Observations on New York City, Central Park and the High LineI have just returned from New York City where I spent a day with Mitchell Silver the Park Commissioner for…
Hyperlapse New YorkWe haven’t had a good time-lapse video recently – so what better than New York City, faster than ever. This…
The Next Stage of Times Square – completedStephen Wilkinson, still keeping up with change in NYC even though relocated to YVR, sends along this: Times Square Redesign…
New York City Subway Trash Talk Global news describes the end of a demonstration project in New York City that installed garbage bins at…
Pointless Gesture of the MonthDoug Clarke picked up on this item from Streetsblog: Revealing statistic: People riding bicycles — both conventional and electric —…
Advice to the couple moving to the suburbsFrom the New York Times: So the couple did what countless other city dwellers with growing families and a hankering…
Benches are Good for Everyone's Bottom LineIn my TEDx Talk on the Transformative Power of Walking I noted the importance of benches in making places for people…
Bridge to Nowhere Connects in New York City So what happens if there is a pedestrian “bridge” placed over a street between two buildings and those buildings…
Congestion and Automated VehiclesFrom the New York Times: … there is one problem autonomous driving is unlikely to solve: the columns of rush-hour…
"New York's Vast Flop"Architecture critic Martin Filler eviscerates the World Trade Centre development in NYC in this long and worthwhile article from the…
Daily Durning's Friday Funny: Millennials of New YorkFrom My Modern Met: “Millennials of New York” Hilariously Parodies the Melodramas of Generation Y “My therapist told me it…
Good, Bad and Mostly Ugly: Cycling in NYC fifteen years agoBack in January 2002, Clarence Eckerson (now of Streetfilms) recorded his commute and what it was like to ride in…
The Friday File: Donald Trump, NYC and The Little Bench That CouldAs first reported in the Boston Globe you can almost hear what Donald Trump said about the 22 foot long public…
The NYC Fifth Avenue Pedestrian Mall?Dna info reports that the New York City Police Department is finding it challenging to have a President-elect living in New…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner