The Rise and Sprawl
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| Blog Name: | The Rise and Sprawl |
| Url: | http://riseandsprawl.blogspot.com/ |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | Winnipeg, planning, city |
| Description: | " . . . The first lesson we have to learn is that a city exists, not for the constant passage of motorcars, but for the care and culture of men." -- Lewis Mumford, "The Highway and the City" (1958) |
| Popularity: | 4 Followers |
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Dullness is sexy
| As I suspected, my piece in the Free Press last week inspired a response from someone affronted by the notion that maybe another 50 years of publicly-planned parkades downtown might not be the way ...more |
Downtown reborn, again. And again...
| More troubling, though completely unsurprising evidence that public megaprojects are not a means to an end, but are the end themselves."Downtown Winnipeg BIZ executive director Stefano Grande said ...more |
Parking is the problem, not answer
| This article was published in the Free Press today, on the subject of a growing preoccupation with creating more parking facilities in the East Exchange District, and the delusional theory that new...more |
Don't fear the chain store
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Here is an article I wrote that appears in this week's edition of The Uniter (which will be on stands tomorrow):[...] With more done to make Sherbrook an enjoyable place to walk along, and less of ...more |
For what it's worth
| "Few set up shop in mixed-use buildings" proclaims yesterday's Free Press Business headline, noting the continued presence of "for lease" in the commercial spaces on the ground floor of condominium...more |
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