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A pattern language for New York streets

Submitted by Mathieu Helie on Fri, 05/22/2009 - 13:02, last updated Mon, 04/09/2012 - 15:31

The New York City Department of Transportation has published its street design manual, a collection of patterns that make absolutely no references to any traffic control devices of any kind.

The geometry of nowhere

Submitted by Mathieu Helie on Sat, 04/04/2009 - 08:00, last updated Sun, 02/19/2012 - 23:32

I hate sidewalks.

A measure of urban connection

Submitted by Mathieu Helie on Fri, 12/07/2007 - 15:58, last updated Sun, 11/06/2011 - 01:11

What does it mean for a city to be connected? And is there quality resulting from this property? Let's define the basic node of a city as a doorway. (Not necessarily a building. A single building can have many doorways to separate spaces.) A connection is the distance from this doorway to the next node, that is to say the next doorway. A well connected city is a city where the distance from doorway to doorway is minimized, since everything will be easily accessible from the public space.

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