February 2012
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Making Over the Mall With Parks and Sermons -... →
Schools, medical clinics, call centers, government offices and even churches are now standard tenants in malls. By hanging a curtain to hide the food court, the Galleria in Cleveland, which opened in 1987 with about 70 retailers and restaurants, rents space for weddings and other events.
Other malls have added aquariums, casinos and car showrooms. Designers in Buffalo have proposed stripping...
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Ruin lust: our love affair with decaying buildings... →
An obsession with ruins can risk a fall into mere sentiment or nostalgia: ruin lust was already a cliché in the 18th century, and its periodic revivals may put one in mind of Gilbert and Sullivan: “There’s a fascination frantic / In a ruin that’s romantic.”
The great interest in the remarkable images of decayed Detroit – in the photographs, for example, of Yves Marchand...
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BBC News - Muslim America moves away from the... →
For centuries, domes and minarets have been an integral part of the architecture of mosques around the world. But now, Muslim communities are exploring new concepts in the design of their places of worship.
Some are fearful ostentatious architecture could provoke an anti-Muslim backlash. But other Muslim thinkers say mosque designs need to be redeveloped to serve the needs of the growing and...
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“Each one of those sounds takes me back to a place, time, and often a character...”
– Transom » Distinguished Sounds
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Driving Who-Knows-Where, We're Hooked on Map Apps... →
It’s hard to say whether online maps and GPS are leaving us more, or less, oriented, Dr. Palmer says. The ability to zoom in and out of a mapped location gives a sense of spatial context that paper maps can’t provide. “But technological crutches could impact our practice of even looking carefully at maps or landmarks that help our orientation,” she says.
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The Urbanophile » Blog Archive » No, Freeways Are... →
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The Urbanophile » Blog Archive » Faith and City... →
The connections between faith and city planning are undeniable. Faith-based groups rebuild areas after disasters, they develop affordable housing plans, and they help the poor. Additionally, the social movements that have most profoundly changed society, like the Civil Rights Movement, were guided by faith.
January 2012
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Target Brings in Mom-and-Pops - Bloomberg →
Target Corp. (TGT), the discount chain that brought cheap chic to the masses, is going mom-and-pop. Target previously confined itself to cutting deals with such designers as Michael Graves and Missoni, and now plans to sell dog treats, home goods and other products designed by small businesses most Americans have never heard of.
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The Urbanophile » Blog Archive » Can Detroit Build... →
I guess I’m a skeptic on Detroit trying to build its way back to prosperity. Particularly with the debt levels and the trouble the private sector has sustaining even existing amenities like the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. That’s especially true when it comes to “me too” strategies like light rail. I’m got getting a sense that much of this is in the service of anything that is uniquely Detroit or...
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UltraMapping →
On Pinterest.
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December 2011
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