A Great Personal Blog about Urbanism

I stumbled upon this blog last week, it has quite a nice take on Montreal. 

                    

                  Enjoy the read!

Town Uglification Committee Approves New Pile Of Garbage Bags

Town Uglification Committee Approves New Pile Of Garbage Bags

A funny little piece in The Onion 

In the previous post I was doing a little promo for The Radiant City. Little did I know that it's actually going to be playing at Concordia!
check here for more info http://www.cinemapolitica.org/
(thanks Mary for the tip!)

Subway, Sprawl'n'Stuff

Sprawl
I just saw a great little Canadian piece on urban sprawl called The Radiant City. I encourage you to go and check it out at your local video store - that's where I found it, so I'm sure it's pretty available. Or just be lazy and watch the trailer for an "avant-gout"




Subway
'Tis not absolutely not the season, nor is there no specific reason of event to celebrate about subways, but gee do I love underground public transit.
And I just discovered a comprehensive yet esthetically challenged website with a list of pictures of Art in the Metros around the world (and yes, you'll find Montreal in it)
Here again, a couple of "avant-gout" pictures and the link here (for those by now who didn't get "avant-gout"by now, it's pretty much "before-taste")

Green the Gettho!

Shannon from Urban Design just forwarded this video about fighting environmental racism in South Bronx. You can also read more about Marjora Carter, who has set up the programme and has since become executive director of Sustainable South Bronx.

Dublin, a changing city

A what NOT to do in Planning: lesson #1

Why knowing how to do a plan when designing your building is crucial ....


This is actually a naval base located in San Diego, California...!