An Interactive Journey Through New York’s Roofscape Makeover – Technology – The Atlantic Cities More like this! QUOTE Most visitors to New York City crane their necks for a view of the city’s famous skyline, but locals know better: to get the best views, you have to go up. Here’s your chance to take a […]
Stop Making Sense: A new strategy for community outreach | PlaceShakers and NewsMakers A really good, must-read post about rethinking the confrontations between Tea Party folk and smart growth urbanists. QUOTE A lot of the talk is about “reframing the message,” which tends to focus too narrowly, I believe, on coming up with new words […]
Mission/Vision | Shetroit.com Just learned about this site the other day. Given women’s historical role in civic leadership (at the municipal level, via committees and clubs), and how that role was been maligned as small and “boob-ish” when metropolitanism grew in strength and favor, initiatives like “Shetroit”‘s are important in getting women back in the […]
I was so caught up with looking for a place to live yesterday that I forgot to post my weekly links. Here they are, on a Monday…
You Don’t Need This “Recovery” – Umair Haque – Harvard Business Review Call to arms (sort of) from Umair Haque: QUOTE If we face an imperative, perhaps it’s one as timeless and worn as bedrock: not merely to employ our selves to make the most, but to make the most of our tiny selves. Perhaps […]
A Stock Exchange for Your Personal Data – Technology Review Interesting. QUOTE …since the pricing options he [Bernardo Huberman] outlines gauge how a person values privacy and risk, they address at least two big obstacles to making such a market function. The first: how to put a realistic dollar value on any given bit of […]
Urban Heat Island Effect Upside: It Can Be Good for Trees – Neighborhoods – The Atlantic Cities +1 on more urban trees. Few things improve a streetscape more. It seems that higher urban temperatures help trees grow, and then of course more trees also mitigate the urban heat island effect. QUOTE Despite other conditions that […]
A ‘Photographic Census’ Captures New York’s Characters – Arts & Lifestyle – The Atlantic Cities Some amazing captures by Brandon Stanton (see the video). So much diversity, yet the people seem somehow rooted in and belonging to NYC: they’re unified as New Yorkers, even though they’re often so different. It struck me how often the […]
Six Rules for Dining Out – Magazine – The Atlantic Great article about restaurants/ dining out in the US. The point about food trucks, so apposite to the question of costs of leasing a “real” restaurant, is thought-provoking. QUOTE Corollary: The food truck is your friend. The ultimate low-rent venue is the food truck. The […]