Sleepless urbanists toss and turn with nocturnal visions of strip malls, after hours, where cars seek community in the halogen glow.
Category: postcards
the angular convergence of an urban night: a postcard
Posted by – January 21, 2011
In the angular city, water and light converge with the sky.
envisioning the urban wind: a postcard
Posted by – January 13, 2011
Rock Port, Missouri generally gets credit as the first wind-powered city in the United States.
But the aesthetics of such sustainable examples–modern wind turbines–often lack the flair of dreams.
What if the edge of a wind-powered city looked more like the Greek island town of Mikonos?
two postcards: time travel and the war on cars
Posted by – January 11, 2011
After reading Eric de Place’s commendable mini-history of the “War on Cars” in Sightline last week, I started thinking about an alternate reality, where humans do things differently, like somehow delivering heavy, bulky items without reliance on motorized vehicles.
What would that look like?
It would look like Seattle 105 years ago.
Thanks to Sherman Clay, Seattle (via Oscar Spidahl) for photo use.
auto-obedience in the city: a postcard
Posted by – November 22, 2010
Two cars and a stop sign, in snow.
a Melbourne postcard of dapper urbandwidth
Posted by – November 12, 2010
The “urbandwidth” concept, first mentioned here and in Planetizen, is illustrated by an after-work, city moment along a reclaimed lane near Melbourne’s Chinatown.
a streetside postcard of a doorway dialogue
Posted by – October 30, 2010
Viewed from the street, and framed by an ornate church entry, conversation and color travel across generations.
urbanists at work
