A special New Years Eve edition of my weekly recap of urbanism news and views.
Urbanisms: Working with Doubt
This book touches on one of my frurations with contemporary urban planning (and civic governance in general): the push for precision and efficiency:
If MC Escher Designed New York City [Weekend Watch]
Here’s a great music video by Cyriak for Eskmo’s We Got More. It is great combination of electronic music and web animation with a urbanist flare!
Merry Christmas!! (or Z Rizdvom Khrystovym!!)
Ukrainians hide a spider web ornament on their Christmas tree and it is supposed to be good luck for the person who finds it.
Friday 5: Santa is an Urbanist Edition
Here’s a special Christmas edition of my weekly urban news and views. Looks like Santa is an urbanist! 😉
Urban Design in 10 Easy Steps
Darryl Chen’s Urban Design DIY offers an irreverent yet astute list of ten easy steps to creating an urban-design plan
LA Without Cars [Weekend Watch]
Inspired by Matt Logue’s Empty LA, Ross Ching gives us a feel of what Los Angeles would be like if everyone’s car disappeared.
A Unique View of New York City [Weekend Watch]
An incredible video of a remote-controlled plane flying exploring New York City from a true “birds-eye” view.
Friday Five: Articles for Urbanists (Dec. 11th-17th)
My weekly reading list for urbanists, urbanites and city dwellers.
Teresa Stickler speaks out against Phoenix’s Reverse Lanes
Teresa Stickler, owner of Melrose Pharmacy, was Chairperson of Phoenix’s Ad Hoc Task Force on Reverse Lanes. Now that the report has been presented, she is able to speak freely.