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America's best cities for public transportation

April 26, 2012 by Kaid Benfield
with 375 views

Which are the best US cities for those who need or prefer to use public transportation? New York, San Francisco, Boston, Washington, and Philadelphia – in that order – according to the terrific organization Walk Score, whose range of services offered to the public just keeps getting better and better.Today, Walk Score is... [read more]

Green Infrastructure Goes Large in New York

April 4, 2012 by The Dirt ASLA
with 327 views

New York has been making headlines with its bicycle lanes - but is it actually its major green infrastructure projects that we should be talking about? [read more]

Here Comes the High Line Part 3

March 14, 2012 by The Dirt ASLA
with 617 views

Planning for the third phase of the High Line is underway and this post has all the details. Check it out! [read more]

New York Roof Study Shows Drastic Cooling with White Surfaces

March 9, 2012 by Glenn Meyers
with 246 views

Is bright the new black? A new study of New York roofs during peak heat periods confirms that white roofs do indeed have significantly lower temperatures. [read more]

Mining the Lower East Side

March 1, 2012 by Geoff Manaugh
with 103 views

[Image: From "Lower East Side Quarry" by Rebecca Fode; open each image in a new tab for a larger view].Last month, several students from the Bartlett School of Architecture—studying as part of Unit 11, taught by Mark Smout, Laura Allen, and Kyle Buchanan—came through town for some field trips, workshops, and crits. At a public event in... [read more]

Defending the American Grid

February 26, 2012 by Paul Knight
with 252 views

What should be the preferred layout for a new neighborhood? As a grid-enthusiast I feel compelled to defend the orthogonal grid on three major points. [read more]

How Bogotá Inspired Sustainable Cities Across the Globe

February 10, 2012 by This Big City
with 405 views

About fourteen years ago, Bogotá was seen as the world-famous capital of narcotraffic and guerrillas. Foreigners used to see the city as one the most dangerous places to travel and live in Latin America. Despite our high quality coffee, marihuana and cocaine also represented some of our traditional products of exportation. In 1998, Bogot... [read more]

Interview with Robert Hammond, Co-Founder of the High Line

February 9, 2012 by The Dirt ASLA
with 555 views

Robert Hammond is Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of Friends of the High Line, the non-profit conservancy that manages the High Line, a public park built atop an abandoned, elevated rail line on the west side of Manhattan. Hammond was awarded a Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome, as well as the Rockefeller Foundation’s... [read more]

The Urbanization Of Tech Employment

February 2, 2012 by Jim Russell
with 268 views

F.I.R.E. Finance, insurance, and real estate. That's the kind of industry I expect to find in the downtown area of a big city. The wild speed and reach of financial capital defines contemporary globalization. At the heart of it all is New York and London, two global giants undergoing a transformation of economic geography. Silicon... [read more]

Reimagining Model Cities

February 1, 2012 by TheCityFix - produced by EMBARQ
with 158 views

During last week’s Transforming Transportation conference, Jaime Lerner expressed that one of the greatest compliments he has ever received was from his driver who told him that Curitiba looked exactly like the architectural model Lerner was carrying with him at the time. [read more]

Has Congestion Pricing Lost its Buzz?

January 24, 2012 by This Big City
with 232 views

It’s 2004. Despite initial resistance to the idea being fierce, London has had a congestion charge for a year, and by the most important metrics, it’s been a success. Mayor Ken Livingston has been reciting statistics to anyone who will listen, parading reductions in congestion by 30 percent and average speeds at their highest since the... [read more]

Texas-Based Company to Retrofit First New York Skyscraper

January 23, 2012 by Stephen Del Percio
with 43 views

In cooperation with its joint venture partner Mitsui & Company, Transcend Equity Development Corporation out of Dallas will perform a free $1.4 million energy-efficient retrofit at 125 Maiden Lane, a 17-story, 340,000-square-foot office condominium in the Financial District that is sponsored by Time Equities, Inc. The project is... [read more]