City Beautiful blog presents a comprehensive look at Italian contributions to New York's public monuments. The article examines statues of Italian figures like Columbus, Garibaldi, and Verdi, as well as monuments created by Italian and Italian American sculptors and artists.
#NYCHistory #ItalianAmerican #PublicArt #Monuments #ImmigrationHistory #UrbanHistory #CityBeautiful
https://citybeautifulblog.com/italians-in-new-yorks-monuments/
#CityBeautiful
City Beautiful blog presents a comprehensive look at the Hotel Chelsea, one of New York City's most storied landmarks. For decades, the Chelsea served as haven for artists, writers, musicians, and bohemians - from Mark Twain to Bob Dylan, Patti Smith to Andy Warhol.
#HotelChelsea #NYCHistory #Architecture #CounterCulture #ArtHistory #LiteraryHistory #CityBeautiful
https://citybeautifulblog.com/the-hotel-chelsea/
City Beautiful blog examines the Time mural at Rockefeller Center by Spanish artist Jose Maria Sert which replaced Diego Rivera's destroyed "Man at the Crossroads." The piece analyzes how the Sert mural reflects different political and artistic values, offering insights into art, patronage, and ideological conflicts in 1930s America.
#RockefellerCenter #ArtHistory #PublicArt #Murals #NYCHistory #DiegoRivera #CityBeautiful
https://citybeautifulblog.com/the-rockefeller-center-artworks-time-mural/
City Beautiful blog delivers an in-depth look at the American Museum of Natural History's architectural evolution, tracing the museum's development from its founding vision through multiple expansions and additions. A compelling exploration of how museums grow and adapt over time while maintaining their core identity and purpose.
#AMNH #UrbanPlanning #Architecture #Museums #NYCHistory #MuseumArchitecture #CityBeautiful
https://citybeautifulblog.com/the-american-museum-of-natural-history/
City Beautiful blog presents an architectural and urban planning analysis of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. It explores the vision behind creating a unified cultural campus, the architectural decisions that shaped its distinctive modernist aesthetic, and the complex legacy of urban renewal.
#LincolnCenter #UrbanPlanning #Architecture #PerformingArts #NYCHistory #UrbanRenewal #CityBeautiful
https://citybeautifulblog.com/lincoln-center-for-the-performing-arts-a-temple-of-the-arts-in-new-york-city/
Neighborhood Focus: Olympic Park and the surrounding suburbs.
Neighborhood Focus: Lake Winnemac
https://write.as/tales-from-progress-city/neighborhood-focus-lake-winnemac
Playing Ghostwire: Tokyo has given me a new appreciation of Tokyo, and Shibuya in general.
To that end, City Beautiful recently did a video on the world’s busiest pedestrian crossing: The Shibuya Scramble Crossing in Tokyo.
Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2W0TrFZuzI
#CityBeautiful #Games #VideoGames #GhostWireTokyo #Bethesda #Japan #日本 #Tokyo #東京 #Shibuya #渋谷区 #Hachikō #ハチ公) @2600
Is San Francisco's New Transit Center a Waste?
#CityBeautiful #SFBA #TOD #Mobility #Transit #Rail #BART
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o3YX9SS2MU
How to Remove a Highway
Discover how community activism, economic development, and public opinion can shape successful highway tear-downs.
https://wecanfixclimatechange.com/2024/04/how-to-remove-a-highway
1907: Roanoke, Virginia's Committee on Civic Improvement and John Nolen, Landscape Architect present "Remodeling Roanoke" #roanoke #virginia #history #citybeautiful http://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/files/original/12/2308/RemodelingRoanoke.1.pdf
Can We Fix Zoning By Tweaking a Few Numbers?
Ooh. Jill Grano did a TEDx Boulder about housing in #Boulder. #CityBeautiful
"The Idea that US Downtowns could become so sought after that there would be a lack of housing didnt even cross her mind in 1960. Quite the opposite was happening"
#citybeautiful quote on Jane Jacobs
Can we fix the suburbs?
#history #housing #cityplanning #politics #citybeautiful #essay #racism
Another nice video essay from @citybeautiful of how historic preservation can be used as a weapon against the construction of new housing. Dave talks about efforts in several states to allow more housing, and how some neighborhoods and cities are trying to circumvent the laws with historic preservation.
Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-how-nimbys-weaponize-historic-districts
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_N1Y9qRkjo
How NIMBYs weaponize historic districts
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CzIx88f5AYI
I've gotten deeply into #UrbanPlanning in the last few years, abetted by a lifelong dream of living in #Europe. I discovered #Youtube channels like @nerd4cities, @notjustbikes, & #CityBeautiful that spelled out what makes places livable & why European #cities tend to be better.
It's changed my mind on where I'd like to live, from 'I want acres in the country' to wanting denser populations & walkability - & where city finances aren't held hostage by parking lots & roads.
This #video highlights some good & bad things about #Valencia, Spain (aka my hopeful retirement locale), but what shocked me was the 80% home ownership figure, vs 65% in the US. Americans like me tend to associate #apartments (aka #flats) with renting, but not in Europe.
There's a better way of living, and I'd like to experience it.
https://whatwasidoingagain.com/interests/urban-planning/3768/
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