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NYCC and Proposed Convention Center
http://youtu.be/TCLHOEX8BuQ On October 11-14 the Javits center in Manhattan hosted the NYC Comic Con. I asked participants what they thought of the current convention venue at the Javits center, and what they think about Andrew Cuomos’ new proposed convention center/casino at the Aquaduct in Queens. If you haven’t heard of it it’s okay…. most of…
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BAT Opens Her Wings
Rising like a concrete castle at the southern end of Sunset Park, the Brooklyn Army Terminal gives new meaning to the term “military-industrial complex”. A 97-acre living monument to Brooklyn’s military past, it has recently gotten some good press as a symbol of what manufacturing can look like in New York today. Last weekend it was…
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Smellscapes
If one travels a lot, you start to realize that places have certain unique smells. Whether it be suffocating smog in New Delhi or blissful Jasmine in Florence, places often leave particular olfactory memories. Working in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in the late 1990’s, we were beset with a confusing melange of the pancakey delightful smell…
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Trickle Down Government and the Role of City Planning
In the October 3rd US Presidential debate between Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney criticized the current state of the federal government by using the term “trickle down government”. The turn of phrase is a striking one because means two things; first that the political right in this nation is willing to abandon…
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Light and Public Art
I grew up near Washington, DC, so from a very early age I was exposed to light being used in artful ways, mainly the illumination of monumental buildings, which could be seen from across the Potomac, but I was (and am) more fascinated by smaller uses like the glowing lights in DC metro stations…
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Green Metropolis by David Owen
http://www.davidowen.net/ Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability. That one sentence says it all. In 2004, David Owen wrote an article for The New Yorker called “Green Manhattan”. His 2009 book, The Green Metropolis expands on that idea and shows how cities like New York with high population densities…
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New York City – As seen through the ages
Driving Around New York City in 1928 This 5 minute clip from 1928 shows interesting things about city streets and transportation modes. Please note the following: We might think that the red double decker tour buses on New York city streets are new. They were imported from London barely 20 years ago. But look carefully in the beginning of the film and…
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More on Mumbai Floor Area Regulations
The post from September 2nd on Mumbai’s floor area regulations which was largely based on Alain Bertaud’s (AB) report very succinctly identified major issues that limit supply of housing in Mumbai. A contrasting viewpoint was recently presented by Shirish B. Patel in a national daily newspaper in India. This post complements the earlier post and…
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