Witnessed a beautiful moment today. While biking around the lakes in Minneapolis a wonderful group of people were directing a mother duck and her ducklings down Lake Street towards Lake Calhoun. I regret not having my camera.
Iris in spring
Nothing better in the spring then Iris blooming in the crevices of a stone outcropping
Lang Baumann’s Art Transforms Public Spaces « The Dirt
DIRT-72 Hour Action in Melbourne
The Office of Urban Transformations (OUTR), a non-profit organization at the School of Architecture and Design at RMIT University, Melbourne, has launched a design competition and event called Landscape Urbanism 72 Hour Urban Action. The idea: 100 international and national architects, landscape architects, designers, craftspeople, and artists will “race the clock to design and construct exciting new public space projects in just 72 hours in a real-time design challenge aimed at transforming Melbourne’s Docklands.”
My new home away from home – Phillips Garden
‘Supermoon’ Will Occur Saturday Night
Minneapolis’ Bold New Riverfront « The Dirt
Streetcars Are Central to Sustainable Communities « The Dirt
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02/15/2011 by asladirt
At the National Building Museum, Patrick Condon, ASLA, a professor of landscape architecture at the University of British Columbia, gave a run-through of his new book, “Seven Rules for Sustainable Communities,” which argues that bringing streetcars back is the smartest thing cities can do become more sustainable. For older cities, unearthing “barely submerged” streetcar networks may be easy, but relatively new communities can also invest in laying streetcar infrastructure at a cost significantly less than subways or light rail. To get to a 90 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), transportation emissions must be zero. Making communities walkable and bikeable are crucial, and electric vehicles will also help, but 40-50 percent of the U.S. urban fabric is already set-up for the “Streetcar City” so it’s just a matter of investing again in an old model that worked well.
Designing for Active Living (from The Dirt)
Watch an animation from ASLA’s “Designing Our Future: Sustainable Landscapes” online exhibition that explains how to transform a car-centric community into one that enables active living. Learn how designing communities for walking, biking, and increased social interaction in open green spaces improves health:
AIA Announces Urban Design Awards – The Dirt
Olmsted’s Blank Snow
2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:
The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is doing awesome!.
Crunchy numbers
A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 3,100 times in 2010. That’s about 7 full 747s.
In 2010, there were 17 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 66 posts. There were 88 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 139mb. That’s about 2 pictures per week.
The busiest day of the year was September 5th with 102 views. The most popular post that day was Cultivate-LA.
Where did they come from?
The top referring sites in 2010 were WordPress Dashboard, phillipsgarden.wordpress.com, facebook.com, mail.yahoo.com, and en.wordpress.com.
Some visitors came searching, mostly for conservatory, landscape architecture, haiti reconstruction, como conservatory, and europe landscape.
Attractions in 2010
These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.
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Cultivate-LA January 2009
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Projects January 2009
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St. Paul Conservatory February 2009
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About Me January 2009
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Organizations Call for Design Professionals to Aid in Haiti Reconstruction January 2010
