Aging infrastructure in first ring suburbs.
Infrastructure is kind of a hot topic right now. The American Society of Civil Engineers released its 2009 Report Card for Infrastructure, giving the nation a cumulative grade of “D”. Obama has been pushing for infrastructure improvements as a way to improve the economy while any mayor with a half baked, “shovel ready” project salivates … Read more
How to keep plans moving after the consultants leave.
Make no little plans. They have not the magic to stir mens blood. -Daniel Burnham I’m pretty sure this is on the syllabus, day one of planning school; if its not already taped to the classroom door, typed into the Powerpoint presentation and posted on the course’s website. Another thing Burnham could have added though, … Read more
Rick Lowe = demi god + Loeb Fellow
And, in case, just like I did, you’ve relegated Rick to the “social- activist- artist- in- residence- experimental- housing- neighborhood- activist- of- socialness” category . . . I just found this from the Heinz Awards website: This year he is a Loeb Fellow at the Harvard University School of Design, and he is currently working … Read more
Rick Lowe = demi god
As part of the “re/constructingatlanta: a contemporary continuum” intervention, Lowe was a highlighted speaker. His lecture was titled “Sculpting the Built Environment”. His work was initially influenced by John Biggers, an artist who studied the social impacts fo the shot gun house. Lowe’s social variation on this, he calls Project Row House, was built in … Read more
