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Near the soon to be opened and fantastic Park at the Yards, there’s a lot of new low-impact development infrastructure. These bioretention areas should be a great example of the new kind of both urban and environmentally sustainable infrastructure can be. These are not ordinary tree boxes. Instead of draining into a standard storm sewer, these Continue reading Low impact development near the Navy Yard A series of (somewhat) tangentially related post/items/articles I’ve been meaning to mention here: 1. Security Theater – mammoth There are always tensions between openness and security, and cities like DC have plenty of examples of this – everything from bollards anchored in 6 feet of subterranean concrete to jersey barriers strewn in front of building entrances. Given Continue reading Infrastructure + Networks + Security I’ve been meaning to say something on some more water + city issues raised by mammoth a short time ago, but I haven’t gotten around to it. Mammoth points us to another entrant in the design competition for Toronto’s Port Lands (following up on some of the discussion about McMillan Two). The project, called River+City+Life, Continue reading More ideas for the Eco-City Beautiful  |
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