Viewed on: Nov 22, 2009
Nov 12
Public Art with a Sound-Machine
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Approximately one million people trample through Times Square everyday - some incessantly pausing to snap pictures of all the chaos while others beeline without ever looking up.
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Urban Omnibus
Nov 12
World of Giving
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Jeffrey Inaba and C-LAB will be hosting a book launch this evening—Thursday, November 12—at the New Museum in New York.
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BLDGBLOG
Nov 12
World of Giving
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Jeffrey Inaba and C-LAB will be hosting a book launch this evening—Thursday, November 12—at the New Museum in New York.
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Bldgblog
Nov 12
A MagLev for Pittsburgh?
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Why is it that certain technologies inspire such religious passion in people?
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The Antiplanner
Nov 12
Sydney Harbour Design Competition
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Sydney’s city government announced a design competition for a new public domain on Sydney Harbour, including the creation of a “signature headland park” that would be part of a new “world-class” water
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ASLA.org - The Dirt
Nov 12
Chances of Climate Change Summit Success Dim
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The United Nations Assocation of the National Capitol Area organized a panel on climate change in Asia at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Dr.
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ASLA.org - The Dirt
Nov 12
Who's counting?
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Ken Orski reports the following:In a revealing article that should be required reading for smart growth advocates everywhere, Gerrit-Jan Knaap, executive director of the National Center for Smart Grow
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Peter Gordon's Blog
Nov 12
Tilting at Windmills in Minnesota
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The difficulty of changing our ingrained daily habits -- even for our own good, not the health of the planet -- is the subject of today's post from Streetsblog Network member Twin City Sidewalks.
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Streetsblog
Nov 12
Second Home Buyers Still Looking
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This post was written by Trisha Riggs, vice president of communications for ULI.
Despite the recession, high-end second-home buyers are still in the market, willing to purc
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The Ground Floor
Nov 12
Today’s Headlines
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City Council's Shot Across Bloomberg's Bow: Parking Enforcement Not Acceptable (Post)
Shelly Silver Won't Even Pass Tougher Penalties for Driving Drunk With Kids (Observer, Post, News)
Bus
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Streetsblog
Nov 11
It’s all about me (thane)!
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Well, it’s not really all about me. But methane has figured strongly in a couple of stories recently and gets an apparently-larger-than-before shout-out in Al Gore’s new book as well.
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RealClimate
Nov 11
Muddying the peer-reviewed literature
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We’ve often discussed the how’s and why’s of correcting incorrect information that is occasionally found in the peer-reviewed literature.
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RealClimate
Nov 11
China’s Love Affair with Mobility
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China Daily reports that car (light vehicle) sales reached 10.9 million units in the first 10 months of 2009, surpassing sales in the United States by 2.2 million.
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Newgeography.com
Nov 11
A Safer Carmine Street? Break Out the Pitchforks!
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Plans for a protected bike path on a short stretch of Carmine Street are in jeopardy following a public hearing held by Manhattan Community Board 2's transportation committee last night.
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Streetsblog
Nov 11
Canada's Ice Skating Highways
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Photo by flickr user vincealongi/ / CC BY 2.0I love winter - it's a big reason I left Houston and moved home to Maine.But the Canadians really know how to enjoy the season.
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The Vigorous North
Nov 11
Philly’s Piazza
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Inspired by the Piazza Navona in Rome, Bart Blatstein, the president of Tower Investments, created a public square out of an abandoned brewery lot in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelph
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ASLA.org - The Dirt
Nov 11
Open Air Library in East Germany
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Karo Architekten collaborated with local residents of Magdeburg, Germany, to create an open air public library and cultural center and revitilize the community.
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ASLA.org - The Dirt
Nov 11
Interviewing Worldchanging's Alex Steffen, Part 2
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Editor's Note: Alex Steffen, the editor and cofounder of Worldchanging-a global network of independent journalists, designers and thinkers--sat down with writer Emily Knudsen to discuss some of th
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Sightline - The Daily Score blog
Nov 11
NYC’s Next Four Years: From Good Enough to Great
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The second installment in Streetsblog's series on
the potential direction for transportation policy during Michael
Bloomberg's third term comes from Paul Steely White, executive directo
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Streetsblog
Nov 11
Today’s Headlines
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Real Estate Report: The Future Belongs to Urbanism, Not Sprawl (Switchboard)
Weiner: I Coulda Beat Bloomberg (NYT)
Tish James on Improving NYC's Most Unreliable Bus: "Balance the Interests
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Streetsblog
Nov 11
Back in the Air Again
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Today the Antiplanner is making a quick round trip to Boise to speak at an Idaho Freedom Foundation luncheon about streetcars. The event will take place at the Old Spaghetti Factory at 610 W.
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The Antiplanner
Nov 10
So Many Roads
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Writing about infrastructure is everywhere these days...or at the very least, all over the parts of the Internet that I frequent. Here's a partial roundup of noteworthy recent road-related gems.
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Brand Avenue
Nov 10
On Ecology
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[Theory Forum: Ecology Line-Up]
We are very excited to be taking part in the Theory Forum 09 at Sheffield University. This year’s theme involves unpacking the term ‘Ecology’. We will be running a
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InfraNet Lab
Nov 10
Interviewing Worldchanging's Alex Steffen, Part 1
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Editor's Note: Alex Steffen, the editor and cofounder of Worldchanging-a global network of independent journalists, designers and thinkers--sat down with writer Emily Knudsen to discuss some of th
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Sightline - The Daily Score blog
Nov 10
Where's My Green Job?
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Last Saturday, two stories about green jobs caught my eye.
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Sightline - The Daily Score blog
Nov 10
Until Proven Safe: An Interview with Krista Maglen
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[Image: Airfield at Guantanamo Bay converted for the quarantine of 10,000 Haitian migrants; via Wikimedia].Krista Maglen is Assistant Professor of History at Indiana University, where her research exp
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Bldgblog
Nov 10
Until Proven Safe: An Interview with Krista Maglen
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[Image: Airfield at Guantanamo Bay converted for the quarantine of 10,000 Haitian migrants; via Wikimedia].Krista Maglen is Assistant Professor of History at Indiana University, where her research exp
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BLDGBLOG
Nov 10
An idea for bicycling advocates
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Steven Litt suggests that advocates of a bike lane for the new Innerbelt Bridge should hire an independent engineer to draft plans for a bridge that would include the bike lane.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 10
Business Management Tips from Leading Author
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This post was written by Trisha Riggs, vice president of communications for ULI.
In a rough economic environment, forget success--pursue excellence as the goal, and success
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The Ground Floor
Nov 10
More RTA cutbacks likely
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In order to balance its 2010 budget, RTA leaders are considering additional service cuts and extending earlier temporary fare increases.
Update: WCPN has more details.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
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