See Part 1- Introduction See Part 2-The urbanization of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez New city shaping influences began to emerge, supplementing the colonial designs, particularly on the US side Continue reading
Earlier this month, Los Angeles got itself its first parklets. Located in Downtown Los Angeles, the parklets are the first two of the four parklets to be installed as a Continue reading
A few days ago Adriana invited comments on a video about a project called Philly Painting. According to its website, “Philly Painting is a neighborhood beautification project of unprecedented scale, Continue reading
As a way to advance the discussion on legalizing street vending in Los Angeles (link), local organizations, with the help of local city government support, have launched El Mercado del Continue reading
Post by Arqui 5 With the increasing growth and expansion of cities, there is increasing global concern. Shlomo Angel, a visiting fellow at Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, has produced a Continue reading
Representations of informal settlements in the work of visual artists are often of interest to architects designing projects in informal settlements. In my last post, I wrote about an artist Continue reading
I recently had to closely revisit some research I conducted several years ago on the Starlite Swap Meet in South El Monte, CA, an industrial suburb located about a 20-minute Continue reading
Almost 4 years ago I met a couple of guys slash philosophers who had started to think of how users or citizens were transforming their cities (I will probably make Continue reading
(13 Arrondissement – Paris on the left and Adams Morgan – DC on the right) So far I have decided to stay away from sharing things about my personal life Continue reading
I’d like to take as my starting point the blog entries posted here by Proyectos Arqui5 about their experiences designing upgrading projects in barrios in Caracas, Venezuela. I’m struck by Continue reading
“Occupy” is both the title and the defining directive of the current global protests against income inequality and lack of accountability for the economic crisis. The word occupy, in English, Continue reading
It would be a missed opportunity not to extend this space, and discussion around urban informality in various cities around the world, to the recent sites of ‘occupation’ in the Continue reading
