Archive for 2009
Urban Omnibus wishes you a happy holiday season with a special Christmas/New Year’s roundup. See you in 2010! 
With the internet, all the information that we need for a design can be found online, yes? With the right software and training an individual designer can make a difference, championing the environment, fostering sustainability, and forging anew the zeitgeist of the day. Right? Even though our professions have enormous…
As we look forward to 2010, it seems that we are getting signals of more austerity ahead. Recently, the MTA approved a series of fairly drastic service cuts. There is a sense that Albany will add strain to the city’s public schools by forcing budget cuts…
So over in Copenhagen, President Obama has addressed the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Check out the full speech here. Guess how many time he mentions the word “city.” And read Yonah Freemark’s observations of what the US can learn from the host city, a very different take…
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Vishaan Chakrabarti imagines a city-focused national strategy to make our country healthy, prosperous and green, in response to the 2009 Copenhagen climate change talks. |
I was intrigued by the post, Letting Off Some Steam, and would like to take a shot at answering the question, “What other infrastructures do you think are ripe for public involvement?”
My observations are based on real use of smart phone, mobile web and web reporting on…
Pike Loop Time Lapse from Storefront for Art&Architecture on Vimeo.
This week’s must-read for urbanists is Andrea Bernstein’s measured account of Adolfo Carrión Jr.’s national “listening tour” of best practices in urban areas around the nation. The article assembles various public radio pieces related to the…
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Jeff Maki explains Manhattan’s District Steam Service as a case study in how citizens can engage in the maintenance of infrastructure. |
As you’ve probably heard by now, a state appeals court has barred the use of eminent domain for parts of a 17 acre site intended for development by Columbia University, ruling the condemnation unconstitutional. This on the heels of last week’s more developer-friendly rulings for Atlantic Yards and…
Fulton Street in the Financial District is undergoing a $38 million multi-phased revitalization, intended to transform the street into the Fulton Street Corridor, the essential link between the World Trade Center site and the East River. Improvements to Fulton Street include a replacement of the 150-year-old water main, renovated sidewalks and signs, and…
