All Blog Posts Tagged 'new_urbanism' (5)

Space: It’s Still a Frontier

Published New York Times, February 3, 2010

By ALLISON ARIEFF

Abandoned by traditional development, under-utilized areas identified by Local Code are precisely those in need of ecological and social attention. As de Monchaux explains, “You couldn’t pick a better archipelago… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on February 5, 2010 at 3:18pm — No Comments

Pavement to Parks

by Allison Arieff

Published New York Times, September 22, 2009

Top, (Park)ing Day installation by S.M.P. Architects, Philadelphia; bottom, Park(ing) Day, San Francisco.

Last Friday, cities and towns throughout the world celebrated Park(ing) Day, an event created to bring awareness to the importance of using and enjoying public space. Witnessing all those swaths of pavement transformed into plant-filled community gathering spaces… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on September 23, 2009 at 10:49am — No Comments

Green Metropolis

In a review in the Washington Post of David Owens' Green Metropolis, Jonathan Yardley writes:

Americans love their cars and the independence they permit, though anyone who thinks it's truly independent to be stuck in a Washington commuter jam has a very strange definition of the term. Speaking of which, Washington does not fare well in Owen's analysis. It is indeed "a city of restrained proportions and stirring metropolitan vistas." But "ecologically . . . it's… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on September 19, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Urban Is Good

By ELIZABETH ROYTE

Published: New York Times, September 8, 2009

Monty Python used to do a sketch in which the host of a children’s television show taught such broad lessons as “how to play the flute.” Breezily, the host would suggest blowing through one end of the instrument and wiggling one’s fingers over the holes. In “Green Metropolis,” David Owen sets out in similar vein to show how people can “permanently reduce energy use, water consumption,… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on September 11, 2009 at 3:21pm — No Comments

Postcard from Detroit

The following was posted to the Urban Permaculture Yahoo Group. It exemplifies what i call rhizomatous development, happening all over the place but not readily visible to the casual observer. It is what will save us. When the climax forest which is the current industrial model fails and falls, the underground will spring up in the clearing, converting its detritus, to take its place and establish a new biome.

Ah,.. Detroit. where do I start?

Tillon's video referenced by Carey… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on June 21, 2009 at 9:59pm — No Comments

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