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Tag Archives: New York City
Tallest buildings of Greater New York outside of Manhattan
The following list identifies the tallest buildings in Greater New York City outside of Manhattan,. this includes the other boroughs, as well as other core and suburban cities around the region. Baes on the 51 towers listed, these areas have … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, cities, downtown, economic development, engineering, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, pictures, planning, revitalization, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, Statistics, urban design, urban planning
Tagged Brooklyn, buildings, cities, Fort Lee, geography, history, Jersey City, land use, Long Island City, New York City, Newark, planning, Queens, skylines, skyscrapers, towrs, White Plains
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Cities most often destroyed in movies – both real and imagined
We’ve all seen them. Disaster flicks or superhero films that wreak havoc on a major city. It could be the result of a natural disaster, a war, a terrorist attack, nuclear attack or meltdown, an alien invasion, a plague, zombies, … Continue reading
Posted in art, atomic age, cartoons, cities, entertainment, film, history, military, movies, nature, Outer Space, pictures, politics, pollution, Science fiction, theaters, video
Tagged anime, Berlin, Chicago, cinema, disasters, earthquakes, film, floods, Hiroshima, invasions, Las Vegas, Leningrad, London, Los Angeles, movies, Nagasaki, New York City, Paris, Pompeii, Rome, San Francisco, Stalingrad, Tokyo, war, warfare, Washington
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The rise of slender toothpick skyscrapers
A recent trend in skyscraper development, especially in New York City, has been pencil-thin, almost toothpick-like skyscrapers built on very small/narrow parcels. These slender towers look almost anorexic in appearance compared to many of their predecessors (see comparison graphic below). … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, branding, cities, downtown, economic development, geography, historic preservation, history, Housing, infrastructure, land use, placemaking, planning, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, Statistics, technology, traffic, urban design, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged Brooklyn, Hong Kong, Melbourne, New York City, pencil-thin towers, skyscrapers, slender skyscrapers, slenderness ratio, Toronto, towers
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A Billionaire’s Row rises above Midtown Manhattan
This fascinating, yet troubling video depicts the ongoing development of Billionaire’s Row along and near the south end of Central Park in Midtown Manhattan. As these new super-tall skyscrapers are built they not only impact their adjoining neighbors, but have … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, architecture, cities, civility, commerce, downtown, economic development
Tagged cities, Detroit, geography, land use, Manhattan, New York City, planning, skylines, skyscrapers, tall buildings, urban planning
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These rankings seem skewed to favor one city
Since when are the boroughs of New York City considered separate cities? Apparently, Forbes magazine believes they are synonymous even though they were consolidated to form the current city boundary in 1898. In its 2015 rankings of “the best cities for … Continue reading
Posted in cities, civics, culture, geography, government, history, Maps, North America, placemaking, planning, spatial design, Statistics
Tagged Brooklyn, cities, civics, geography, land use, magazines, Manhattan, millennials, New York City, Queens, rankings, statistics, suburbs
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Most congested megacity index for 2014
Below are the results from the most congested megacity index which are based on an interesting and fairly simple measure of street congestion – the average number of stops and starts per vehicle during a given year. Please note that … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, Asia, bicycling, Cars, China, cities, civility, commerce, environment, Europe, geography, health, humanity, India, infrastructure, land use, logistics, North America, Passenger rail, planning, pollution, South America, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, traffic, transit, transportation, UK, urban planning, walking
Tagged Bangkok, Beijing, Buenaos aires, cars, cities, congestion, geography, Istanbul, Jakarta, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Moscow, New York City, newgeography, Paris, planning, Rio, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, spatial design, traffic, transportation, travel
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New mega-skyscrapers coming to LA and NYC
Just in the past week or so, the designs for two new champion-scale skyscraper projects have been revealed. In Los Angeles, demolition of existing structures is underway, and construction of the tallest building on the West Coast will start soon, … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, cities, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, geography, Housing, land use, new urbanism, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, revitalization, skylines, spatial design, Statistics, technology, third places, tourism, urban planning, zoning
Tagged architecture, art, cities, design, LA, land use, Los Angeles, new urbanism, New York City, skylines, skyscrapers, tall buildings
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Turning bold visions into reality
Kudos to Planning magazine for an insightful and interesting article in the January 2014 edition on the Atlanta BeltLine. Entitled, “Emerald Necklace, Southern Style,” author Alexander Garvin provides a terrific summary of this project by means of an excerpt from … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, architecture, art, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, books, branding, charities, cities, civics, climate change, commerce, culture, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, environment, fitness, fun, geography, government, health, hiking, historic preservation, history, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, Maps, nature, new urbanism, Passenger rail, pictures, placemaking, planning, politics, product design, recreation, revitalization, spatial design, sustainability, third places, tourism, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, volunteerism, walking, zoning
Tagged active transportation, Atlanta, BeltLine, biking, Blue Island, Cal-Sag Trail, cities, Cultural Trail, Dequindre Cut Greenway, Detroit, environment, fitness, geography, health, High Line, hiking, history, Indy, land use, maps, New York City, planning, rail, recreation, spatial design, trails, transportation, walking
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New York City’s next mega-bridge
Below is an image of the existing Tappan Zee Bridge across the widest segment of the Hudson River (more than 3 miles wide) between suburban Westchester and Rockland Counties. It was completed in 1955. Underneath that photo is an artist’s … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Cars, cities, commerce, Communications, geography, infrastructure, land use, North America, planning, product design, spatial design, technology, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged architecture, bridges, cable-stayed bridges, construction, highways, Hudson River, mega-bridges, New York City, rivers, spans, Tappan Zee, transportation
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Ranking America’s urban forests
American Forests recently announced its ten best cities for urban forests for 2013. The top ten, out of the 50 largest cities in the nation are listed in alphabetical order below (weblinks to each winner’s results are provided): Austin Charlotte … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, cities, civics, climate change, energy, environment, geography, health, historic preservation, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, nature, new urbanism, North America, placemaking, planning, pollution, recreation, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, tourism, Travel, urban planning, visual pollution, Wildlife
Tagged Austin, charlotte, cities, Denver, environment, green infrastructure, green space, land use, landscapes, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, nature, New York City, parks, Portland, Sacramento, Seattle, trees, urban forests, urban planning, Washington, wildlife
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