http://localhost/taxonomy/term/365/all en http://localhost/2009/04/12/a-conversation-about-the-geometry-of-nowhere <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden prose"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In response to my <a href="/2009/04/04/the-geometry-of-nowhere/">previous article</a>, Bruce Liedstrand of <em>Community Design Strategies</em> in Paris writes,</p> <blockquote><p>I read with interest your essay on The Geometry of Nowhere because I divide my time between Paris and Silicon Valley (the site of your Cupertino Target store example). After re-reading the essay, I am puzzled. I hear your frustration with narrow sidewalks, but I am lost in understanding your concept of “place”.</p></blockquote></div></div></div> Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:42:18 +0000 Mathieu Helie 127 at http://localhost http://localhost/2009/01/06/regional-complexity-and-local-community <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden prose"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The housing crisis afflicting Britain has reached such an intolerable level that Prime Minister Gordon Brown is announcing what amounts to a nationalization of planning regulations (<a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5439439.ece">report </a>via <a href="http://www.planetizen.com/node/36777">Planetizen</a>). This comes on the heels of the mayor of Greater London being granted the power to override planning rules of boroughs in order solve the capital's even more outrageous housing situation, as recently as 2007.</p></div></div></div> Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:09:03 +0000 Mathieu Helie 116 at http://localhost