archiveofaffinities:

C.R. Ashbee, New York:Three Stage of Growth 

Design for Good

"The urban revolution is a total revolution." 

Edward Soja, recalling work of Henri Lefabvre (via notesnsailboats)

Debunking the Cul-de-Sac

This is where it’s most apparent – from an airplane window – that American ideas about how to live and build communities have changed dramatically over time. For decades, families fled the dense urban grid for newer types of neighborhoods that felt safer, more private, even pastoral. Through their research, Garrick and colleague Wesley Marshall are now making the argument that we got it all wrong: We’ve really been designing communities that make us drive more, make us less safe, keep us disconnected from one another, and that may even make us less healthy.

allintow:

When this documentary comes to your city, do your city a favor and see it.

For reference: Helvetica & Objectified

tundra-and-lightning:

(Source: study-the-city)

70% of today’s urban growth occurs outside of the formal planning process. MIT has developed an open-sourced software to calculate how city organization will affect inhabitants.

MIT’s Free Urban Planning Software Will Help Build Cities of the Future

Urban Analysis Toolbox Demonstration

"Once you have a vision of a much better city and better world, it is hard to sit back and not do anything about it." 

Mark Gorton of NYC Streets Renaissance, Streets Blog and Streets Films in an recent interview with WIRED  (via irishboyinlondon)

GOOD Magazine - Rethinking Cities