#cities

19 bookmarks

https://geoffboeing.com/2018/07/city-street-orient...

Interesting visualtation of the direction orientation of streets in major cities. Sydney and Melbou...

alasdairw Jul 26, 2018

http://io9.com/10-books-that-could-change-the-way-...

OK, I think I may need to pick up a few of these, so just noting for future reference.

alasdairw May 29, 2014

http://www.thepolisblog.org/2012/06/elements.html

Food for thought when designing fictional environments.

alasdairw Jun 28, 2012

http://whatsthehubbub.nl/blog/2011/09/the-transfor...

The City and The City, Baarle-Nassau, the recent riots in London, overlapping worlds, social stratif...

alasdairw Sep 21, 2011

http://readings.connect.theasintheas.org/files/201...

"The right to the city is not merely a right of access to what already exists, but a right to change...

alasdairw Oct 21, 2010

http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/sets/721576...

Photography heatmaps for various cities - things tourist take photos of compared to locals. Fascina...

alasdairw Oct 12, 2010

http://www.andrewblum.net/typepad/2007/10/local-ci...

Interesting piece about the mapping of digital community to real-world local-level community.

alasdairw Jun 03, 2010

http://berglondon.com/blog/2010/05/18/people-are-w...

Yes, someone at BERG has done a thing, and I'm linking to it again. What this thing is is a short e...

alasdairw May 19, 2010

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240529702034...

A quote by David Byrne from Matt's article that I thought I was worth saving in it's own right: "A...

alasdairw Sep 22, 2009

http://io9.com/5362912/the-city-is-a-battlesuit-fo...

Matt Jones on the future of cities, their place in sf, and well, a typically smart piece of joined u...

alasdairw Sep 22, 2009

http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/5204772.article

Some really interesting picks here. I think I'm going to have to make efforts to acquire a few of t...

alasdairw Jul 10, 2009