“On Jane Jacobs” by Richard Florida (Creative Class Exchange) Nice synthesis by Richard Florida (written for his Globe & Mail column) of Jane Jacobs’s approach to thinking about economies. Let’s hope it makes more people read her 2000 book, The Nature of Economies. tags: jjacobs, economic_development
In praise of the lost art of strolling, by Christopher Hume (Toronto Star) – Annotated Last (so far) in what almost amounts to a series of articles on the importance to a true urban fabric of sidewalks and pedestrians. Hume adds some interesting speculation around Modernism’s aversion to mingling/ chance encounters. tags: thestar, christopher_hume, pedestrians, […]
Escapable Logic » Blog Archive » “Oh, if only government went in for an open source make-over…” – Annotated Britt Blaser coins the compelling term “collaboration mall.” I left a long comment on April 28, but it appears stuck in moderation or has been deleted. Here’s what I wrote: QUOTE Thank-you for using my comment […]
There’s an editorial in today’s Times-Colonist, Persecuting smokers, which includes a reference to BC Provincial Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall that has me scratching my head. The editorial is about the Lower Mainland municipality of White Rock’s plan to ban smoking in all outdoor public places by 2010. This would include streets, parks, beaches: everywhere. […]
How do we fund journalism in future? | Greenslade | Guardian Unlimited – Annotated Roy Greenslade reporting from a “future of journalism” conference in Australia, asking after ‘the business model’ for newspapers / journalism of the future. He mentions Jay Rosen, who joined the conference via satellite hook-up, and this in turn sparks some interesting […]
The House That Twitters Its Energy Use, by Katie Fehrenbach « Earth2Tech Among other things: “The Twitter stream is an exercise in using the data from home automation feeds, and the hope is that, by making energy usage data transparent and easy to digest, it will change consumer behavior and reduce energy consumption.” As I […]
In Defense of Townhouses — Sightline Daily (formerly Tidepool) – great article by Eric de Place on why so many new TH developments are so ugly. As his lede says, “How parking laws make housing expensive. And ugly.” tags: sightline_daily, seattle, urban_design, urbanplanning, cars, parking, architecture
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