Richard Florida in The Atlantic, How the Crash Will Reshape America: “Every phase or epoch of capitalism has its own distinct geography, or what economic geographers call the “spatial fix” for the era. The physical character of the economy—the way land is used, the location of homes and businesses, the physical infrastructure that ties everything [...]
Entries Tagged as 'urban'
How the Crash Will Reshape America.
February 16th, 2009
Tags: creative class · economy · richard florida · urban · usa
The city as destructive system: wildfires, Dresden and the case against urban sprawl
October 30th, 2007
City of Sound: The city as destructive system: wildfires, Dresden and the case against urban sprawl “We’re now seeing deaths, upheaval of communities, destruction of property and vast economic losses. And this is to do with the form of the city”
Tags: dresden · fire · history · planning · urban · wildfires · wo2
Letter from America: New York shows way for urban renaissance
August 25th, 2007
IHT: In a globalized world, large urban centers are once again triumphant.”
Tags: globalisation · nyc · urban · usa
Pearls Before Breakfast
April 10th, 2007
Een wereldberoemde violist speelt anoniem bij een ingang van een druk metrostation in Washington DC. Wat zal er gebeuren? De Washington Post en Joshua Bell namen de proef op de som. Pearls Before Breakfast
Tags: joshua bell · music · urban · washington
The Myth of ‘Superstar Cities’
February 20th, 2007
Joel Kotkin: “(…) Yet these triumphs obscure the longer-term developments that continue to reshape metropolitan America. Economic and demographic trends suggest that the future of American urbanism lies not in the elite cities but in younger, more affordable and less self-regarding places.”
Tags: culture · demography · economy · urban · usa
Mapping the City – Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
February 18th, 2007
Mapping the City (16.02.07 – 20.05.07): “De groepstentoonstelling ‘Mapping the City’ richt zich op de relatie tussen kunstenaars en de stad vanaf circa 1960 tot heden. Centraal staat de manier waarop kunstenaars hun blik werpen op de stad.” Sandra Smets: “(…) Maar wat bleek: de tentoonstelling is vooral een verzameling foto’s met een paar bekende [...]
Tags: agenda · amsterdam · art · flâneur · francis alÿs · guy debord · nl · stedelijk museum · urban
links for 2006-05-21
May 21st, 2006
Touch the Sky | Metropolis Magazine “A new concept in urban lofts for the automobile enthusiast” (tags: architecture) ?????? ?????????????/Unrealised Moscow “The Architecture of Moscow from the 1930s to the early 1950s. Unrealised projects” (tags: architecture urban moscow) Pawel Fabjanski Photographic Portfolio hmmm (tags: photography)
Tags: architecture · moscow · photography · urban
links for 2006-04-01
April 1st, 2006
Schinkeleilanden – a photoset on Flickr De Schinkeleilanden met de Museumtramlijn (tags: amsterdam urban)