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Sydney: a Driver’s Paradise
The youthfulness of Sydney, Australia can be seen throughout its bustling neighborhoods and sprawling outer suburbs. From the gleaming new buildings sprouting up around the Central Business District to the fresh array of cafes and pubs squeezing into every bit of real estate in Bondi Beach, this relatively new city seems to be growing and…
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32 images that answer: “How Long is Long Island?”
Using a tool called MAPfrappe I’ve put together some images that compare the geographic scale of Long Island to other places in our region, and across the world. As I’ve mentioned before, even though I live in Brooklyn I consider myself a Long Islander. I am from a town on the north shore called Mt.…
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1,100 Dead in Dhaka Building Collapse
More than a thousand people are dead in a Dhaka garment factory; world’s worst industrial disaster since 1984 Bhopal Tragedy. The question is who is responsible for the death of 1,100 people in Dhaka, Bangladesh? A several-story building filled with garment factory workers collapsed in Dhaka killing more than a thousand people. This is not the first…
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Using mapping tools to make the development permitting process more transparent
It’s occurred to me that, in the era of open governments and publicly available data of all kinds, the development and permitting process should seek to connect to this emerging practice and become more transparent. We live in a time in which governments are increasingly making their data available to the public, only to hope…
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Helpful Tips for NYC Renters
WRITTEN BY ALINE FADER I have occasionally been asked for advice from people who are moving to New York City for the first time and looking for apartments, so I thought I would share my advice (which I have accrued from renting here for almost twenty years). Feel free to share your lessons learned too!…
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The Eastern Tradition of Landscape Architecture: Part II
Eastern Landscape Architecture Tradition: Part II This is the second part of a two-part series about the varied landscape architectural traditions of the Middle East and the West and the impacts of their differing climates on design. The first part analyzed the relationship that Western landscape architecture had with wet and cold climates. This second part…
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EVENT: 5/17/2013 Civic Horticulture Conference in Philly
WRITTEN BY ALINE FADER What: The Cultural Landscape Foundation and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society are hosting Civic Horticulture When: Friday, May 17th, 2013 at 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Where: University of the Arts, Gershman Hall, Levitt Auditorium: 401 South Broad Street (corner of Broad & Pine St) in Philadelphia, PA For Whom: This should…
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The Divide Between Architecture and Landscape Architecture: Part I
The Western Tradition of Landscape Architecture: Recently, I came across Yale Professor and architect Joel Sander’s book, Ground Work. In it he discusses the divide between the architecture and landscape architecture. According to Sanders, “at least since the late nineteenth century, architecture and landscape architecture have been professionally segregated… more often than not, landscape architects are hired to…
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EVENT: 5/4/2013 OpenUrban Map-a-thon
WRITTEN BY ALINE FADER What: OpenUrban is hosting an urban development map-a-thon as part of the New Museum’s Ideas City Festival When: Saturday, May 4th, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. Where: The New School, 66 W. 12th Street (Orozco Room, 7th Floor), New York, NY For Whom: This should be of interest to urban planners, urban…
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