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A few items to share in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy: Hurricane Sandy from NASA GOES-13 Prediction: As the son of a meteorologist, I feel obligated to note that this storm was very well forecast. Given a broader critique of science on a number of fronts, the accuracy of the forecast and the warning it provided Continue reading Miscellaneous thoughts on Hurricane Sandy DC Water's Blue Plains waste water treatment facility. CC image from erin m. While perusing Twitter (hat tip to Jeff Wood), I came across this Guardian article about urban uses of natural processes to do the dirty work of urban pollution mitigation. The piece discusses all types of green infrastructure and the natural processes they emulate, Continue reading Green vs. gray – two sides of the same coin Time to dump some tabs that I’ve accumulated in the browser over the past few weeks: You can never go down the drain: This week’s City Paper cover story is a short piece on DC Water’s Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility (arrange your own tour here!). The accompanying photographs show the infrastructural landscape in all of Continue reading Links: end of the pipe In the comments from yesterday’s post on Norman Foster’s aerotropolis (and the idea of the aerotropolis in general), author Greg Lindsay dropped a note in the comments asking for me to expand my own thoughts on the idea and the book. So, here goes. Lindsay did note one specific comment from Aaron Renn’s review: “this is Continue reading The Aerotropolis, continued Image via Foster+Partners Norman Foster is working on a concept for a massive new airport complex for London along the Thames Estuary. I first saw this (via ArchDaily) thanks to a shared Google Reader item (alas, no more) from Neil Flanagan. Yesterday, Planetizen points to an Atlantic piece on the subject, featuring new renderings from Foster Continue reading Norman Foster’s aerotropolis Screencap from Bundled, Buried, and Behind Closed Doors Assorted (and tangentially related) links: 1. Stephen Smith also digs into Eric Colbert (see my previous post here): I’m not sure I agree with her parenthetical about DC’s “historic fabric” being “so strong already” – in fact, I’m hard-pressed to think of a newer city on the Northeast Corridor Continue reading Innovative re-use along the low road With Rail~volution complete, several recaps of conference sessions have sparked some interesting discussion. One panel posed the hypothetical question – what would DC look like today if we had never built Metro? WMATA’s Nat Bottigheimer emphasized the linkage between high capacity rapid transit and the ability to support dense urban development, drawing a contrast to the Continue reading The evolution of infrastructure: 4-track subways and parking decks Matt Johnson at GGW has a short post with a wonderful video documenting the logistical process of delivering a new dual-mode Bombardier locomotive to NJ Transit after manufacture in Germany. The video raises several interesting issues: Logistics – the ALP-46, being built for North American rails, is too heavy to use existing rails for transport from Continue reading Global transit logistics CC image from sarnil on flickr In this week’s City Paper, Lydia DePillis has a story about an ad-hoc wireless broadband internet network that emerged out of community discussions in DC’s Bloomingdale neighborhood. Finally, the group gave up on city assistance, turning to a local IT company that could get them a commercial broadband Continue reading Ad-hoc internet infrastructures |
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