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In Defense of Modernist Architecture
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Owen Hatherley presents his case for a revival of modernism, particularly in its original intent as a social reform movement, in his new book, Militant Modernism.
Comprehensive Plan Question
Cyburbia - urban planning community -
I know that a comprehensive plan is a proposed plan of zoning for a city, etc. Say an area addressed in the comprehensive plan is not actually zoned in the proposed manner and when actually zoned is zoned something else entirely as the proposed plan was no longer feasible for that area at the time zoning was implemented. Does the actual zoning become part of the comprehensive plan? Generalities needed and examples if possible.
Underused Natural Gas Capacity
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Our underused natural gas capacity could almost completely replace our current coal-generated energy, argues Sean Casten, President & CEO of Recycled Energy Development.
Fill The 2009 Time Capsule
Cyburbia - urban planning community -
It’s time to fill the 2009 Time Capsule. We need some suggestions for items to place in the capsule, to be buried in the CBD, Cyburbia, USA. Schedule it to be opened in 2109. Feel free to include your thoughts on how the items will be viewed, 100 years from now. I will begin the suggestion list…..
Hard copy of The Rocky Mountain News.
100 years from now those who open the capsule will be thrilled and more than a little perplexed that news and information was conveyed on paper.
8-Ball screw-on knob for a gear-shift lever.
Only those who have a unique and deep interest in "car culture" will understand this item in the capsule.
Digital Conversion Box.
Those who do determine what this box did will be saying and asking, "WTF? Huh? Why?"
Polar Bear stuffed animal.
"Why did they include this? My daughter has a polar bear stuffed animal. She has been studying extinct species."
K-Mart Credit Card
Comments will include references (not correct) to another long-gone retail company, Sear’s Roebuck……and even a mention that somehow connects a paper catalog to outhouses.
A can of "highway white" lane pavement paint.
With technology that was invented 80 years earlier, the need for any visible lane markings has long disappeared.
HP computer mouse.
Tech geeks will immediately identify this item.
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What say you?
Bear
Rethinking Tax Abatements
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Cities across the country are reconsidering tax abatement plans, in the new belief that cities just can’t afford them.
School Sprawl
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
The American Academy of Pediatrics has released a new report focusing on the effect of the built environment on children’s health. Access to parks, the ability to walk to school, and opportunities for ‘incidental exercise.’
Master Planning Underway for Early LEED-ND Project
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
A 212-acre urban infill project in Yakima, Washington will be one of the first communities to be planned according to developing LEED-ND (Neighborhood Development) principles.
GIS knowledge?
Cyburbia - urban planning community -
From what I have come to understand GIS knowledge is invaluable regardless of whether you want to do fulltime GIS work or become a planner… I have a few courses in GIS under my belt and would love to get more in depth training if it will be worth while… anyone have any say on the GIS field and where it is going in the next couple of years?
A drive-thru for this ? ? ? ?
Cyburbia - urban planning community -
Would you do this? How exactly do you get a tattoo or navel piercing at the drive-thru?
Detroit Could Become Countryside, Planners Say
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
A team of visiting planners suggested that Detroit could evolve into a series of urban villages connected by countryside.
