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Tag Archives: Street Design
Bedford Falls or Pottersville?
I saw George Bailey in Bedford Falls and Pottersville last night. You don’t see It’s a Wonderful Life on television as much as you used to. The film’s copyright lapsed for 20 years beginning in 1974. Last night I saw … Continue reading
Easy street to civic beauty
Even though there may be two, three or more street lamps for every building on a city street, street lamps are far less expensive than buildings. Lining a city block with elegant lampposts is a cheap, fast, easy road to … Continue reading
Column: Dr. Downtown’s stroll with Dr. Street
Dear Dr. Downtown: Please tell us about your “walkabout” last weekend with the author of Street Design: The Secret to Great Cities and Towns — Strolling in Stratford. Well, the doctor thought that Dr. Street (aka John Massengale, New York … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Architecture Education, Architecture History, Humor, Preservation, Providence, Urbanism and planning
Tagged Bill de Blasio, Dr. Downtown, John Massengale, Nantucket, New Urbanism, New York, Pedestrians, Planning, Providence, RISD, Street Design, Streets, Victor Dover, Vision Zero
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Heritage thought experiment
Alan Davies, a columnist in Melbourne, Australia, who often writes about architecture and planning issues, recently devoted an interesting column to a thought experiment: What if all the old buildings along Melbourne’s main streets – heritage buildings as they are … Continue reading
Column: The secret to making great streets
The secret to great streets is that there is no secret, that great streets were once the norm, that making them is easy, and that we can have them again, even in America, if we want them. This is the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Architecture History, Art and design, Book/Film Reviews, Other countries, Preservation, Urbanism and planning
Tagged architecture, Cities, David Brussat, design, John Massengale, Modern Architecture, New Urbanism, Planning, Street Design, Streets, Urbanism, Victor Dover
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