August 2010
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A city's size no longer is the key factor in...
Just attracting more residents won’t have much effect for the economy of a city.
But building relationships with other cities both near and far, for example through business partnerships or more nonstop flights, can go a long way.
Zachary Neal -vía ScienceDaily.com
/via: descriptivasnarrativasurbanas
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a m l: maps links →
this is just a set of links i thought i’d post—some of them are well known resources, a few have been flying under the radar, and some of them just came to my attention the last couple of weeks (warning: they are all over the place).
if you love architecture history and you love maps, this is an…
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WatchUrban Farms Sprouting on New York City Rooftop
Huffington Post describes the video above:
… Reuters takes a look at the initiatives of an ambitious organic farming business, Brooklyn Grange, looking to transform NYC’s vast expanse of empty rooftops into lush forests of food.
Brooklyn Grange’s first farm is a 40,000-square-foot warehouse rooftop that grows hundreds of thousands...
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Charles Eames’ conceptual diagram of the design...
Charles Eames’ conceptual diagram of the design process, displayed at the 1969 exhibition “What Is Design” at the Musée des Arts décoratifs in Paris. Pinched from Gloria Koenig’s excellent (and bargainous) book, Eames. Designers should be made to stare at this for ten minutes each morning. Conviction and enthusiasm: that’s what we should all be aiming for.
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San Francisco Rolls Out Supply-and-Demand Pricing for Parking Meters - GOOD
If a particular block never has available spots, the city raises the meter rates until it does. In places where parking is plentiful, rates fall.
/via:courtenaybird:smartercities
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Cedric Price interviewed by Hans Ulrich Obrist on... →
“The city hall is in the centre of Glasgow. They are very proud of it and people are not allowed in very often, unless they have got a complaint against the city. We decided to improve the lift to the top of the tower – putting a carpet in, installing lovely mirrors, spraying it with perfume - and invited the public in. We did not tell them why; all we said is that they could go to the top...
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