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40 Microlog entries tagged with ‘cities’
Is There a Limit to How Tall Buildings Can Get?
As ever, we’re only limited by the resources we have to hand. But the fact that we’re even seriously thinking about it is pretty amazing in itself. Permalink ·
The ‘Confusing and Nonsensical Grandeur’ of Dublin Transport
Grandeur my arse, you’ll say if you ever have to use it. This remapping is good food for thought, but could only ever work with a proper transfer system. Which we still lack. Even in 2012. Permalink ·
The 1925 ‘Hollywood Subway’
I knew a little about the tunnels and such (and LA Noire, of course) but had never read the full story till now. Permalink ·
Ravintolapäivä, Restaurant Day, edible urbanism and civic opportunism
On Helsinki’s pop-up food carnival, a real civic celebration inspired by protest. We could learn a lot from the example. Permalink ·
City Walks by Chronicle Books
This looks like a great series for exploring new places on foot. Will come in very handy the next time we go away on a big city holiday. Permalink ·
Wikipedia entry on the Odessa Catacombs
Did you know that Odessa in Ukraine has an estimated 4,000-km network of tunnels stretching out under the city and the surrounding region? Permalink ·
The world’s biggest cities: How do you measure them?
“Defining the borders of a city is no easy task - and there is no international standard to ensure consistency” [c/o @StudioXNYC]. Permalink ·
Megacities
“By 2050, three-quarters of the world’s population will be urban. That means more — and much bigger — metropolises.” Permalink ·
Will Japan build a backup Tokyo?
I suppose if anyone could do it, they could. Permalink ·
Sketchbook: Melbourne Smart City, for City of Melbourne/C40 Cities (incl. a note on why it’s easier to crowdsource a revolution than a light-rail system)
Another epic post from Dan Hill, this time on the concept of the ‘smart city’, relaying real-time metrics of the city to its inhabitants through various means, as well as the problems inherent on a municipal level with that kind of big thinking. Permalink ·
London From the Outside In: Walking From Heathrow Airport
Inverting the usual pattern of discovering when visiting a new city. How many places could this work for? I can’t imagine it would be too interesting walking to town from Dublin Airport, unless you like industrial estates. Permalink ·
Montrealers unnerved by a city collapsing around them
Decades of infrastructural neglect are catching up with the people of Canada’s second city. Permalink ·
Slide To The Train
Dutch rail bosses have installed a so-called ‘transfer accelerator’ at a train station in Utrecht. It’s basically a slide. Looks like fun, but the potential for having one’s clothing ruined (or worse) is quite high. Permalink ·
Walled Gardens and the Instrumented City
On the encroachment of private spaces in the nominally public ‘instrumented cities’ of cyberspace. Permalink ·
Why don’t more people live in liveable cities?
Because ‘liveable cities’ lists are bullshit; they often confuse ‘aesthetically pleasing’ for ‘interesting’. Permalink ·
Aerotropolis: An Interview with Greg Lindsay
BLDGBLOG’s Geoff Manaugh chats with the co-author of a book that posits airports and their environs as the cities of the future. I’m not sure I’d go that far, but there’s some interesting ideas here. By the way, the book is on my wishlist, hint hint. Permalink ·
Notes on New Songdo City
Another epic post from City of Sound, this time on one of the Far East’s latest ‘instant cities’. It’s incredible really, as if someone’s literally playing Sim City with the landscape there (cf. Blog All Bookmarked Web Pages: Shanghai Diary). Also: I never realised China, South Korea and Japan were in such close proximity as to make a bridge between them a realistic engineering challenge. Please make that happen. Permalink ·
Miracle Above Manhattan
The story of how the High Line evolved from urban relic to a model for future city green spaces. Permalink ·
Yes There Are Grocery Stores in Detroit
Combatting the media’s perception of the Motor City as a blight-ridden hellhole with no redeeming qualities. Indeed, there’s better grocery shopping in Detroit than in the whole of Dublin FFS. Permalink ·
Why progress-bar traffic lights are long overdue
This is a great idea (more about it here) akin to the countdown timers for pedestrians on many traffic lights here in Dublin. Those certainly work for me — but then my mammy raised me right. Permalink ·
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