Urban designer, urban morphologist, urbanite and overall cartographic fanatic.
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As @bruce_katz mentions in this great article, now is the time to think of storefront uses beyond retail. Main Street Regenerators are a key part of this thought process. Stay tuned for more inspiration!
Cities — local governments, school districts, public authorities — will decide how to deploy key elements of the American Rescue Plan; my newsletter w @colinthiggins provides early guidance on building capacity leveraging investment and driving impact thenewlocalism.com/newslette…
Tired of all the negative media coverage on #cities? I am pleased to invite you to The Case for Cities - a conversation series I am organizing with the UC School of Planning. Join us for free to explore what cities do for us, and what we can do for cities. thecaseforcities.org
I’m helping to put together an exciting conversation series to make the case for more attractive and equitable cities - I hope to share more soon. Do you have any suggestions for a leading US thinker on transportation (professional or academic)?
My secret hobby and such an underexposed part of our urban experience gets an LA revamp. Gear up for the blooming light!
After a nine-month design competition, Los Angeles reveals its streetlight of the future — a colorful, modular lamp that promises to “touch every part of the city.” trib.al/O1MlQuy
I lived around the corner from here!
Most Dutch cities are changing their streets at an incredible pace.
This standard, four-arm intersection in The Hague was transformed into an urban roundabout with priority for cycling; making crossings shorter (and safer) using the same amount of space.
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We had the float-in movie theater, now a bike-in movie theater!
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"No time, no power ever can dissolve
Created form that [as] living will evolve."
Johann Wolfgang Goethe, “Urworte. Orphisch.” 1817
I will use this quote as the (admittedly pedantic, yet powerful) starting point for my urban history course.
2020: Donald Duck and Cinderella join forces to fight their union to get back to work. wsj.com/articles/disney-worl…
Exactly my thoughts for my history of cities course. Call me naïve, but I’m actually excited to start! nytimes.com/2020/07/08/opini…
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On Monday, ICE announced that international students will not be allowed to stay in the country if they attend institutions, like Harvard, that are holding courses online this fall. (1/6)
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We're excited to be searching for a talented #UrbanDesigner to join our San Francisco team! Details and application portal via link #citiesforpeople #softcity
Thank you @mitpress !!
"Dream City" is one of the winners of the 2020 Koos Bosma Prize in Planning History Innovation. Congratulations to @conradkickert! planninghistory.org/awards/k…
Danish architect Jan Gehl (@citiesforpeople),1971: Streets are for People!
Cincinnati mayor @JohnCranley, 2020: Streets are for Drinking!
Hey, whatever gets the job done!
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While I agree with the murky source, I do still believe in innovation. How do we make higher ed more inclusive (UCLA: $35-65k/y)? Embracing change? Are online/offline hybrids an answer?
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Fuck off.
How could the adoption of virtual classrooms, in an effort to contain the spread of #coronavirus, jumpstart the long-term adoption of remote learning? Adam Nordin of Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Division explains: click.gs.com/bsjh
Deep and interesting analysis by @WSJ about the current restaurant apocalypse. Who would have thunk that our Main Street saviors would evaporate? wsj.com/articles/for-small-b…
Then again, sit-down restaurants are notoriously sensitive to economic cycles and have underperformed for over a decade. I just couldn’t imagine this would happen in my latest study. researchgate.net/publication…
Good to know for next time that @priceline doesn't allow cancelling their Express hotel bookings during this extraordinary time, while @hotwire does for their equivalent. I'll remember this!
For what it's worth, @priceline did end up refunding the booking. Customer service is still a thing!