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Urbanolatry: Repenting to Learn from the Country3 comments

jdodson wrote 3 days ago: Much has been made of the “City” of late. On the global scale, over half of the world … more »

Tags: Christianity, Cultural Engagement, Engaging Culture, social issues, Theology, city theology, Community, Ray Bakke, Tim Keller

Bacteria that eat waste and poop petroleum

Jon Swerens wrote 2 weeks ago: What in the world? We’re talking about the genetic alteration of bugs — very, very smal … more »

Tags: Culture, Jon Swerens, Transportation, urbanism, Add new tag, Gasoline

Suburbia's last breath?

TAE wrote 2 weeks ago: This post elaborates on the link I posted two days ago to a CNN.com story titled Is America’s … more »

Tags: Modern Culture, Sustainable living, Community Planning, Live car free, Siloam Springs

Was City Survey Contrived? Councilwoman Rejects Results6 comments

MissionViejoDispatch.com wrote 2 weeks ago:     On Monday evening City Councilwoman Gail Reavis rejected the results reported by a consultan … more »

Tags: Traffic & Transportation, Zoning & Development, Council Votes, Politics, Mission Viejo News, Revitalization

CNN: American dream has faded into suburban nightmare2 comments

Brian Cesarotti wrote 2 weeks ago: The collapse of the American dream or the beginning of a new one? That’s the issue Lara Farr … more »

Tags: development, sustainability, CNN, Sprawl, lara farrar, Walkable Communities, Sub Prime Crisis, McMansion, american dream

LinkLuv: Suburbia in decline, dinner liturgy2 comments

TAE wrote 2 weeks ago: The dream of white picket fences is turning into a suburban nightmare as a result of the sub-prime m … more »

Tags: Architecture, Intentional observation, Modern Culture

Is America's suburban dream collapsing? [yes]

nerdlette wrote 2 weeks ago: left behind…the real version CNN.com has finally caught onto new urbanism. Spun with predicta … more »

Tags: this is fucking america!, doozersticks, detroit arcadia

The Decline of the Suburbs4 comments

Chuck Warnock wrote 2 weeks ago: CNN notes today that 40% of Americans want to live in “walkable” communities, and that t … more »

Tags: Community, Missional Church, Culture, Economics, millennials, decline of the suburbs, subprime mortgage crisis, urban churches, suburban churches

The Rebirth of Urbanism

Bart wrote 2 weeks ago: Interesting short news piece on CNN about the sudden resurgence of the ‘New Urbanism’ mo … more »

Tags: Economics, sustainability, James Howard Kunstler

The emergence of a sense of place4 comments

Mathieu Helie wrote 3 weeks ago: Modern urbanism has given us a landscape that many consider to be soulless. Everything looks the sam … more »

Tags: Adaptation, Growth, Complexity, emergence, new towns, place, Urban Processes

City of the Future: Poundbury

pathartman wrote 3 weeks ago: Sometimes it’s good to step back from the daily demands of work and contemplate the larger qu … more »

Tags: Adaptive Reuse, Architectural Research, Architecture, inclusive design, shell, Sustainable Design, curtain wall, enclosure system, facade

Land Use Right-To-Vote Initiative Validated By BIA Tears8 comments

MissionViejoDispatch.com wrote 3 weeks ago:     The Building Industry Association of Orange County (BIA) is already crying crocodile tears be … more »

Tags: Save Casta Golf Course, Traffic & Transportation, Zoning & Development, Politics, City Aestheics, New Urban OC

Cities of Men2 comments

TNP wrote 3 weeks ago: I think it was Hemingway who said that a good fiction writer always creates on the iceberg plan: nin … more »

Tags: Misc, Leon Krier, City Journal, Roger Scruton, Architecture, Urban Planning, Modernism, Hemingway

LinkLuv: 9 June6 comments

TAE wrote 3 weeks ago: Hypermilers miss the point. Some do it for environmental reasons, others to protect the pocketbook. … more »

Tags: Art, Sustainable living, Live car free, Art and faith, Christianity, Environmental Stewardship

Another Kunstler quote1 comment

TAE wrote 1 month ago: Carfree Tokyo linked back to me and reminded me of this James Kunstler podcast, The Tragedy of Subur … more »

Tags: Architecture, Community Planning, Living incarnationally, Modern Culture

Community and Identity in Cities

jdodson wrote 1 month ago: This guy has a fascinating post on the cultural, political, theological and philosophical reasons we … more »

Tags: Cultural Engagement, Engaging Culture, Missional, social issues, Theology, Community, identity

Continued observations on petrol pains4 comments

TAE wrote 1 month ago: The price of gas seems to have become reasonable filler for news reports. The following are a few ob … more »

Tags: Modern Culture, Sustainable living, Community Planning, Mass Transit, Live car free

The New Urbanism

mtbikerguy wrote 1 month ago: Sipping on a mocha made by an true Italian is wonderful experience. I sit here watching this Italia … more »

Ottawa Transit Planning: The Long and Winding Road3 comments

XUP wrote 1 month ago: Ottawa city councillors are going to talk some more today about transit plan options. There was a to … more »

Tags: redesigning suburbs, Light Rail, OC Transpo


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