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 - Feb 01 2008 | new york, cities, development, planning, culture, history
Interesting look back at the neighborhood that became Lincoln Center.
Quoted: This kind of activity has characterized the neighborhood since the 1960s. But long before President Dwight D. Eisenhower broke ground for the Lincoln Center performing arts complex in 1959, the area from Columbus Circle through the neighborhoods called Lincoln Square and San Juan Hill was already something of an arts center. Jazz and opera and rock ’n’ roll, Shakespeare and Ibsen and musical theater, the visual arts and the invention of the Charleston all happened there.
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 10 2007 | architecture, technology, engineering, exhibitions, cities, planning, history, development, photography, travel, design
A history of British architecture, with exceptional photos.
Quoted: select your time period, and get to know the chief characteristics of British architecture. Choose from the Middle Ages, Tudor and Stuart, Georgian, Victorian periods and the twentieth century.
ShareViewed: 34 Times- petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 09 2007 | cities, world, transportation, planning, research, international, development, sustainability, engineering, technology, history, museums, travel
Hungary has quite the amazing history of public transportation. This site provides a lot of interesting background on the subject, including photos and a review of the Budapest Urban Public Transport Museum at Szentendre.
ShareViewed: 3 Times - petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 25 2007 | cities, planning, development, sustainability, environment, nature, art, history, new york
A great library with a focus on urban planning, historic preservation, buildings, public art, open spaces, real estate development, and zoning.
Quoted: a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote a more livable city. Since 1893, the MAS has worked to enrich the culture, neighborhoods and physical design of New York City. It advocates for excellence in urban design and planning, contemporary architecture, historic preservation and public art.
ShareViewed: 2 Times - petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 17 2007 | blogs, magazines, photography, art, design, planning, architecture, books, literature, history, ideas, interesting, ;)
Quoted: things magazine was originally founded in 1994 by a group of writers and historians based at the Victoria & Albert Museum/Royal College of Art in the belief that objects can open up new ways of understanding the world.
Quoted: things has built a reputation as a home for new writing – essays, reviews, short stories and poems – about objects and their meanings. The website contains a weblog, photography galleries, special projects, searchable archives and the occasional on-line only article.
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