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Wrath Of Gnon
wrathofgnon
It is time for a thread on traditional urbanism, or town planning 13th century style. I will dispel some myths of modern dis-urbanism. Traditional urbanism has short blocks. No building
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Urban Geography
urbgeog
Time for a little on Climate Urbanism as an important new research agenda First up, @VaneBailo & @EnoraRobin propose the articulation of climate urbanism as a critical theory, exposing the
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Christopher Liberatos
CharlestonArchi
Another benefit of fine grained urbanism vs. block-sized mega buildings: If there is a viral pandemic, in the smaller scale fewer people share entrances, while mega-buildings have HUNDREDS of people
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Luke Hillson
LukeHillson
WANTED: URBAN DESIGNERS & MASTERPLANNERS WORLDWIDEPlease RT and tag in your connections and recommendations of talented and inspirational urban designers, urbanists, city planners and masterplanners throughout the globe.#masterplanning #urbandesi
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Ace the Architect is Voting for Sherae For State
TheUrbanAce
Alright to this evening's housing thread is brought to you by this question: 'I have friends who think a vacancy tax would do more to solve Seattle's housing problem than
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Jonathan (0 Chill) Katz
JonathanPKatz
1/x Thread: things from reading about pre-Columbian Mesoamerica that help me in studying planning.1. Understanding the history of "mixed-use": Mesoamerican cities were packed with mixed use areas! Commerce and residential
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Leandro Poco
leandrop0x
Expounding on the macro analysis of the Pasig River banks. Burnham's original plan was for riverside promenades and streets to activate its edges. These were sacrificed to make way for
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Dan Seljak
anotherglassbox
I am growing concerned that not all of us use the word urbanist/urbanism in the same way. We've invented a term that effectively means "city fetishist" while not coming to
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Wrath Of Gnon
wrathofgnon
Every desirable aspect of urbanism is achieved by building on the human scale, and conversely, every problem of urbanism is solved, eliminated or mitigated, by returning to the human scale
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J.T. the L.A. Storyteller 🎙️🧢🤞🏾
JIMBO_TIMES
EPISODE 57 - RODERICK HALL ON L.A. AS THE CITY OF THE FUTUREhttps://jimbotimes.com/2021/05/10/episode-57-roderick-hall-on-l-a-as-the-city-of-the-future/ In our 57th episode, we hear from Roderick D. Hall (@RoderickDHall1), formerly with Abu
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Ace the Architect is Voting for Sherae For State
TheUrbanAce
Ok, it is time to talk the Seattle Teams project!So the reason this project was developed in the first place was specifically because of the funding battle royale I saw
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Mitchell Jorstad
OfficialMitchll
I want to take a little time to discuss small scale buildings, including ones in St. Louis, and how important they are to our built environment. Here’s a few examples
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John Greenfield
greenfieldjohn
THREAD: I probably shouldn't be giving this garbage oxygen and clicks but, sorry, I can't help myself, this is the most entertainingly stupid anti-urbanist op-ed I've seen this side of
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Nick Turner
NewsyNick
I’m concerned by this anti-urbanism streak, so it’s worth remembering:1. New York City is better than any suburb.2. San Francisco is better than any suburb.3. Chicago is better than any
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John Hoopes
KUHoopes
The meaning of the word “urban” has shifted considerably since I was a graduate student. Does anyone read V. Gordon Childe’s article “The Urban Revolution” (1950) anymore?https://twitter.com/tac_org/status/1199525010404192262 For example, ten
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Ben Southwood
bswud
I went to Poundbury on Saturday. Don't believe the haters! There are certainly better & worse sections, with the developers learning as they went on, but it is by and
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