Spina Centrale - Turin Italy

The Central Spine project by Gregotti e Associati was a clever way to deal with industrial-era infrastructure.

Spina 4

I like the clarity of this axon, and I am a sucker for these shades of red and green.

2 hour park

My friend Logan just sent this link about Rebar, a group that finds a place with a dearth of open space, pays a meter, and then builds a temporary park. As it turns out, there is also a yearly event, and a satirical Onion article. It must have had some impact, though, because the Better Streets Plan talks a lot about pocket parks, median parks and sidewalk parks.

Los Angeles' Future Imagined

Connected Rooftops

A group of disparate designers recently showed off their ideas for the future of Los Angeles. The project was apparently commissioned by Sprint and Newsweek.

There's an app for that: Visualize NYC

If I owned an Iphone, Phantom City would be the first app I downloaded. It shows renderings of projects that were never built depending on where you are in NYC. Amazing.

San Francisco Better Streets Plan

San Francisco just announced its Better Streets Plan, an effort that cut across departments to produce a fairly robust document. I'm glad this is the first post because San Francisco is my favorite city in the world.

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