Hipster City Cycle—a forthcoming game for iPhone, iPad, and iPod—is a creative example of placemaking from an unexpected source.
Urban Drift (Weekend Watch)
A haunting beautiful and somewhat psychedelic perspective of urban time and space.
Friday 5: Articles for Urbanists (Nov. 19th-26th)
I guarantee that there are no turkey’s in this weeks lineup of articles on urbanism and city planning.
Still We Ride: A Short History of Critical Mass (Video)
A short animation about the global monthly Critical Mass bike ride.
Happy Thanksgiving
I would like to wish all my readers a happy Thanksgiving. I hope you are able to be with your friends and family to share this holiday.
Rethinking Social Capital
Building real social capital is not easy. It requires regular contact and interaction with friends and neighbors.
Vernacular Urbanism: Creating Meaningful Places
Ver·nac·u·lar: of, relating to, or characteristic of a period, place, or group… Most cities—even those with grand plans like Burnham’s Chicago or Haussmann’s Paris—derive much of their character from their locality. Their urban fabric is largely defined by factors such as local building materials, climate, access to water, history and most importantly, culture. Alas, for…
‘Schelling’ the City [Repost]
Schelling points are ‘nodes of unconscious coordination” that people in cities around the word have historically used to make sense of urban place.
Urban Color (Weekend Watch)
Let’s Colour is a worldwide initiative to transform grey spaces with colourful paint.
A Haiku History of Urban Planning (Weekend Watch)
150 years of urban planning history in 408 syllables.