verbalcupcake.net
Market Street Could Use another Peep-show
http://verbalcupcake.net/2015/04/mspf-peep-show
Not overly high-brow food for thought. Market Street Could Use another Peep-show. On April 14, 2015. On Saturday I attended the Market Street Prototyping Festival. MSPF), where artists, architects and all manner of creative, civically-minded folk had conspired to create 50 prototype installations to make San Francisco’s well-traveled Market Street into a place that invited people to engage more fully in their surroundings–and with one another in the process. They are the civic and cultural centers. Becau...
schwartzonomics.com
» schwartzjls Schwartzonomics
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Innovative and simple ideas for placemaking. Yesterday, I attended a breakfast for the first annual report of the Broward County Six Pillars visioning project. Peter Kageyama, author of. For the Love of Cities. Was the keynote speaker and he shared these great ideas from other cities in his speech:. Http:/ www.miceonmain.com/historyofmiceonmain.html. A stencil and some spray chalk reminded residents of New Orleans that even post Katrina, it’s good to be here. Http:/ 2014.pillowfightday.com/. Neighborhood...
spokaneplanner.com
A Few Cheap And Easy Ways To Improve Spokane • SpokanePlanner
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Planning, Economic Development, Politics. A Few Cheap And Easy Ways To Improve Spokane. July 24, 2016. July 24, 2016. Urban Tactics —. Beautify the Ugly Traffic Islands. My response to such an argument is beautiful cities aren’t free. If marginal increases in the city’s landscape maintenance budget are too much of a burden to bear, the city has far bigger problems than figuring out who’s going to mow the grass on its traffic islands. Hang Cheap and Easy Pedestrian Wayfinding Signage. Sometime around 2010...
knightfoundation.org
KnightBlog
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Skip to Primary Navigation. Skip to Main Content. The blog of the John S. and James L. Knight. 5 million Knight Cities Challenge to open for ideas Oct. 10. Posted by George Abbott. Knight Cities Challenge winners from 2015 and 2016 convene in Philadelphia. Center for Active Design introduces Assembly, a new design movement to support civic life. Aug 23, 2016, 10 am, Posted by Suzanne Nienaber. Is partnerships director at the. Center for Active Design. Photo courtesy of Center for Active Design. Are bolst...
shapemycity.org
Shape My City - TOOLKIT
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Building intentional networks that drive impact. Excerpt from this Kumu blog: there s a distinct difference between a network as a structure of relationships and a network as a tool for driving change. The latter is what we ll focus on today (and how visualization can help you along that journey). Designed to Scale: Mass Participation to Build Resilient Neighbourhoods. RESILIENT NEIGHBOURHOOD ECONOMIES REPORT INCLUSIVE LOCAL ECONOMIES 2016. Food By Ward: Food Assets and Opportunities in Toronto. Food by ...
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Marche ta ville, une initiative très sympa ! - Pile
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8211; équilibres sur la toile. Marche ta ville, une initiative très sympa! Un habitant de Raleigh en Caroline du Nord installe des panneaux indiquant la durée de marche entre divers points de la ville. Après quelques frottements avec les autorités locales, celles-ci ont cédé à la pression internationale, car le projet est intelligent et porteur d’une belle idée. Allez voir, ca vaut franchement le coup! Les aménagements cyclables à Bruxelles. Speak Your Mind Annuler la réponse. You can use these tags:.
diylowell.org
Inspiration - DIY Lowell
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Inspiration - DIY Lowell. Sacred Heart / South Lowell. Previous Years’ Ideas (Must re-submit to be eligible this year). Previous Years’ Ideas. This page contains examples of small-scale projects and events to inspire new ideas for Lowell! Keep visiting, as we'll be adding new inspiration all the time. Ideas from Other Cities. Lower Locks Gatehouse Island Tree Project. What could be the next Welcome Rainbow? More information at Learning Lowell. Lower Highlands and Back Central. Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union.
folkways.co
Walk [Fargo] — Folkways
https://www.folkways.co/blog/2015/4/28/walk-fargo
Walk Your City is simple idea to create a context of walkability. It’s often difficult to conceptualize the distance to a destination when the given comparison is only measured by miles traveled by car. Our understanding can be greatly increased by adjusting our measurement to duration, rather than distance. About how long will it take for me to walk? Began as a Kickstarter. So why are the signs important? They spark a discussion about the places that we need and want to travel to and they show that it’s...
crowdsourced-transport.com
Crowdsourced Streets - crowdsourced-transport.com
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Civic Technology for Sustainable Transport. Many cities and groups are working to make their streets safer and more pleasant for all modes of transport. These efforts are often grouped under the term “complete streets”. Smart Growth America. Defines complete streets as:. Note: we have not found many examples of using crowdsourcing for helping create complete streets, feel free to send us any you know about! Crowdsourced Complete Streets: Reporting and Data. Crowdsourced Complete Streets: Collaborate.
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