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A Strong Opinion

mrbarham wrote 1 year ago: While searching “new urbanist plan” with the Cooliris plug in, I came across this write … more →

Tags: talk of the neighbourhood, New Urbanism

Model Activism: Townhouse Neighbourhood 1:35

mrbarham wrote 1 year ago: Model Neighbourhood It isn’t every day that you come across a new kind of activism, but I woul … more →

Tags: Artfull Urbanites, Modeling, activism, cairo

Big Brother is Watching, but it is for your own good.

mrbarham wrote 1 year ago: Big Brother Is Watching, but its for your own good! Future of defence in New York City is taking sha … more →

Tags: Security, New York

Bats Dying in the Wind (Turbines)

mrbarham wrote 1 year ago: It happens time and time again, we come up with a fantastic new technology that will be the solution … more →

Tags: Sustainable Urbanism, Unsustainable Urbanism, Urban Wildlife, sustainable urbanism

David Suzuki on Gateway, The Province of BC's Highway Expansion Project1 comment

mrbarham wrote 1 year ago: In numerous urban areas around the world planners are trying to figure out what to do with the freew … more →

Tags: Transportation Systems, David Suzuki, Gateway, Vancouver

The Manpower Behind the Monuments

mrbarham wrote 1 year ago: Photo by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad It takes an army to build a monument, many of the worlds greatest were en … more →

Tags: Dubai, Urban Issues, Urbanités

Ad Space in Public Spaces

mrbarham wrote 1 year ago: There was an article over at spacing Toronto a little while ago that covered the city of London Onta … more →

Tags: Urban Discourse, Urban Advertising

Revenge on the Street4 comments

mrbarham wrote 1 year ago: While the title of this article may lead one to think that this was about some sort of violent retri … more →

Tags: urban fun, Urban Issues, development, City Politics

Would you like your power hard or soft?

mrbarham wrote 1 year ago: There is a great article over at The New York Times, about the debate between the two different pers … more →

Tags: Support Systems, power systems, Urban Issues

What does the credit crunch mean for our neighbourhoods?

mrbarham wrote 1 year ago: There was an article in the Globe and Mail this week about what the credit crunch/crisis/next depres … more →

Tags: urban fabric, development, credit crisis

The Urban 1%

mrbarham wrote 1 year ago: I had this idea last year after the conservative government decided to drop the GST by an additional … more →

Tags: Urban Reports, Capital Projects, City Policy, Urban Issues

The Litmus Garden1 comment

mrbarham wrote 1 year ago: The site before The site after One of the most exciting things we have been seeing lately is the use … more →

Tags: Sustainable Urbanism, green neighbourhoods, Pollution, Public spaces, water systems

The New Village movement or What's the name of the dictator that helped build Granny's?

themightyfin wrote 1 year ago: Believe it or not, this is part 2 in my history of the development of Korea. So gather ’round, … more →

Tags: historical discourse, development series, Korea, syngman rhee, Park Jung Hee, Asian Urbanism

Expressionism and the Homeowners Association

mrbarham wrote 1 year ago: Photo by kian esquire There are a number of different places I like to go to read about buildings, u … more →

Tags: Urban Issues, Neighbours

Big Brother Buildings... without the cameras

mrbarham wrote 1 year ago: Yuri Ivanov of the Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories has come up with a comprehensive buildi … more →

Tags: Security, city of the future, Security, Video

IKEA 1, Breuer 1/2

mrbarham wrote 1 year ago: In Urban Neighbourhood’s continued expansion as the posts get larger and the links get more nu … more →

Tags: commercial spaces, Armstrong Building, connecticut, historical discourse, Ikea, Marcel Breuer, New Haven, Parking, Urban Issues

Detroit is losing its population, both alive and dead….

mrbarham wrote 1 year ago: Grave digger removing a casket In an article published on detnews.com on Tuesday it has been reporte … more →

Tags: Suburbia, Urban Issues

Scientists are heading to the Beijing Olympics to… Study the air!

mrbarham wrote 1 year ago: No Comment Needed It is one of those things that does not happen very often, a sudden stop of a prac … more →

Tags: Pollution, Urban Issues

Markham's Heritage Subdivision1 comment

mrbarham wrote 1 year ago: Gateway To Markham Heritage Estates Markham Ontario is home to a ‘Heritage Subdivision,’ what pray t … more →

Tags: Residential Spaces, Heritage Property, Suburbia


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