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Shrinking Cities: The Forgetting Machine
One of our supplementary readings for the Shrinking Cities group is the recent essay by Jerry Herron on The Design Observer entitled 'The Forgetting Machine: Notes Toward a History of Detroit.' The author is from Wayne State and has been a resident of Detroit since the early eighties, so it avoids some of the outsider rhetoric, but...[read more]
Only in Shrinking Cities: the benefits for urban planning in smaller industrial cities
In my first article on shrinking cities, I discussed the concepts behind urban planning for shrinking cities, offering a broad overview of the challenges and benefits of these cities. In this article, I would like to focus on the benefits of shrinking cities and the assets that make them attractive options for creative and innovative...[read more]
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“Did you hear about the event of a thread? Artist Anne Hamilton installed this during winter of 2013. I went with friends and it was a truly surreal experience. Less urbane than EMBARQ's examples, its was a true dance between space and humans. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qPEcO0bTa0”
“Did you hear about the event of a thread? Artist Anne Hamilton installed this during winter of 2013. I went with friends and it was a truly surreal experience. Less urbane than EMBARQ's examples, its was a true dance between space and humans. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qPEcO0bTa0”