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On Celebrating the Natural Soundscapes of Cities
Great article by Tim Beatley, a long term leader in experiencing cities. See also my summary of the soundscape movement last year:http://www.planetizen.com/node/55052
On Bringing Life to the City with Light
See: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/09/the-success-of-a-city-at-night-5-qualities-of-a-24-hour-place/245644/
This also appeared here in Sustainable Cities Collective about the same time as I recall. I suggest cross-indexing would be a great idea.
On Tactical Urbanism – Cities Built By People For People
Mike Lydon, not Lyndon.
On Scaling the Urban Future by Blending the Urban Past
Alex, thanks for your introduction to URBACT and HERO recommendations. Very relevant.
On Reading the Eclectic Urban Curbside
Thanks for the kind comment, Robin, and also for the opportunity.
On Writing About Cities: Courtroom Rules or Virtual Frontier?
Hi Glenn, and thanks for your comment--as I believe you are no stranger to Seattle land use issues :).
On The Best Way to Define Meaningful Places
This is a great, thoughtful response and is worthy of its own post! As I said in our initial dialogue, I was recommending the photos as a depiction of users who have found their own places, which I presumed were therefore of meaning and some quality... I have no doubt that many professionals honor this approach in their work. My concern has been overuse of the "placemaking" term, out of context and without the rich input that you, for one, have provided.
On 15 Quotes About Cities
Thanks. Spot on!
On Death of Sprawl: Past and Future
Warren, not sure if you have seen it, but the new ULI report also touches on many of these themes, and I thought it consolidated punditry very nicely and effectively:
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2011/11/resetting-urba...
On Documenting People and Place Through Photography
Looke forward to hearing more about your efforts, Sarah.
On Remembering Steve Jobs, Land Use Advocate
Thanks. Robin. It's been noted before, but no so much from the perspective of a land use hearing :)

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On Lessons from the Landscape of Iceland
Hi Lloyd. Yes, I learned the same thing. The trees disappeared early on as the early settlers did not know that the soil would not allow them to replenish at the rate they did in Scandinavia. So it has been innovation ever since--turf, stone, etc. as mentioned...