http://localhost/taxonomy/term/388/all en http://localhost/2009/06/16/dont-demolish-detroit <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 <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/5516536/US-cities-may-have-to-be-bulldozed-in-order-to-survive.html">following story</a> about a presidential program to demolish whole neighborhoods of inner city fabric in the United States and turn them back into wilderness has been making the rounds around news blogs.</p> <blockquote><p>Having outlined his strategy to Barack Obama during the election campaign, Mr Kildee has now been approached by the US government and a group of charities who want him to apply what he has learnt to the rest of the country.</p></blockquote></div></div></div> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:50:53 +0000 Mathieu Helie 134 at http://localhost http://localhost/2008/12/12/fake-complexity-mixed-used-development <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 economic crash has cities scrambling to keep their real estate markets alive. Disappearing credit has caused many of the most capital-intensive projects, meaning big buildings, to halt. Some have been surprised that projects modeled on traditional patterns of urbanism, such as mixed-used developments, have been caught up in the storm. It's one thing when a lone skyscraper or a subdivision at the edge the city stops dead in development. It's simple to ignore and get around.</p></div></div></div> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:03:04 +0000 Mathieu Helie 114 at http://localhost