A Millennial’s Response to Andres Duany
I respond to Andres Duany’s opinion that Millennials “love cities desperately. And they’re loving them to death.”
Tag Archives: urbanism
What Legacy Will the Shanghai World Expo Have on Cities?
Shanghai’s motto is “Better City, Better Life”, and that theme runs through the pavilions. Unfortunately, the pavilions themselves seem to ignore the motto in favor of context-less architecture.
Edward Glaeser writes an ode to cities and their vibrant economies in The New York Times.
Chocolate barons loved to build utopian company towns. Cadbury and Hershey, especially.
Baltimore Developer to Stack Walmart on Top of Lowe’s The Baltimore Sun is reporting that Kann Partners, a development firm is planning a $65 million housing and retail development anchored by Walmart and Lowe’s, which they plan on stacking.
Link: People Move to the Suburbs for Bigger, Newer Homes There are lots of potential reasons a person would move to the suburbs: to get away from the traffic, to have a yard, to feel safe, better schools, etc. According to Hazel Morrow-Jones’s research at Ohio State University, the number one factor is because people [...]
I’ve been thinking about the role of streets in defining neighborhoods. A lot of people define their neighborhood by the streets that create their boundaries. When I was living in Appleton, WI, my neighborhood was the square between Mason, Wisconsin, Richmond, and College Avenues. All of these streets have more traffic than the streets within [...]
Link: Cities get rebuilt more often than you think By the year 2035, approximately three-quarters (75%) of the built environment will be either new or renovated. That makes me more optimistic about my job prospects after grad school. It couldn’t get worse than right now, right?
Link: Ken Greenberg on the Future of Urban Planning I’m pretty convinced we’re in the midst of a transformation which is probably as profound as what happened immediately after the Second World War, when we got all excited about automobiles and in a sense turned our backs on cities. There are all kinds of things [...]
I’ve never been to San Antonio, so I don’t know how well the River Walk works as a piece of urban design. But when I see photos like the one above, I want to be there. It’s a touristy place, but a beautiful one. Photo by: Daniel J Simanek.