{"id":987,"date":"2008-05-06T17:33:22","date_gmt":"2008-05-07T00:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/2008\/05\/06\/diigo-bookmarks-05072008-am\/"},"modified":"2008-08-22T11:26:13","modified_gmt":"2008-08-22T18:26:13","slug":"diigo-bookmarks-05072008-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/2008\/05\/06\/diigo-bookmarks-05072008-am\/","title":{"rendered":"Diigo Bookmarks 05\/07\/2008 (a.m.): 4 from Christopher Hume"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"diigo-linkroll\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/article\/420945\">In praise of the lost art of strolling, by Christopher Hume (Toronto Star)<\/a><span class=\"diigo-link-opts\"> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/02cor\">Annotated<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">Last (so far) in what almost amounts to a series of articles on the importance to a true urban fabric of sidewalks and pedestrians.  Hume adds some interesting speculation around Modernism&#8217;s aversion to mingling\/ chance encounters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\">tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/thestar\">thestar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/christopher_hume\">christopher_hume<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/pedestrians\">pedestrians<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/flaneur\">flaneur<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/toronto\">toronto<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/article\/417262\">City needs to put its foot down, by Christopher Hume (Toronto Star)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">This article, linked to the other Apr.26 piece in terms of theme and championing the idea that sidewalks (&amp; therefore pedestrians) are key to a good urban fabric, tackles the question of planning &amp; design.  Too much is individual project driven, vs. falling into place as part of an overall sense of what the city should be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\">tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/thestar\">thestar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/pedestrians\">pedestrians<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/infrastructure\">infrastructure<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/toronto\">toronto<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/urban_design\">urban_design<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/christopher_hume\">christopher_hume<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/article\/418560\">A flaneur&#8217;s lament for the sidewalk, by Christopher Hume (Toronto Star)<\/a><span class=\"diigo-link-opts\"> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/02cos\">Annotated<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">Together with 2 other articles (Apr.26 and May 3), a nice trilogy in praise of walking and pedestrian rights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\">tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/thestar\">thestar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/flaneur\">flaneur<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/pedestrians\">pedestrians<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/infrastructure\">infrastructure<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/christopher_hume\">christopher_hume<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/toronto\">toronto<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/article\/418289\">Roads, bridges, sewers: Essential but not sexy, by Christopher Hume (Toronto Star)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">Hume&#8217;s article is about Ontario\/ Toronto, but what he says applies to every major city across Canada.  Of great interest: that AFPs or P3s translate to 15% involvement of private funding, not more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\">tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/thestar\">thestar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/christopher_hume\">christopher_hume<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/municipal_funding\">municipal_funding<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/infrastructure\">infrastructure<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/toronto\">toronto<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In praise of the lost art of strolling, by Christopher Hume (Toronto Star) &#8211; Annotated Last (so far) in what almost amounts to a series of articles on the importance to a true urban fabric of sidewalks and pedestrians. 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