“... there is no leeway for chancy trial, error and experimentation in the high-overhead of new construction. Old ideas can sometimes use new buildings. New ideas must use old buildings.” #JaneJacobs D+L
— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) October 2, 2020
Friday, October 30, 2020
#ShelveSandstone!
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
City streets are urban design problems, not engineering problems. Selby St re-imagined as a welcoming new public space.
When city streets are understood to be public places, places with a responsibility to be safe and welcoming for all citizens, many design options emerge.
This model for a re-imagined Selby Street welcomes all users including those in private vehicles. The difference is, though, that here the car is the guest not the master. Vehicle speed is calmed by design; the travel lane is narrow and accommodates both cars and bikes; drivers must slow for cars backing out of the angled parking; folks using the angled parking are free to cross the travel lane at any point. 30kph would be posted but the design will result in even slower vehicle speed.
On a Dutch slow street there are no curbs. The surface is on one level from property line to property line across the right of way. In this Selby St re-imagining, a mid-block crossing aligned to the E+N Train Station walkway connects to the E+N Trail to the west and becomes part of an interior footpath to the east through the neighbourhood.
The centre “rambla” feature, when the street is closed to vehicles, becomes a new welcoming public space ready to host special events, live performances, markets, and festivals.
— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) October 22, 2020
More photos : https://www.facebook.com/NanaimoCommons/posts/3099923363446400“The real genius of Lancaster is in economic development,” says Vinayak Bharne, @moulepolyzoides.
— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) October 21, 2020
“You can call it complete streets or whatever you want, but at the end of the day, the biggest contribution it made was the economic revitalization of the city.” #ocp2020ycd https://t.co/e3gpF9xSwQ
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Friday, October 9, 2020
Let’s build a “complete community” in the forests of Cedar right after we make progress creating more “complete” neighbourhoods in the community we already have. #Nanaimo #ShelveSandstone #ocp2020ycd https://t.co/iLIuKl9x4w pic.twitter.com/lZeTL2fOZw
— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) October 9, 2020
Saturday, October 3, 2020
Twitter thread.
Palaces for the People / Eric Klinenberg.
To restore civil society, start with the library
Sociologist @EricKlinenberg says “social infrastructure,” physical spaces + organizations that shape the way people interact, is as important as traffic systems, water + sewage, etc... To restore civil society, start with the library. @nytimes https://t.co/KmEa2xRHTJ
— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) September 29, 2020
Art of City Building 2020 conversation w/ @EricKlinenberg The future of cities + democratic society rests not only on shared values but on social infrastructure—library, park, civic organizations where connections are formed @AoCB2020 #ocp2020ycd @YouTube https://t.co/uvzgMdtxjV
— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) October 7, 2020
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