Monthly Archive:: February 2009
Times Square goes car free – permanently?: I think we have definitely hit the pedestrian walk tipping point. First
San Francisco’s busiest street considers going car-free: Fitting with the previous entry, ‘People over cars’ begins to hit mainstream
People over cars’ begins to hit mainstream media: “It’s Time for Cities to Favor People, Not Cars” isn’t a headline
GOOD’s worldwide subway comparison: What better way to understand how the world’s transit systems compare than
Massive retail ‘market correction’ underway: One can look at the economic downturn as a depression, or one
Hint of crowdsourcing attainably-priced homes: There seems to be some fairly strong evidence that the price of
Signs of a shift to a more sustainable creative economy: Who would have thought we’d be seeing ads like these from Fortune
The federal vision for places creatives want?…: President Obama, from the Fort Myers town hall meeting on February 10,
Boston attempts to preserve artist hoods: It’s not easy to resist gentrification, but at least the City of
The CoolTown ‘tag cloud’ goes ‘public: Over 1400 entries later, I thought it’d be interesting to post what
Creatives often prefer ‘projects’ over ‘jobs: Some pretty heady words, I know, but for many creatives, the last
How to’ for university students crowdsourcing creative cities: In the previous entry we looked at the importance and logic of
Crowdsourcing university students for creative cities: Let’s see, at universities and colleges there are thousands of creative, innovative
PPS Top 10 Placemaking Trends: Project for Public Spaces (PPS), the leading resource for public placemaking, revealed
Social business, microfinance + crowdsourcing: Inspired after listening to Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, founder of
Reader Exp: The ‘outdoor cafe canal: My favorite feature: Reader Experiences. Please send yours, whether you live in
How to crowdsource an outdoor cafe district: Let’s get right to it. Pre-Phase. Start with identifying what kind of
