Tag: public

  • The National Mall Design Competition

    The National Mall is a mile long stretch of open space between the Lincoln Memorial and the US Capital building in Washington DC.   The Mall is flanked by museums and other monuments and is the most popular tourist destination in the United States. More than 24 million people visited the Mall last year. The Trust for…

  • Walkers (the living, non-zombie ones): part 1

    Walkers: part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 New York made a huge effort to become car friendly in the twentieth century with new highways et al. (thanks mainly to Robert Moses). Now there is a focus on adding bike lane infrastructure and pedestrian realm improvements. But it seems like the improvements that have shaped the transportation infrastructure…