Category: multimedia

Jerusalem stories: it all depends where you stand

On By Chuck WolfeIn Israel, multimedia, pedestrianism, placemaking, politics, urban abstractions, urban views4 Comments

Several earlier myurbanist entries assessed the complexities of urban issues in Israel and Jerusalem, ranging from light rail to perspectives on sustainability. Today, a dry brush filtered photograph, adapted to video, shows the multiplicity of issues at play in one urban view (view full screen if you can).

After all, in Jerusalem, it all depends where you stand.

“Ten measures of beauty descended to the world, nine were taken by Jerusalem.”
Talmud: Kiddushin 49b

“Jerusalem is Israel’s capital, will never be divided, and will remain the capital of the State of Israel…”
Benjamin Netanyahu

“That can be achieved by termination of Israeli occupation to the territories according to the international resolutions related, so the Palestinian State can be establish with Jerusalem as capital for such State.”
Ali A. Saleh

“The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum.”
Thomas Paine

renderings of walkable urbanism–the video

On By Chuck WolfeIn multimedia, pedestrianism, placemaking, sustainability, urban abstractions, urban views11 Comments

For the original still renderings, see here, here and here.

Jerusalem stories: disputed urbanism, where it all began

On By Chuck WolfeIn housing, Israel, multimedia, placemaking, politics, urban abstractions, urban administration, urban views7 Comments

In Jerusalem, the camera pans from the Old City’s Temple Mount, across the Mount of Olives, into the Kidron Valley (the legendary “Valley of Death”) and Silwan, currently the focus of well-publicized controversy concerning efforts by the Jerusalem municipality to demolish homes and relocate residents in favor of restored, archeological-themed parkland. For additional background, click here for an earlier myurbanist entry.

pedestrian commerce, here and there

On By Chuck WolfeIn Israel, multimedia, pedestrianism, placemaking, sustainability, urban abstractions, urban views7 Comments

An alluring vignette of “street food” at Seattle’s weekend Fremont market yields to rich, walk-through experiences of historic markets in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.


“EV” urbanism and sustainability, Better Place edition

On By Chuck WolfeIn infrastructure, Israel, multimedia, politics, sustainability, urban abstractions14 Comments

Just outside of Tel Aviv, Better Place displays a subscription model, “open-network infrastructure” approach to world-wide adoption of electric vehicle technology.

Here is introductory imagery of Better Place’s new demonstration center, as well as our Seattle-based i-SUSTAIN group’s opportunity to meet with renowned Founder and CEO Shai Agassi. Better Place technology and programming is now in development on an impressive scale in, inter alia, Israel, Denmark, Australia, Japan and China.

Here is an additional video of comments by Mr. Agassi, with thanks to i-SUSTAIN: