David Byrne’s Perfect City – WSJ.com I love David Byrne’s music, but in this essay for the Wall Street Journal I think he somewhat over-reaches himself. Why? The essay is muddled. He includes too many contradictory pronouncements. For example, that big and dense is good, but that you need the “village” thing for safety & […]
Forget Curbing Suburban Sprawl (MIT Technology Review) I have some questions about the source of this report/ research, which claims that density (including examples such as Vancouver’s eco-density) “would yield insignificant CO2 reductions.” QUOTE Even if 75 percent of all new and replacement housing in America were built at twice the density of current new […]
I’m in Vancouver, and it’s supposed to be a break from my island exile, but digital tethers ensure that I’m plugged into all the usual concerns.
Theme: Pool by Borja Fernandez.
Entries and comments feeds.