1 month ago
philgyford : Last Call, Bohemia: Entertainment & Culture: vanityfair.com - Christopher Hitchens on gentrification, New York's West Village, London's Soho, etc. (via Kottke, yes I'm catching up on a lot of Kottke)
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8 month ago
nelson : Lagos: the megacity - Fascinating and frightening story of a chaotic 8 million person city
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28 month ago
philgyford : BLDGBLG: Interview with Mike Davis: Part 1 - This sounds good. Must read it next week. (via Blackbeltjones)
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28 month ago
philgyford : Peterme.com: Going Back To South Park, Gonna Have Myself A Time - I have fond memories of staying in the Wired corporate flat on San Francisco's South Park for a week in 1996.
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29 month ago
philgyford : Archinect : News : Jane Jacobs goes to the great city in the sky - Fairly detailed obituary/summary. (via City of Sound)
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33 month ago
philgyford : Cityofsound: Savile Row and tailoring urban fabric - Great post from Dan about how developers/landlords squander centuries of space-specific history and community in favour of short-term profit.
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34 month ago
jkottke : Panoramic photo of suburban sprawl - Panoramic photo of suburban sprawl near San Ramon, CA. Beautiful and terrifying.
philgyford : Panoramic photograph of suburban sprawl near San Ramon, California | Matt Jalbert - Unreal-looking. Would be great to see this animated over a decade or two. (via Kottke again. He has such good links.)
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philgyford : Access Magazine - "Official magazine of the University of California Transportation Center" available for download twice yearly.
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