 2
Five posts that captured my imagination this week.
City Cultivation: Tending to Urban Terroir
Just as a farmer must tend each plant, those involved in cultivating urban terroir must tend to the needs of each resident.
Urban Terroir: The Qualities of a City
Urban terroir refers to the elements that contribute to the conditions of our urban spaces.
JaneScore—Coming to a neighborhood near you? (JanesWalkPhx)
A proposed new measure that will account for not just whether neighborhoods have amenities, but also whether they have economic and aesthetic diversity.
Friday 5: June 12th – 18th
Here are five of the more interesting posts I’ve read this week.
Downtown’s Missing Ingredient (Phxated.com)
It’s not much of a stretch to say that most of downtown Phoenix is owned or operated by commercial interests.
Genius Loci and Adaptive Reuse
The concept of adaptive reuse grows directly from genius loci.
Friday Five: May 22nd-28th
After a several week hiatus, the Friday Five is back with a sample of the most interesting articles I’ve read this week.
My New Blogging Phx-ation
Starting today, I have another blogging gig. Bill Wyman has asked me to join the PHXated team.