petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - 24 days ago | design, engineering, architecture, planning, cities, views, modernism, moscow
360 degree views from the top and base of the Shukhov Tower!
Quoted: by Andrey Ilyin
Richake8 | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 21 2009 | governnment, global, security, funding, planning, military, expenditures, budgets, world, forums
I wonder why even small Countries like the UK waste so much money on defence, when they have government have other more pressing problems if they could just take one years expenditure from the military budget it would improve a lot of other problems but we must spend on the military to cover perceived threats where their is not one
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 16 2009 | planning, architecture, cities, Fernando de Mello Franco, development
Video of a lecture on urban hydrology by Fernando de Mello Franco
- Richake8 | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 15 2009 | governnment, funding, startup, entrepreneur, self-employed, employment, wsj, planning
I am still thinking about going solo, my only problem is with the funding, no help from the anywhere especially the Government, so I am still stuck in the planning stages. So I now know what I have to do
- petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 03 2009 | planning, design, development, people
Quoted: He traveled by boat, train and bicycle through England, France, Egypt, Turkey, and Greece. Bacon heard there were architecture jobs in China, and on a whim, boarded a ship with very little money in his pocket, and no concept of what opportunities would await him.
- petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 03 2009 | people, urban, conservation, development, planning
Quoted: William H. (Holly) Whyte (1917-1999) is considered the mentor for Project for Public Spaces, because of his seminal work in the study of human behavior in urban settings. While working with the New York City Planning Commission in 1969, Whyte began to wonder how newly planned city spaces were actually working out – something that no one had previously researched. This curiosity led to the Street Life Project, a pioneering study of pedestrian behavior and city dynamics.
Richake8 | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 17 2009 | council, education, business, trade, leisure, government, learning, housing, jobs, careers, law, licensing, planning, environment, social, care, health, tourism, attractions, transport, streets, aberdeen, scotland, visit, city, life, romantic, hideaway, area, guide, accommodation, events, community
Aberdeen City Council. Aberdeen is a thriving, cosmopolitan port in the North-east of Scotland. It is not only the Offshore Oil Capital but is also a Global Energy City.
- petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 03 2009 | planning, history, politics, cities, new york
Quoted: Moses, who was instrumental in shaping modern New York City, is depicted in Caro's Pulitzer Prize-winning book as a power-hungry bureaucrat who, while never elected, had more control over public works than most mayors and governors ...
- petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 01 2009 | csa, agriculture, cities, development, planning, farming, co-op
Quoted: In the Fall of 1972, she says, “Jules toured the neighborhood selling apples from the back of his station wagon and talking co-op to anyone who would listen. He also distributed flyers door-to-door. Finally, when enough people had chipped in a few dollars apiece, Jules was ready to make his dream a reality. He rented the store front at 555 Carpenter Lane, which had been Sid’s Delicatessen.”
- petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - May 12 2009 | people, environment, public health, sustainability, planning, transportation
Quoted: Van Jones has been on a crusade to "green the ghetto" by killing two birds with one stone: reducing poverty and saving the environment. Recently appointed as Obama's "green czar," Jones now has an opportunity to implement his vision: "new work, new wealth and better health for all Americans."
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