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Re: Critics come out against Brooklyn Bridge Park

Jones — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:15:43 -0000

For all of their pretense to be following in the footsteps of William H. Whyte, it seems like the folks at PPS are incapable of objective critique.

Re: Critics come out against Brooklyn Bridge Park

Jason Young — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:49:54 -0000

So tired of these irrational outcries. But if you suggest Asian examples, he and his entourage will just disparage them as non-Western; European precedents will be labeled as not fitting the American context. You can't can't convince the naysayers that are set to be ideologically against you. You can only influence and hope the greater public think differently.

Re: Aberdeen City Gardens Design Competition

Rogerfontain — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:25:36 -0000

Around' will cripple the city, privatise the city and destroy good. well done Mr R

Re: BMW Guggenheim Lab travelling to 9 cities over 6 years

Austin Scott Brooks — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:44:22 -0000

I just had the opportunity to visit the BMW Guggenheim Lab in NYC...and what a treat that was! If you live in NYC, or plan on visiting anytime soon, I highly recommend checking the lab out. It really is an inventive use of space.

Re: CNU 19 – Landscape Urbanism vs New Urbanism – Video, Blogs, Reports

Monartch at Ridge Hill — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:14:03 -0000

Thanks so much for sharing these new urbanism links! We have also been looking for more information ourselves from the CNU. If we see any more, we will pass them along. The Landscape v. New Urbanism piece looks interesting, we're going to have to check it out. Thanks for sharing, Damian!

Re: Land News 15 Nov 2010

smu email — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:55:48 -0000

great news,very interesting meetup

Re: James Howard Kunstler takes aim at Landscape Urbanist Charles Waldheim

David Sucher — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 21:10:13 -0000

True, Kunstler was one-sided.
But in this case he happens to be correct.
In fact Kunstler was rather gentle with Waldheim, overly-gentle in fact (and yet I think a bit too harsh with McHarg.)

Re: BNE: Making Connections Design Competition

landscape design — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:12:05 -0000

Architects are really applauding on their designs. One of my prefer
best of what they did is to make landscape designs. So if you want your house
or garden became beautiful, you must find one now.

Re: Problems with Bike Lanes in New York

Plumbing — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:34:21 -0000

Don't you wish you could take all of your bathroom supplies with you when you travel? The shampoo bottles, hand soap, your favorite lotion...But with TSA restrictions, it can be difficult to transport your favorite soapy suds.

Re: Problems with Bike Lanes in New York

unite tyre changer — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 06:19:30 -0000

This video is really funny. Well, although you have fault there you also have the point. I don't like the way the officer explained that no matter what you should be in the bike lane. This calls for the attention of those people responsible for this stuff. You should know what your people needs and safety. If they would keep on the bike lane they might get into accidents due to those unfinished stuffs in the lane. It should be fixed soon.

Re: CNU 19 – Landscape Urbanism vs New Urbanism – Video, Blogs, Reports

K. Jeffers on Cities — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:59:57 -0000

http://liveblog.cnu19.org/ , also http://www.strongtowns.org/jou...

Re: Light It For Humanity: Design Competition

outdoor hanging lights — Thu, 26 May 2011 04:02:13 -0000

Please give me more information. I love it, Thanks
again.

Re: BIG LANDSCAPE 2020: Student Landscape Institute Council Summer Conference

Brodie McAllister — Tue, 24 May 2011 10:12:10 -0000

I think this will be great

Re: High Line: Brought down to Earth

Paul — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:02:42 -0000

http://www.nathanielpopkin.net...

Re: Thomas Church: Remembering his Influence and Career

Land8 — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:52:01 -0000

Damian, great find!

Re: West8 – Borneo-Sporenburg [VIDEO]

Tobias — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 06:58:02 -0000

Thank you for putting the film we made for West8 on your website.
We hope you enjoyed it and it's subject.

Kind regards,

Tobias Mathijsen

www.kartonfilms.nl

Re: Lisbon Architecture: Neglect, Conservation, Demolition, Renewal or Urban Art – what are the alternatives?

Pedro Soares Neves — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 20:34:40 -0000

The article of Mr. Chamberlain doesn't describe the (full) reality.

All the informal graphic appropriation phenomenons (like graffiti meaningless scrawls, posters, stickers...) are strictly unauthorised and cleaned in all Lisbon.

There's going on a very successful (and by all citizens recognised), urban renewal operation since 2008. in Lisbon, Bairro Alto.

This success certainly it's related with a cultural mediation process, that include dialogue, knowledge sharing, and careful interventions (unique).

All this it's part of a well studied and academically back boned urban (meta)project. (Urbanism/ Architecture/ Engineering and Arts Universities, of Lisbon and Barcelona).

In a very general overview, it consists in a (very small percentage) usage of the resources from the urban renewal, to a medium / long term needed dialog between the local citizens and their living environment.

This tendentiously will reduce the costs of maintenance. Lisbon it's learning from the errors of London or Barcelona, that see the expenses related to this issues, increase every year, in a non sustainable rate.

I hope that can be the right opportunity to explain (with the possible detail) the mentioned (meta) project, that in reality goes in the same direction of the Mr. Chamberlain concerns, but in pragmatic (and practical, therefore vulnerable) terms.

Re: Lisbon Architecture: Neglect, Conservation, Demolition, Renewal or Urban Art – what are the alternatives?

Eric Papetti — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 13:39:17 -0000

I lived there for a year so I share Chamberlain's concern for the city, but I don't see what the graffiti has to do with it - it's a symptom, not the disease. If you're looking at the actual cause of the city's dereliction, try looking at the history of rent control in the city.

In any case, the posters and graffiti in the Bairro Alto are actually pretty fascinating, as they change every day and simply reflect the vibrant neighborhood that it is. It's going on plastered walls, too, which can just be painted over - no permanent harm is being done. And Crono's work is just beautiful.

Re: LU vs NU – more fuel to the fire

Eric Papetti — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:35:42 -0000

Glad to see other people looking at this article. I'm glad to see landscape architecture represented, but wonder if this is the best synopsis of "landscape urbanism" - a quasi-acceptance of lower density urbanism is but a small part of it.