Randy Gragg, one of the best writers on urban design and architecture in America, profiles a Portland developer, Joe Weston, in an article in The Oregonian. Weston, who is building in the Vancouver Style, may the the first of many.
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Standing in the 27th-story penthouse of his soon-to-be-finished condo The Benson, developer [...]
Archive for March, 2007
An Era Shifts in Portland
March 16, 2007
Portland’s Bargeway Park - eventually
March 14, 2007
The last issue of Price Tags had a section on Portland’s South Waterfront, and the new park being constructed along the Willamette River.
I wondered whether this was the finished state, particularly of the asphalt walkway. And no, of course it isn’t.
Ken Pirie from the office of Walker Macy, the designers of the waterfront master plan, [...]
Three Thousand Years in Ninety Seconds
March 13, 2007
In the “morbid but fascinating” category, a condensation of imperial history in the Middle East:
An amazing presentation to help understand the powers of Empires.
3,000 Years in 90 Seconds
Watch the history of the Middle East (and beyond) unfold with an interactive map showing the various civilizations that have ruled the region from ancient Egypt to modern [...]
Dead Cyclists and Idiots
March 12, 2007
Back from Australia (much more on that later), but to get things rolling again, here’s an item from my Inbox by way of Cory Doctorow on BoingBoing:
Toronto councillor: dead cyclists have themselves to blame!
Joey “AccordionGuy” deVilla reports on the single dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of an elected city official saying. Toronto councillor Rob Ford [...]
