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“This is pyramid building with a vengeance, a tomb of concrete roads and ramps covering the dead corpse of a city.”
He was right. We just didn’t listen.
My homage, in Bloomberg CityLab:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-14/in-1955-lewis-mumford-saw-nyc-s-congestion-battle-coming?srnd=phx-citylab
#cities #history #highways
It is hard not to detect in this turnabout some resentment on the part of Trump allies and supporters from regions that have not been faring well in recent times. By 2012, when the country was finally emerging from the recession, seven of the 10 wealthiest counties were in metro Washington; the area’s number of high-net-worth households, with investable assets of more than $1 million, had risen by 30% since 2008. While Midwestern communities such as Vice President JD Vance’s hometown, Middletown, Ohio, were being crushed by the opioid epidemic, the Aston Martin dealership in Tysons Corner, Virginia, was selling hundreds of the bespoke James Bond car for about $280,000, and home prices in the District were approaching a 400% increase from the early 1990s."
https://www.propublica.org/article/washington-dc-trump-musk-federal-government-cutbacks-gloomy-future
#USA #Trump #WashingtonDC #Urbanism #Cities
Beyond #philosophy and #psychology, I'm interested in #feminism, radical politics and history, wonky public policy (esp. about #housing, #cities, and #education), #technology and #politics, and getting lost in Wikipedia. (Languages: EN/PT/ES)
guests:
⦁author David L. Ulin on #LA's precarity in the face of nature and its "literature of disaster"
⦁Adrian Scott Fine, president of the Los Angeles Conservancy, on the loss of #patrimony in the fires
https://lareviewofbooks.org/av/the-la-fires/
#CaliforniaWildfires #LAwildfires #LosAngeles #cities #architecture
Iran Scrambles to Tackle Fuel Shortages Amid a Winter Cold Snap
A cold snap has forced school closures and other disruptions to public life across much of Iran, as authorities grapple with a shortage of natural gas for heating and electricity generation.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Iran Scrambles to Tackle Fuel Shortages Amid a Winter Cold Snap - EUROPE SAYS
A cold snap has forced school closures and other disruptions to public life across much of Iran, asEUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
Georgians protest as pro-Russian party locks in ex-footballer as president
Georgia has seen political upheaval and protests for months.Koen Verhelst (POLITICO)
Turkey Spy Chief Ibrahim Kalin Visits Syria Mosque in Jostle for Influence
Turkey’s spy chief Ibrahim Kalin visited the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday, TV channel TVNet reported, a rare public appearance by the country’s top intelligence official as world powers jostle for influence in the wake of the fall of Bashar Al…BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
EU welcomes collapse of Syrian regime as Assad flees – POLITICO - EUROPE SAYS
British Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner welcomed the collapse of the ruling faction in an interview on SkyEUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
Syrian rebels storm into Damascus, claim Assad has fled
Assad had been in power for 25 years and his family ruled Syria for half a century.Marianne Gros (POLITICO)
We don't go back!
Safe streets; save lives.
"Critical Mass Fights Back Against Ford's Anti Cyclist Law" [2:24 min]
by The Bike Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Zu8vWbmsM
Quote by TBL:
"Nov 30, 2024
A Critical Mass ride on Nov. 29, 2024 brought hundreds of cyclists out to protest Ontario Premier Doug Ford's move to remove and restrict bike lanes in Toronto and all over the province."
#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside
#ClimateBreakDown
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In Lebanon's Tyre, returning residents find no water, little power
Entire neighborhoods have been ravaged and with them hundreds of homes and vital infrastructure in the city.Layal Abou Rahal (The Japan Times)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-26/a-new-way-to-curb-the-rise-of-oversized-pickups-and-suvs
#cities #urbanism #trucks #SUV #cars
A City Fights Back Against Heavyweight Cars
Oversized pickups and SUVs are exacting a deadly toll on urban streets. Here’s how one US city plans to push back.David Zipper (Bloomberg)
50 reasons why everyone should want more walkable streets & cities, in Fast Company:
https://www.fastcompany.com/3062989/50-reasons-why-everyone-should-want-more-walkable-streets
#cities #walking #walkablecities #urbanism
Boring like too many real places ruined by too much parking?
#parking #ThePowerOfParking #cities #urbandesign #transportation #mobility #urbanism #urbanplanning
https://devonzuegel.com/post/we-should-be-building-cities-for-people-not-cars
We Should Be Building Cities for People, Not Cars
The way we live is shaped by our infrastructure—the public spaces, building codes, and utilities that serve a city or region. It can act as the foundation for thriving communities, but it can also establish unhealthy patterns when designed poorly.devonzuegel.com