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The Urbanization of Brickell
2008-04-07 22:47:00 Many of you local to Miami may have read in Sunday’s edition of the Miami Herald an article entitled, “Brickell’s Draw: A Feel of City Life“. It describes the great transformation that Brickell has seen within the past 2-3 years. The article is a must-read for nonlocals who may not be very familiar ...
Urbanization
2007-12-14 18:09:00 There should be footpaths with environment that is conducive to walking in our towns and cities. Heavily trafficked streets are stripped of life by noise, congestion and fumes and it becomes difficult for pedestrians to walk along city roads. Sadly, footpaths are continuously diminishing every day making towns and cities all over the country more and more unlivable.Footpaths (also called sidewalks or pavements) are paths designed for pedestrian traffic and often run alongside roads. Footpaths are more common in modern urban areas and are sometimes separated from the roads by tree lanes or flower beds (depending on available spaces and prior urban planning).In developed world, some paths are shared by pedestrians and cyclists. This can be expressed by saying that bicycle travel is allowed on the sidewalk, or that pedestrians use the bicycle path, since there is no sidewalk. In the areas in which car traffic is intense, a growing trend is to create dedicated bicycle paths for cyclists...
By: Light Within
Should We Reverse Urbanization?
2007-12-12 04:51:00 It is official, over half of the world has been urbanized- meaning that there are more people who live in cities than in rural areas. According to United Nations Population Fund report, by next year, more than half the world’s population will live...
Suburbanization of Manhattan
2007-04-10 00:23:00 ?We?re not catering to the poor anymore,? he said. ?There are four other boroughs they can live in.?- supposedly quoted by Ed Koch, ex-Mayor of New York City. I've frequently discussed the Manhattanization of San Francisco. I just read an interesting book review on the book The Suburbanization of New York: Is the World?s Greatest City Becoming Just Another Town? The euphemism is striking: suburbanization seems like the bland metaphor for the more fractious term gentrification. The book illustrates a long term trend I failed to recognize in my dozen or so years living in Manhattan - urban renewal policies made the city liveable ... for people who were used to living in a "safer" suburban environment. I arrived in Manhattan in 1983 when it was still a seething gotham... middle class flight had already institutionalized Westchester bedroom communities and urban planners were replacing the gritty manufacturing and warehouse neighborhoods with new housing to entice people back. The...
"Suburbanization of New York" book reading and signing
2007-04-09 16:00:00 Join the Princeton Architectural Press as they celebrate the release of "Suburbanization of New York" with a reading and book signing by contributors Francis Morrone (NYU), Eric Darton (best-selling author), and Matthew Schuerman (NY Observer). The book asks some fundamental questions as the infrastructure and populace of New York enters a new chapter of unparalleled up-market expansion. "What does the future hold for the legendary metropolis, gateway to immigrants and strivers, magnet for builders and dealers, muse for artists and dreamers? Will the current political, economic, and social influences dull its once-famous creative edge and culture of opposition? What will become of the special allure of New York? The Suburbanization of New York presents fourteen timely, provocative articles that explore the radical transformation unfolding in New York City and raise serious questions about the future of any metropolis struggling to maintain its unique identity. It is essential readin...
By: FreeNYC
The Suburbanization of New York
2007-03-13 15:00:00 "You've noticed a change in your neighborhood. First came the Pottery Barn, then came the Buy Buy Baby, and now you're living above an American Apparel and you and Peter Sarsgaard share a dry cleaner. Is New York becoming the next Connecticut? Head to The Gotham Center, where contributors to the new tome The Suburbanization of New York, including Marshall Berman, Eric Darton, Francis Morrone, Matthew Schuerman, Neil Smith, Michael Sorkin, and Suzanne Wasserman will discuss the changing face of our beloved city." [via Papermag.com] Read More...Digg this | Email to a friend | Reddit
By: FreeNYC
Urbanization and politics in a small county
2006-12-19 19:19:01 Cochise County, Arizona's, 2006 election 1. In the November 2006 election, the hottest issue in Cochise County, Arizona, was Smith Ranch, a proposed bedroom suburb for Tucson. Smith Ranch would have held about 12,000 people -- about 10% of the county's entire population, in about 1/40 of 1% of the county's area. |
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