Posts Tagged ‘urban planning’
Ridiculously Awesome LEGO Exhibit at the Building Museum
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courtesy of ‘Bill Ward’s Brickpile’
If you’re like me and never really grew out of your childhood LEGO hobby, here’s something you’ll definitely want to check out. USA Today brings word that the National Building Museum is opening up what sounds to be a really cool exhibit: a collection of fifteen large-scale replicas of famous buildings [...]
Make Plans to See ‘Make No Little Plans’
‘Screen on the Green Anticipation’
courtesy of ‘InspirationDC’
Screen on the Green doesn’t start back up until July 12, but in the meantime you can catch a great movie this Wednesday on the Mall. The National Capital Planning Commission is sponsoring a screening of ”Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City” on the Mall [...]
Maps for People Who Love DC
As an urban planner, I really love living in a planned city, and I love maps of DC too– so much that I recently looked around and realized that the majority of wall-hangings in my home are DC maps. So for those of you looking for a holiday gift for someone who loves DC, [...]
More »Fighting Global Warming Through Urban Planning
If you have a couple minutes to spare, take a look at the clip above. Created for the Congress for New Urbanism, it’s a catchy short film linking suburban sprawl to global warming. It frames global warming as a result of the built environment, and encourages new urbanism (i.e. walkable development with a mix of [...]
More »Retrofitting Strip Malls on the Kojo Nnamdi Show
‘Tivoli Square Streetscape’
courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
For every active, vibrant public space in DC, there’s another lifeless, auto-oriented public space right down the street. Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown is an urban designer’s dream, while a few miles north on Wisconsin Avenue there are parking lots and gas stations lining the streets. New York Avenue north [...]
You Won’t Get Sympathy About Your Long Commute Here
‘12th Street Corridor’
courtesy of ‘maxedaperture’
We all love to complain about our commutes here in DC, but what if traffic congestion isn’t such a bad thing? The Smart Growth Speaker Series continues on Tuesday the 14th with a lunchtime presentation at the National Building Museum on how transportation projects can be successful even if they don’t tackle congestion. [...]
