Great video visualizations demonstrate bicycle innovations being made in Montréal, the only North American showing (#11) on the Copenhagenize Index of Bicycle-Friendly Cities. The videos are beautiful, and offer a taste of urban planning jargon in French.
A New Face for an Old Broad: exemplary project from Memphis of “Tactical Urbanism” in America.
CoSign was innovative program partnering with the American Sign Museum last year, pairing local artists with business owners to produce 10 unique handcrafted signs for local businesses in Cincinnati’s Northside. The well-organized and documented (hint: do this in your city!) program’s compressed schedule went from a call to interested businesses to installed signs in a mere 5 months. The project was completed in time for America’s biggest shopping day, Black Friday, with each business owner unveiling their sign from a cherry-picker.
EM2N - Restoration of the viaduct arches, Zurich 2010. A great urban renewal project that breathes new life to a previously derelict infrastructural barrier. Photos (C) Roger Frei.
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iCUP: Edmonton’s standalone public bathrooms.
1:1 Landskab - Classensgade courtyard, Copenhagen 2010. Via, photos (C) Anders Sune Berg.
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Josep Mias - Old-town public space renovation, Banyoles 2012. Portions of the town’s irrigation system were revamped and partially exposed in seemingly random slits and fissures, which are based on the somewhat haphazard occupation of parking, pedestrian, and infrastructural elements that have coexisted on the site for generations. Photos (C) Adrià Goula.
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Canada’s’s coolest airline has plans to expand. Much has been said about Porter’s sleek design aesthetic, fuel-efficient turbprop fleet, free inflight alcohol service, and exposure for Toronto - not to mention a passenger lounge complete with iMacs and self-serve espresso. Full disclosure: I’m a fan. But when an airline uses its growth statement (www.porterplans.com) to talk about the role its playing on the built environment and urban public spaces, I really take notice.
Pottery Road Bicycle Crossing got a shout-out this week in NOW Magazine. This urban infrastructure project is the first component in a larger scheme to provide interpretation, orientation, and environmental control for the Lower Don Recreational Trail in Toronto.
Old map of Rock Creek Park between Wisconsin and Georgia Avenues.
Topographical Sketch Of Rock Creek Park (1866)
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Ontario’s Share the Road Cycling Coalition is a great pro-bike road safety campaign with partners like CAA. Check out their videos and other resources.
