A Covid World – thoughts on city making and public space
Image above: Empty lots are converted into a park!; Ella Fitzgerald Park, Detroit ; source: Metropolis Magazine Though the vaccines Continue reading
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urban informality + urban development
Tickling urban formality in Sweden
Sweden is a formal place and accordingly its cities are planned thoroughly by experts. It now and then this top-down Continue reading
Guerilla Suburbanism in the age of Covid-19
Guerilla Suburbanism is the adaptation, creative reuse, and/or reinvention of rural and suburban realities and conceptions.
Multi-purpose homes: new for some, standard practice for many
As people in the US started working from home last spring due to the impacts and restrictions of COVID-19, there Continue reading
COVID and the city: Resilience, a system-based approach
Caption image above: Domino Park Brooklyn; source: Internet This pandemic has impacted all of us and our cities, underlining our Continue reading
The nurture and worship of informal trees
This blog is about the human habit of wanting to control nature. I wrote this blog before the pandemic. It seemed Continue reading
We Need Better Homes, Not Just New Ones: Part 1
At the hand of a global pandemic, the world as we know it is changing. Our cities are more vulnerable Continue reading
Cities, sounds and covid
How Coronavirus Has Changed The Sounds of Our CitiesThe coronavirus outbreak and city shutdowns have changed the soundscapes of our Continue reading
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