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#Cities ⚪The economy of cities⚪The short block street grid⚪3mph urban design... and #art #books #football

"In spite of much experiment, planned and unplanned, there exists no substitute for lively streets.” Jane Jacobs D+L Ch6

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In my city – yours too I suspect – the heavy hand of the mighty Public Works Dept touches citizens’ lives every minute of every day; the softer touch of the Urban Design + Planning Dept less often and then only in assigned areas. In the world’s great, best-loved cities, this is reversed.

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CityNerd picks his top ten undervalued cities with great urbanism: 500K pop or higher, good transit, good walkability, good bikability, and (relatively) affordable rents. He puts Oakland, one of my favorite cities, at #5.

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Urbanist Richard Florida can be bought. Therme paid for his report.

"Any smart and honest analysis of Ontario Place would tell us: Keep it as a park. It has the most value that way, and will cost relative peanuts to build and maintain. Residents and visitors would love it."

#GiftLink

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Birth of Vancouverism: Arthur Erickson

“It is time that Vancouver started thinking about its inevitable fate: a great city of ten million people.” – Arthur Erickson, 1992 (Greater Vancouver population then, 1.5 million)
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Toronto moves to build the missing middle: How the city’s reformed planning rules will help add small-scale density

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Opinion - Immigration isn’t an economic problem – it’s the solution: Population growth drives economic growth. And while Canada’s economy is still lagging behind, the evidence suggests that the boom is coming

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The Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia reopens after seismic upgrades: Arthur Erickson’s 1976 masterpiece went through a $40-million transformation to make it safe, with special care to honour the architect’s original vision

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To save the iconic Museum of Anthropology, architect Nick Milkovich had to destroy it. On the mind-boggling rebuild of Arthur Erickson’s masterpiece.

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Discovering the sociability, the congeniality of the city.

In this excerpt from Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend, the first book of the four Neapolitan novels, the 12 year old Elena spends the day in the city with her father...

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Gift article from The New York Times. No paywall.

Melinda French Gates: The Enemies of Progress Play Offense. I Want to Help Even the Match.

Philanthropist is focusing on gender issues around the world, including abortion access in the United States.

www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/o...

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"... the folly of being parsimonious with public space, especially here at the crossroads of so many people."

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Neurodiversity design toolkit. Landscape Architecture Magazine

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