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CC image from AMagill on Flickr Given Metro’s current and future budgetary issues (and the plethora of ideas to fix them amongst various comment threads at GGW and other places), discussions of profits and priorities are certainly topical. With that in mind, Jarrett Walker has an excellent post up on the fundamental goals of transit Continue reading On profitability and privatization A few housing-related tidbits that I’ve accumulated over the past week. Richard Layman laments the lack of quality development, noting the difficulties involved with larger scale infill projects, especially when compared against smaller scale renovation projects of single rowhouses or small apartment buildings. The smaller scale renovations take on a more organic character, while the scale Continue reading Adaptation in housing, organically Taking photos from Dwell and other such modern housing magazines and subverting their meaning with snarky captions can be quite entertaining. It was comforting to know that the neighbors had stopped speaking. You can come out when you can properly explain the differences between Modernist architecture and postmodern ornamentation. Cleveland’s most infamous image is a tremendously powerful one. Some might say that it alone helped pushed through the Clean Water Act. The Cuyahoga River, flanked with many industrial uses for Cleveland’s manufacturing plants, was so polluted it caught fire. Cuyahoga River Fire. Image from the EPA. The image alone was a great reminder of Continue reading Burn on, big river. Burn on.  |
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