November 2009
21 posts
Nov 30th
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Nov 24th
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A ship so big it has seven neighborhoods →
The Oasis of the Seas is the largest cruise ship in the world, five times larger than the Titanic. It’s a floating city.
Nov 24th
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Nov 23rd
Reddit discussion about the most beautiful city in... →
Vancouver is winning by a landslide. Challengers include: Prague, NYC, Edinburgh, Paris, San Francisco, Vienna, Florence, Istanbul and Hong Kong.
Nov 22nd
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The Geography of a Recession →
Time lapse video of U.S. unemployment rates by county.
Nov 21st
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Why Portland’s Mass Transit Rocks →
(via fuckyeahpublictransit) Despite the title, most of this article is about ways TriMet can improve. I agree with most of the suggestions.
Nov 18th
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Streetswiki →
A community-created, online encyclopedia for transportation, urban environmental, and public space issues. I’ve only looked at it briefly, but it’s a great idea that seems well on its way.
Nov 18th
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Corner Stores, Libraries, and Cafés →
A couple of thoughts on the nature of neighborhood places, written by me.
Nov 17th
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The Architecture of Bus Stops →
My favorites are Curitiba and the MIT one.
Nov 17th
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Nov 15th
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Nov 12th
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US Interstate System as Subway Map →
I believe you have to log in to Flickr to see the larger size (worth it).
Nov 12th
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Theme Park Maps →
Urban cartography, sort of.
Nov 11th
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Nov 11th
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Public Space of the Week: Piazza Navona
Continuing on the theme of profiling public spaces I’ve been to, we’re in Rome this week. The Piazza Navona was one of my favorite public spaces in Italy (and it’s right next to my favorite building, the Pantheon). The piazza started its life as the Stadium of Diocletian, a smaller version of the Circus Maximus and home to bloody Roman games. After the empire fell, the...
Nov 10th
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Walkscore Adds Transit →
With assistance from the Rockefeller Foundation, the locational rating system has now incorporated transit service data from 40 metro regions into its service, so that its maps reflect this key measure of urbanity.
Nov 10th
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Circle Ks - Re-inhabited →
A neat project documenting what happens to Circle K buildings (like 7-Elevens) after Circle K leaves them.
Nov 5th
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Nov 5th
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Block-a-Thon →
A man walks a marathon around his block (75 laps in 15 hours) and learns a lot about his neighborhood in the process. Nice article and cool accompanying infographic. (Also, can you tell I’m reading the New York Times online this fine Sunday morning?)
Nov 1st
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Barcelona’s Hidden Courtyards
The New York Times Travel Section has a nice article about the hidden public spaces in the Quadrat d’Or of Barcelona. It’s nice to see public spaces dedicated primarily to the residents of the area, instead of the streets which they share with tourists. The haphazard nature of the spaces is also a nice contradiction to the gridded streets that surround them. Photo from the NYTimes.
Nov 1st