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Triangle Life Science Center

By Brian | Published: February 16, 2010

Abandoned Buildings RTP: Triangle Life Science Center.

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It is no secret that food accessibility in urban areas is a nightmare for urban planners, city officials, and public health professionals. This problem is not as critical for smaller/less-dense urban areas because of the prevalence of cars and the…

Posted in Cities and Planning | Also tagged Bodega, Brian Blackmon, downtown, food accessibility in cities, food downtown, food in Bronx, food in cities, public health in citites, urban, urban planning | Leave a comment

More Philly Architecture

By Brian | Published: December 9, 2009

More Philadelphia architecture.

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Smaller City Blocks

By Brian | Published: November 16, 2009

I’m back from Philadelphia and during my time exploring the city I noticed something really neat about the city blocks in south-eastern Center City. Most of the blocks have alleyways or dividing streets making them significantly smaller than the other…

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The Cape Fear Skyway

By Brian | Published: October 15, 2009

The Cape Fear Skyway is a proposed 9.5 mile roadway/ 165-187 foot cable-stayed bridge that would connect New Hanover and Brunswick Counties. It would also be the region's first toll roadway. This project has already gone through countless changes, but as I understand it now, the Skyway would connect U.S. 17 in Brunswick County to the intersection of Carolina Beach Road and Independence Boulevard in Wilmington. The precise route will be determined later in the planning process. According to news station WWAY, "Previous plans for the bridge would cut directly in to the Brunswick County subdivision, Snee Farm. Wednesday, two new ideas were proposed. They would bypass residential areas, and go north of the Brunswick Forest subdivision. Brunswick County officials are generally in favor of those plans." (Read More)

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A radiant city

By Brian | Published: October 1, 2009

The 2006 mockumentary “Radiant City” is a jab at modern city planning and city sprawl. The central point of this film is that the planning behind cities that sprawl is the absence of any intelligence in design. “Radiant City” repeatedly makes the point that city sprawl, suburban homes, and modern strip malls are, as the narrator says, the worst allocation of resources in world history. (Read more)

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Cities and transportation: A longer essay

By Brian | Published: September 15, 2009

As the great Jane Jacobs says, “Automobiles are often conveniently tagged as the villains responsible for the ills of cities and the disappointments and futilities of city planning. But the destructive effects of automobiles are much less a cause than a symptom of our incompetence at city building.” As usual, Jacobs makes a great point. Automobiles and cities can work together, it is just that city planners do not know what to do with automobiles in cities. Since most cities have recognized the mistake of planning the city around the automobile and not the person, many have sought solutions to manage the growing problem of traffic congestion and the social, economic and environmental questions presented by continued urban sprawl due to auto dependence. One solution many cities have adopted is a rise in public support for increased public transit as a practical strategy to alleviate environmental concerns, reduce transportation infrastructure costs and ensure fair, affordable, and reliable transportation choices for individuals. However, not all cities have taken this route in mitigating transportation concerns, take for instance Wilmington, NC. (Read More)

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Cities and transportation: a brief essay

By Brian | Published: September 11, 2009

Here's a thought: If you want me to visit your city or downtown, provide a public way for me to get there. I believe every downtown city advocate should celebrate the power and creative potential of urban density and of connecting people by putting them on sidewalks together and having them share ideas and physical space. This doesn’t cost as much as you think. In fact, it’s probably cheaper than your current “I’ll fix the problem by covering it up with a new streetscape” campaign. Ask Jaime Lerner, he knows. (Read More)

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Sketches

By Brian | Published: August 28, 2009

Venturing back to my previous dreams of being an urban designer, I’ve decided to take these old sketches and digitize them using my new pen tablet.

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