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Tag: Urbanism
Friday 5: TED Talks for Urbanists
In honor of TED 2011, here are 5 of my favorte TED talks relating to urbanism and cities.
Phoenix’s CityScape Fails to Live Up to the Hype
A year ago, I shared my initial observations on CityScape Phoenix. At the time I wasn’t impressed. A year later, it impresses me even less.
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.
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.
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.
Articles for Urbanists (Feb 4th-11th)
Selected readings for urbanists.
Enabling Urban Encounters
‘Online’ is increasingly driving and enabling offline encounters in cities
Friday 5: Articles for Urbanists [Jan 29th-Feb 4th]
This week’s list looks at how small scale and informal changes can have large and lasting effects in our cities.