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Links tagged with “urbanism”

  1. Free Map of London (Communities and Open Space Survey) 1943 from the Probert Encyclopaedia Map Archive

    More precise than the previous 1943 map of London areas and/but very nice. (via Blech)

  2. Scattered Satellites - Purdom, Abercrombie, Hilberseimer, MARS - Links

    Click the thumbnail of the 1943 ‘The County of London Plan’. Lovely, lovely map of London’s rough areas, as queried earlier (thanks Blech).

  3. CBRD » Histories » Ringways » Background » Wartime plans

    I like the colours of the County Of London Plan, 1943.

  4. Utopia London

    Awesome-looking film, about post-war modernist housing development in London. There’s a screening near Farringdon on 14 Dec. Also, where’s the map in the ‘About’ section from? (via City of Sound)

  5. Human landscapes in SW Florida - The Big Picture - Boston.com

    Every single aerial photo is stunning, go look. Photos of housing developments, many undeveloped. I wouldn’t want to live in any of them. (via Kottke)

  6. Let Charles be Charles | Planetizen

    In the comments, Dan Hill versus New Urbanists. Interesting. (Comments are in an odd order and the reordering widget doesn’t seem to work.)

  7. CityEngine

    I love watching this kind of stuff. “And… generate the buildings.” (via City of Sound)

  8. County of london plan 1945 - a set on Flickr

    “excerpts from a small booklet explaining the ideas behind the official County of London Plan.” Lovely.

  9. Notes.husk.org. The City Of London Highwalks.

    Paul Mison’s starting some writing about the raised pedestrian walkways in the City of London. Good stuff.

  10. Notes.husk.org. All Change On Oxford Street.

    Paul Mison on planned improvements to the Oxford Street / Regent Street junction and the horror that is the junction by Centre Point. All looking good (but it’d be hard to be worse).

  11. Op-Ed Contributor - For Sale - The $100 House - NYTimes.com

    This is fascinating, showing a way the make-up of parts of cities could change drastically due to the recession. Although I wonder whether the journalist is extrapolating from an isolated one-off incident. (via Kottke)

  12. Get Your Walk Score - A Walkability Score For Any Address

    Interesting idea for measuring how walkable the area around an address is. Despite appearances it appears to work with UK addresses too.

  13. The Demon-Haunted World

    Matt Jones’ thought-provoking presentation on urbanisation and digitalisation: practical city magic. Great stuff.

  14. Last Call, Bohemia: Entertainment & Culture: vanityfair.com

    Christopher Hitchens on gentrification, New York’s West Village, London’s Soho, etc. (via Kottke, yes I’m catching up on a lot of Kottke)

  15. BLDGBLG: Interview with Mike Davis: Part 1

    This sounds good. Must read it next week. (via Blackbeltjones)

  16. Peterme.com: Going Back To South Park, Gonna Have Myself A Time

    I have fond memories of staying in the Wired corporate flat on San Francisco’s South Park for a week in 1996.

  17. Archinect : News : Jane Jacobs goes to the great city in the sky

    Fairly detailed obituary/summary. (via City of Sound)

  18. Cityofsound: Savile Row and tailoring urban fabric

    Great post from Dan about how developers/landlords squander centuries of space-specific history and community in favour of short-term profit.

  19. Panoramic photograph of suburban sprawl near San Ramon, California | Matt Jalbert

    Unreal-looking. Would be great to see this animated over a decade or two. (via Kottke again. He has such good links.)

  20. Access Magazine

    “Official magazine of the University of California Transportation Center” available for download twice yearly.

  21. The Bookshelf - City Comforts - David Sucher

    Ted on a book and author I hadn’t heard of, but it sounds good.

  22. Centre Point, 101 New Oxford Street, London, West End, London - photos, history and background

    Be sure to follow the little link to read the history of the site’s planning permission.

  23. Cars to Vanish in $50M Tunnel Town

    100 homes, $50 million, all cars underground in a planned development in Russia.

  24. Why we’re reaching our limits as a one-hour city - Opinion - www.smh.com.au

    Throughout history cities have been an hour’s travel across. I’m not convinced

  25. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power: Trees for a Green LA

    They give free trees to residents because more trees means greater energy savings.

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