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Category Archives: Food for Thought
Three Urban Interventions in Two Hours: NYC
Found myself in New York City the other day with a couple hours to spare, so thought I’d explore some of Manhattan’s recent urban planning projects. Two hours turned out to be just enough time to check out the (sort of) newly pedestrianized Times Square, trace the 9th Ave bike lane from 33rd to 20th, walk the length of phase 1 of the High Line, and head back to Port Authority alongside the 8th avenue bike lane.
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Posted in Auto Independence, Bicycles, Dispatches, Food for Thought, Josh Grigsby, Livability, Placemaking, Transportation, urban design, urban planning, walkable, What if?
Tagged 9th avenue bike lane, behavior, biking, high line, linear park, manhattan, New York City, pedestrianized, Times Square
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Food for Thought: Thomas Paine
There could be no such thing as landed property originally. Man did not make the earth, and, though he had a natural right to occupy it, he had no right to locate as his property in perpetuity any part of it.
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Posted in Culture, Food for Thought, History, What if?
Tagged agrarian justice, Food for Thought, property rights, real estate, thomas paine
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Food for Thought: Sebastian Mariscal
A city is about diversity, so shouldn’t its architecture be, too?
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Posted in architecture, Culture, Food for Thought
Tagged 100 Houses we Love, architecture, cities, diversity, Dwell, Food for Thought, Sebastian Mariscal
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Food for Thought: A Greek Proverb
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. Continue reading
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Tagged Food for Thought, forethought, future generations, greek proverb, Sustainability
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Food for Thought: David Byrne (Again)
I sense the world might be more dreamlike, metaphorical, and poetic than we currently believe—but just as irrational as sympathetic magic when looked at in a typically scientific way. I wouldn’t be surprised if poetry—poetry in the broadest sense, in the sense of a world filled with metaphor, rhyme, and recurring patterns, shapes, and designs—is how the world works. The world isn’t logical, it’s a song.
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Posted in art, Culture, Food for Thought, What if?
Tagged Bicycle Diaries, David Byrne, dreamlike, Food for Thought, how the world works, poetry
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