#new urbanism

[sylviaodhner]

Cars and Independence

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Update: This comic has received a lot of both positive and negative attention, and I decided to post a follow-up comic to address some of the criticism: Revisiting Independence

[typhlonectes]

[cnu-newurbanism]

Protect the porch

The porch is more than just another single-family architectural feature, it's an important part of the culture of Black neighborhoods. Read more.

[nathandiary]

Late night research: eco-anxiety, solarpunk, new urbanism

[lyndentree63]

Oh NO I think I'm slowly falling into local politics and activism (falling? nah girl, you fell ages ago when you volunteered for a city council board) but anyways I've thought I don't have enough stick-to-it to be involved in politics in a meaningful way.

I underestimated my hatred of pickup trucks.

Well ok technically it's my love of being a pedestrian and like, being alive. But I'm starting to research how one would campaign against the increasing size of pickup trucks and SUVs and whoopsie, I think I'm doing an Activism.

(Anyways y'all should go watch These Stupid Trucks Are Literally Killing Us to know what I'm talking about.)

[edge-oftheworld]

‘I still hate Chicago’

Chicago:

from an urban design perspective: checks out

reading the street signs: with things that I miss

[rivesudboi]

New Town Saint-Charles, Missouri, USA Par : DPZ CoDesign Date : 2002

Projet de 3500 logements en banlieue de Saint-Louis au Missouri. Le projet intègre résidences, commerces et loisirs afin de créer un milieu de vie complet, selon les principes du New Urbanism. Les basins de rétention et de drainage de l'eau sont intégrés avec élgance dans le paysage de la ville.

A projet of 3500 homes in the suburbs of Saint-Louis in Missouri. The project include housing, commerce and recreation, according to the principles of New Urbanism. The retentions ponds needed for the project are integrated into the cityscape elegantly.

Source : https://www.dpz.com/projects/new-town-saint-charles/

[wolf-words]

Howl

And so the wolf howls

perched atop the sprawl,

his path laid out

in roundabouts

and copy paste homes.

No more, he screams.

[wackyswarehouse-pb]

time to spiral

[bumblebeefarts]

So happy I saw this before starting my essay "Why Cars are a Menace to Society."

[sylviaodhner]

The Walk Light

Does crossing an intersection on foot have to take this long? I think we can do better. My friend Alex Zorach helped me come up with the idea for this one.

[typhlonectes]

[cnu-newurbanism]

Modular cottage designed to be cute

Why do factory-built houses tend to look ugly? Why can’t they be cute, like a cottage that would fit into a walkable neighborhood? New urbanists have been wrestling with that question for many years. 

Bruce Tolar, an architect based in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, asks: “Would you rather have a little manufactured house with the wrong-sloped roof and no porch, or would you like one that's very similar in square footage but has a great roof and a little bit of nice detailing on the porch?”

The assumption is that many home buyers would prefer the attractive cottage, and such a modular house recently won an Urban Guild Award. Built in the Franklin Homes factory in North Alabama, the house prototype was placed in Tolar’s development of cottages in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. “We have a tenant who’s very happy with it,” he says. “Now that we’ve done it, we can do it again under the right conditions. We hope to make that happen.”

Read more.

[megalopolousity]

Also add: the "why would we invest in and improve the bus because only the poors take it" mentality that prevents us all from having a world class transit system in this country!

[thoughtportal]

the things that are reported matters. the language used matters. what is left out of the story matters.