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- Data visualization introduction 2010/07/15
Data visualization is a pretty literal term that means, quite simply, the visual representation of quantitative data. In this course we’ll learn common techniques for visualizing data, as well as some strategies for managing information digitally. But first, a brief history. - Loren Mooney: Bikes are a City's Indicator Species 2010/07/11
- IMPROVISED HOMES IN AMSTERDAM INDUSTRIAL SQUATS 2010/07/11
This web-book presents a visual-conceptual-experiential documentation of four occupied industrial sites in central Amsterdam, researched and recorded between 1990 and 1997 and between 2006 and 2008. - Yes In My Backyard | Mother Jones 2010/07/11
Memo to urban environmentalists: Don't fight development—embrace it. - A Brief History of Transportation - - GOOD 2010/07/11
Infrographic: A visual history of getting places. - 3D compositions (concepts for Iron Man 2) 2010/07/09
The most interesting trend in the development of the Internet is not... - but does it float - Amazon.com: The Parking Garage: Design and Evolution of a Modern… 2010/07/09
The Parking Garage: Design and Evolution of a Modern Urban Form [Hardcover] - Shibuya_Crossing.ogv 2010/07/09
Video of Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo. The mass of people. - Coffee By Week, 2009 2010/07/09
Images of coffee by week for 2009. - Generification: When "Google" Becomes "google" - Wordtastic - GOOD 2010/06/27
- A Visual Feast of Rooftop Gardens - GOOD Blog - GOOD 2010/06/26
- The Future of the City - The Atlantic 2010/06/26
- Archigram Archival Project 2010/04/18
The Archigram Archival Project makes the work of the seminal architectural group Archigram available free online for public viewing and academic study. - Archinect : School Blog Project 2010/03/27
Archinect student blog from various arch/planning schools around the world. - WORLD Magazine | Centers of the battle | The Editors | Mar 27, 10 2010/03/25
We know why God loves cities: They are places where millions of people created in His image congregate, and what could be more beautiful than that?
- Data visualization introduction 2010/07/15
Tag Archives: Wilmington NC
N. Front and Brunswick Street Images
Here are some images from an abandoned building that was a shipping center. It is huge, spanning the entire block of North Front Street and Brunswick Street down to Nutt Street. I can't imagine how valuable this land must be. (Read More)
Posted in Cities and Planning Also tagged abandoned space, Brian, Brian Blackmon, buildings, design, historic, old, urban decay, urban design, urban planning, warehouse, Wilmington Leave a comment
16th and Queen St. Images
Business in the front, party in the back.
Here are some images of a very interesting building on the corner of 16th and Queen St. I spoke with a nice gentleman who is leasing the building next door and he told me that this building use to be a military hanger and the arched section in the back was once twice as long, extending into what is now a parking area. I'm not sure when the hanger area was shortened to its current length. I will have a lot more to say on these places later, as I am currently writing an essay on the value of public space and the effects of abandoned places in an urban environment. (Read More)
Posted in Cities and Planning Also tagged abandoned space, Brian, Brian Blackmon, buildings, design, historic, old, urban decay, urban design, urban planning, warehouse, Wilmington 1 Comment
Surrey St. Images
Here are some images from part 1 of my abandoned spaces adventures. I am in the process of writing a much longer essay on the issues of urban spaces and abandoned urban areas. Before I'm done with it I hope to have visited and taken pictures of several more spots similar to this one in downtown Wilmington. I've done a lot of research on this area and I've learned a lot, but if you know anything about the area around 800 Surrey St. just south of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, let me know. (Read More)
Posted in Cities and Planning Also tagged abandoned space, Brian, Brian Blackmon, buildings, design, historic, old, urban decay, urban design, urban planning, warehouse, Wilmington 4 Comments
A radiant city
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
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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State Owned Property
The next location of my abandoned spaces project seems to be state owned property of the NCDOT. This entire block of Campbell St. in Wilmington is lined with mostly charming buildings that are full of character. It also looks like…