street http://localhost/taxonomy/term/420/all en A pattern language for New York streets http://localhost/2009/05/22/a-pattern-language-for-new-york-streets <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 New York City Department of Transportation has published its <a href="http://nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/streetdesignmanual.shtml">street design manual</a>, a collection of patterns that make absolutely no references to any traffic control devices of any kind.</p></div></div></div> Fri, 22 May 2009 17:02:31 +0000 Mathieu Helie 131 at http://localhost The geometry of nowhere http://localhost/2009/04/04/geometry-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>I hate sidewalks.</p></div></div></div> Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:00:51 +0000 Mathieu Helie 126 at http://localhost A measure of urban connection http://localhost/2007/12/07/a-measure-of-urban-connection <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>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.</p></div></div></div> Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:58:23 +0000 Mathieu Helie 86 at http://localhost