his sons were all made to join the army one after another and they all died in the fights. The old man was very sad. He didn’t have enough food and was often hungry
When the city’s public electric utility, Seattle City Light, proposed taking over a city street for construction of a new substation to serve the booming South Lake Union neighbourhood, it had to prove to the city’s design commission that it would benefit the public. The utility enlisted ar...
Once known as the Forest City, Cleveland now has a tree canopy of about 18% and falling. That’s far less than the national urban average of 39.6% and far less than reaching 30% coverage by 2040, a goal set by the Cleveland Tree Coalition, a consortium of regio...
to plan for the future.They're building new roads,putting up new houses,looking for more water,and limiting the population growth in certain areas.Still,city planners are getting worried People are crowding into the cities faster.The cities are short of room.What is the answer to this ...
“revolution” is still very constrained by the fact that planners and politicians don’t want too much change to be visible to existing neighbours. So these new forms of housing are being restricted in size, which means the units are significantly smaller than what most people say is needed ...
Old Seoul, around City Hall, Myungdong andNamdaemun(South Gate) Market is cluttered and convivial with buildings and streets on a human scale. (The grand Namdaemun edifice dating back over 600 years succumbed to a blaze in early February 2008, partially destroying one of Korea's best-loved la...
If this trend is likely to continue (and it is), then perhaps the City Planners should try to get out in front of it in order to ensure that every opportunity is taken to preserve the public nature of these beautiful buildings.
The lobby is whimsical but homey and this spot is much loved by expats. Alas next door the slowly looming Hilton means a great deal of pounding and construction dust for a while into 2020. In rooms think darkwood flooring, carved wooden cabinets, wardrobes, and rustic walls with arches ...
I’m thankful thatSongwriterCityis doing it right, by making this experience more famous and accessible to anyone, anywhere around the country, by curating these special songwriter rounds. Event and meeting planners, DMC’s, hotels, venues, resorts, and companies are discovering this door to book...
1) Today’s city planners need to read more things like this! How exciting would it be if you could visit your grandparents in some small town somewhere, only to find that a door in the basement, which you thought led to a closet… actually opens up onto an underground Home Depot? Or...