Showing posts with label nice things we can't have. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nice things we can't have. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 05, 2020

Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love).

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With formerly restrictive alcoholic beverage laws being relaxed, and from a recognition that outdoor living with social distancing is a wa...
Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Head, meet wall: "Zurich shows that effective transportation requires that we widen our focus to see beyond cars."

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CityLab is completely free. There's nothing stopping you from following this link and achieving a greater understanding of places wh...
Sunday, October 06, 2019

Poperinge Hop Parade: Now THIS is what I'm talking about.

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Thanks, Jeff Gillenwater. The video depicts highlights of the hops parade in Poperinge, Belgium in 2014. The hops festival there takes ...
Monday, September 30, 2019

Just watch this: "Utrecht: Planning for People, Not Cars."

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Nice things we can't have in L'America.
Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Public restrooms are another beneficial project neither Jeff Gahan nor Develop New Albany is likely to pursue.

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Public bathrooms just aren't luxurious enough for the appearance-over-substance suburbanites calling the shots at NA Anchor Central. ...
Wednesday, December 05, 2018

Truth, facts, non-Disney real things: “Again and again, when we look at streets oriented toward people we find that they are more economically productive than any other style of development.”

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The intro. As we wrap up another year here at Strong Towns , we’re going to use the next two weeks to highlight some of the best conte...
Friday, September 21, 2018

I'm feeling suicidal: "No helmets, no problem: how the Dutch created a casual biking culture."

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It's genuinely hard to read articles like this. All that intelligence and common sense, and then I look outside, and ... you have the...
Sunday, August 19, 2018

Green street design: New Albany can't have nice things because our "leaders" don't, and our "pillars" aren't.

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Because for the clique to even intelligently discuss it, they'd first be compelled to imagine it. They can't, and it's not ev...
Friday, April 20, 2018

"The pressure of online advertising (makes) your favorite local news site, and many others, a fresh hell that even Dante himself couldn’t have imagined."

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One minute to read an article written at 3rd-grade level of comprehension, and two minutes to swat away the myriad advertising intrusions...
Sunday, May 28, 2017

Check it out: Portland (Oregon) has an ombudsman. Holding one's breath is inadvisable.

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No need to worry. An idea like this wouldn't ever make it past the Floyd County Democratic Party central committee, and if it did, ...
Tuesday, February 07, 2017

ASK THE BORED: Heavy truck traffic banned in Ybor City, fetishized in New Albany.

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I had intended skip a turn for our weekly stroll down the civic boredwalk, because after all, this post three days ago would have sufficed. ...
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

"Chamber Musicians Take to the Streets," and daddy wants some Shostakovich on the plaza.

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Not Takin' It to the Streets , which was a Doobie Brothers hit (shall we say) prior to the birth of younger readers. This is chamber m...
Monday, January 09, 2017

Roadsworth: Innovative street art in Canada, probably forbidden by ordinance in New Gahania.

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Of course, not like THIS. "A Progressive in New Albany." (from the link) File under: But Will Padgett Approve ? One m...
Sunday, August 02, 2015

About a bicycle trail in Missouri, over there somewhere, outside our Same Old Box.

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Adaptive reuse. Bringing people to places they'd otherwise not go. Connecting wider areas by means of multi-modal transport options....
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Liveable Street Design Guidelines in Hagerstown. More Padgett cranes in New Albany.

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In case you're wondering, the cities of Hagerstown, Maryland and New Albany, Indiana are very similar in size. They're both just ...
Friday, March 27, 2015

"Creative placemaking practitioners use artistic interventions to bring new perspectives (beyond just aesthetics) to communities."

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Chattanooga Terrain Art Park; from the article below. "Successful use of creative placemaking requires making the people part of t...
Monday, March 02, 2015

Mission Pedestrian and the Declaration of Pedestrian Rights.

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The web site of  Mission Pedestrian  (Santa Cruz CA) includes the classic  Declaration of Pedestrian Rights . For resident New Albanians,...