Posts Tagged ‘urban planning’

David Byrne's Perfect City

It’s an amalgam of engineering, architectural, and human qualities that he muses on here in the WSJ’s weekend edition. Size is obviously important: A city can’t be too small. Size guarantees anonymity””if you make an embarrassing mistake in a large city, and it’s not on the cover of the Post, you can probably try again….Continue Reading…

Density is Green

There’s no doubt that I live a “greener” life in Brooklyn than I did while living in crunchy granola Boulder the previous year. Of course, I already miss Colorado’s vistas, the fox bounding past our spacious abode in the glorious foothills, and most of all, the house’s washer/dryer. But the one thing I don’t miss…Continue Reading…