This background has been recently summarized elsewhere, but it is instructive to roll back time, and roll it forward again.
From Timothy Egan–in 1993:
Author: Chuck Wolfe
Charles R. (Chuck) Wolfe, M.R.P., J.D. provides a unique perspective about cities as both a long time writer about urbanism worldwide and an attorney in Seattle, where he focuses on land use and environmental law and permitting. In particular, his work involves the use of sustainable development techniques and innovative land use regulatory tools on behalf of both the private and public sectors. He is also an Affiliate Associate Professor in the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington, where he teaches land use law at the graduate level. He contributes regularly to several publications including Planetizen, CityLab/The Atlantic Cities, The Atlantic, The Huffington Post, Grist, seattlepi.com, and Crosscut.com. He blogs at myurbanist.com.
6 months and thank you: myurbanist around the world
myurbanist is six months old and has traveled around the world. Thanks to all of you who have reposted, linked and commented, including almost 440 Facebook friends and the diverse list of representative publications, blogs, businesses and individuals below:
Real Estate Law and Industry Report (BNA)
Lausanne (La Ville Nouvelle/The Downtown Creator)
Lennox Head, NSW, Australia (S.J. Connelly, CPP)
Kuala Lumpur/Melbourne/Insbruck (ArtisLoveisArt)
Vancouver (re:place magazine and via-architecture)
Boston (Restoring the Urban Fabric)
Buffalo (The Hydraulics Press)
Los Angeles (BREAKurban LLC and narrow streets los angeles)
Peoria (Economic Development and City Planning News)
Seattle and Vicinity (Crosscut (including related articles), KUOW Radio, Publicola, seattlepi.com, Orphan Road, Sustainable Bellevue and Seattle Magazine)
Representative Twitter links from: Nova 7 (Lyon), Sefre Architects + Research Group (London), Georgia Sierra Club, George Osner AICP (Modesto), CH2MHill (Bellevue), SvR Design Company (Seattle), Alex Steffen (Seattle), Bob Voelker, Attorney at Law (Dallas), Kevin Parent, Architect (Toronto), Allentown Economic Development District, Cleveland Avenue District, New York City Economic Development Commission, Design New Haven and Seattle Mayor Michael McGinn.
guerrilla urbanism and the shoe from history
Following several recent entries on urbanist “quick wins”, local urban greening and reclaiming alleys, we’ve been increasingly aware of the new “guerrilla urbanism”. The concept is particularly showcased in Jeffrey Hou’s new book, Insurgent Public Space Guerrilla Urbanism and the Remaking of Contemporary Cities.
In his book, Hou, the Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Washington, sets out 20 case studies–from gardening to parking lot spaces turned parks–to illustrate the growing trend of nontraditional life-giving to otherwise unused city spaces.
But what of the symbols of such contemporary movements, such as the spade, or better yet, the shoe? We posed an interesting question about pedestrian and open space advocacy on Facebook this morning.
Premised on the embedded link below, is shoe-banging ipso facto pedestrian advocacy? Do the ends justify the means?
earth day views: sea, sky, people and place
Iconic views of sea, sky, people and place, from across the planet.
towards sustainable striping
As the street becomes disassembled to its component parts and modes are split, lower-budget striping is often the preferred definitional boundary for automobile, bicycle and pedestrian.
Consequently, discussion and debate often ensues around alternatives to the “great American stripe”.
We begin with the international contrast of “the flower line” and move on to variations anew.
