Human Scale Cities

I don´t either! Very pertinent. If that photo has some value, is only because it shows a great example of insane planning citymaus: latimes: Since you guys seem to like Brian van der Brug’s gorgeous aerial photo of Dodger Stadium with downtown in the background, we’ve uploaded it here at 800 pixels wide. You’re welcome! I don’t see what’s so “gorgeous” about this. This thing is surrounded by cement. Only way to get to this stadium is by car. Talk about accessible. There should be a light rail line, bus line, and bike path to the entrance of the stadium.

I don´t either! Very pertinent. If that photo has some value, is only because it shows a great example of insane planning

citymaus:

latimes:

Since you guys seem to like Brian van der Brug’s gorgeous aerial photo of Dodger Stadium with downtown in the background, we’ve uploaded it here at 800 pixels wide. You’re welcome!

I don’t see what’s so “gorgeous” about this.

This thing is surrounded by cement. Only way to get to this stadium is by car. Talk about accessible. There should be a light rail line, bus line, and bike path to the entrance of the stadium.

atlurbanist: “People had a sense that when it came to land use of the city, we could spread out, we could avoid some of the problems of the East Coast industrial cities…But in the end, it’s a shame. We went too far in the other direction, too much toward cars, too much toward sprawl. We’re still repairing that today.” from The Roots of Sprawl: Why We Don’t Live Where We Work

atlurbanist:

“People had a sense that when it came to land use of the city, we could spread out, we could avoid some of the problems of the East Coast industrial cities…But in the end, it’s a shame. We went too far in the other direction, too much toward cars, too much toward sprawl. We’re still repairing that today.”

from The Roots of Sprawl: Why We Don’t Live Where We Work

Bike Thief

The filmmaker Casey Neistat conducts an experiment in New York City, where he locks up his own bike and brazenly tries to steal it, to determine whether onlookers or the police would intervene.

sebastianwaters: Let’s have a Moment of Silence for all those who are stuck in traffic on their way to the Gym to ride stationary bicycles.

sebastianwaters:

Let’s have a Moment of Silence for all those who are stuck in traffic on their way to the Gym to ride stationary bicycles.

(via olishaw-journal)

mediahascookies: Once upon a time, New York contemplated draining the entire Hudson River so that it could be connected to New Jersey.

mediahascookies:

Once upon a time, New York contemplated draining the entire Hudson River so that it could be connected to New Jersey.

dreamsforthecity: studentofplanning: thedailywhat: Optical Illusion of the Day: An aerial photo of an expanding-contracting toll road creates a real-life-Inception-esque illusion. [22words.] This hurts my eyes. So much road. 

dreamsforthecity:

studentofplanning:

thedailywhat:

Optical Illusion of the Day: An aerial photo of an expanding-contracting toll road creates a real-life-Inception-esque illusion.

[22words.]

This hurts my eyes.

So much road. 

Burning Man 2011 Time Lapse

From dust to dust, this time lapse covers over 5 weeks including the preparation of the event, from before the trash fence erection and after basically everyone except for DPW trickles out. Other than a few occasional pauses, the main event goest by at a rate of 3 hours every second.

Credits

“Filmed at the 2011 event in late August and early September from a perch on a nearby hilltop, the video offers a wide-angle look at the temporary city’s construction and demolition. It tracks the development of Burning Man for nearly a month leading up to the week-long event, and more than a week after as it steadily grows in size and activity, then quickly dissipates and the desert landscape of northwest Nevada fades back in.”

Via The Atlantic Cities

Why The Word Sustainable is Becoming Unsustainable XKCD/CC BY-NC 2.0

Why The Word Sustainable is Becoming Unsustainable

XKCD/CC BY-NC 2.0

zuloark: rubodewig: inothernews: ursulasteinberg: negevrockcity: Photo of the Day: Big Brother is watching you in the Plaza de George Orwell, Barcelona (Via) Are there 1,984 of these? (via journalofajournalist)

zuloark:

rubodewig:

inothernews:

ursulasteinberg:

negevrockcity:

Photo of the Day: Big Brother is watching you in the Plaza de George Orwell, Barcelona (Via)

Are there 1,984 of these?

(via journalofajournalist)

thegreenurbanist: “The California Cycleway, opened in 1900, was an elevated tollway built specially for bicycle traffic through the Arroyo Seco, intended to connect the cities of Pasadena and Los Angeles”  … “In the first decade of the 20th century, the structure was dismantled… Later, the California Cycleway’s right-of-way became part of the Arroyo Seco Parkway (Pasadena Freeway).” 

thegreenurbanist:

“The California Cycleway, opened in 1900, was an elevated tollway built specially for bicycle traffic through the Arroyo Seco, intended to connect the cities of Pasadena and Los Angeles” 

…

“In the first decade of the 20th century, the structure was dismantled… Later, the California Cycleway’s right-of-way became part of the Arroyo Seco Parkway (Pasadena Freeway).” 

(Source: copenhagenize.com)

Wow! How many times I needed one of this!

engenderandendear:

yokefellow:

All the tools are still there! Full marks for Brisbane!

Yay, Brisbane! 

(via elpliego)

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