petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - yesterday | cities, travel, planning, development, world
Quoted: Aptekarsky Ostrov is the only one of the islands along the northern banks of the Neva Delta that was never privately owned. This was specifically the intention of Peter the Great, who chose the island as the site of the Apothecary Gardens, which were dedicated to the cultivation of medicinal herbs for the benefit of the city.
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - yesterday | environment, planning, cities, world, development
Interesting video of a flood in St. Petersburg with links to photos.
Quoted: So far, one of the most striking images there is this one, taken by LJ user aorist at Vasilyevsky Island around 4 PM. Most comments are of ...
- petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - May 27 2008 | world, cities, planning, architecture, news
Quoted: The tactic of recycling the Olympic stadium has been billed as the first step in a new approach to the games, which could become more like a travelling circus to keep costs down and allow poorer countries to play host. Baku in Azerbaijan, Rio de Janeiro and Prague are also bidding for the 2016 games alongside Tokyo, Madrid, and Doha in Qatar.
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - May 11 2008 | blogs, india, mumbai, politics, development, gender, cities, worldI was really happy to find that Kalpana Sharma, outstanding journalist from Mumbai, and author of 'Rediscovering Dharavi,' has a blog that archives her writings. Here is the link.
- petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 29 2008 | blogs, architecture, photography, cities, development, design, books
I really like this blog. Today, especially the photos of marks left by past buildings on the walls of current buildings.
- petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 01 2008 | cities, development, international, blogs, india
A great blog on Mumbai/Bombay. I love this.
- petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 31 2008 | interesting, people, world, cities, development, writing, culture
Great commentary by Brendan Crain.
Quoted: A national magazine created for and by a new generation of urban thinkers and leaders. Next American City observes, documents and conceives realistic solutions about how to make cities better.
- petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 28 2008 | cities, urban, international, books, blogs
Great Q+A on the new book, Endless City, from Where.
Quoted: After a tiny bit of prodding, the folks at Phaidon sent over a review copy of the recently released book The Endless City, edited by Ricky Burdett and Deyan Sudjic, and containing essays by the likes of Saskia Sassen, Enrique Peñalosa, and the indefatigable Rem Koolhaas.
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