Articles tagged with: Urban planning
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The High Line is finally opened! The long wait is so worth it because it is a park that like nothing you have seen before. 3 stories above the street, this garden in the sky changes your perspective of the city. It somehow has the same affect as a zen garden, it really calm you down. You feel peaceful. It is just so well designed that not only it combined industrial landscape with the nature, but history with contemporary designs as well. It’s magical in so many way! It’s just …
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With all the talks of stimulus money from the Federal, We have yet to hear anything that benefit New York City directly. Sure the governor unveiled how the State is going to use the money alloted to New York State, but all the projects he announced are for upstate only. Coupled that with last week’s event where the State legislative refused to pass any resolution to aid MTA – which led to MTA passed the doomsday budget which will kill off many subway and bus service most needed in addition …
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You have to applaud the new leadership in DOT and the Mayor that keep on trying new things to a city where new improvements normally take DECADES to take root. Within a year or two, they have already transformed part of Broadway from 35th to 42nd Street into a nice resting area for office workers and tourists, Meatpacking District and Madison Square Park area both transformed from intersections that no pedestrians know how to cross without getting hit to plazas and open space. Now they are tackling the biggest congestion …
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This is an excellent clip highlighting the Department of Transportation did within less than 2 years’ time. I know the clip is 10 mins long, but I think it’s worth it to see how DoT under the leadership of Janette Sadik-Khan changed some of the streets of NYC from deathtrap for pedestrian to open space for relaxation and enjoyment of city life. Even though New York is such a fast-paced city, most public projects are slow as a turtle, many projects are so slow that they remain in drawing boards in years~ …
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Time Out has an excellent article about the best ‘hoods with New York soul. What it means is the places with still the neighborhood charm and not dominated by chain brand name generic stores. Places that you feel like it’s New York and a great urban city place by the standard of Jane Jacobs. When I read Jane Jacob’s fame The Death and Life of Great American Cities, it really open up my eyes on how a city should work and what makes it lively instead of a dead scary …
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Time Out has an excellent article about the best ‘hoods with New York soul. What it means is the places with still the neighborhood charm and not dominated by chain brand name generic stores. Places that you feel like it’s New York and a great urban city place by the standard of Jane Jacobs. When I read Jane Jacob’s fame The Death and Life of Great American Cities, it really open up my eyes on how a city should work and what makes it lively instead of …
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Project for Public Spaces has another commentary out, this time is about the Waterfront. I have always enjoyed their commentaries every since I discovered this organization. Their Hall of Shame section selected the Worst Waterfront Cities and Destinations. In both categories, I was (un)fortunate enough to know about two of the cities and the destinations. Both of my hometown, New York and Hong Kong are selected as the worst waterfront cities out of a total of 7. It funny how both cities are actually well known …
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I come across this post about streets of Hong Kong, and how it could be a model for NYC. It’s a good read, not a whole lot into details, but the one that caught my eyes are the comparison pictures, the before & after shots. The pictures really remind me why I felt so different when I was in HK last year compared to what I remembered from when I was little! It’s the streets! There are wider sidewalks and less “streets”!
Do you think it will work here …
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