MIT Reinvents the Wheel

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The conventional wisdom is that you shouldn't reinvent the wheel. Leave it to MIT to do just that, and make it worthwhile. MIT's SENSABLE City Lab unvieled their Copenhagen Wheel at COP15 last month to great fanfare. And for good reason. Read more »

How to Start a Farmers' Market

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I stroll down the aisle and sniff the basil carried on the air from the next stand over.
The sun is warm on my head, and there are children running about at my feet. They are not mine, but I know them all. Read more »

Pavement to Parks

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Absolutely fascinating DIY video (from the New Urbanism series) about neighbors in San Francisco turning a parking lot into a public park. Read more »

Sane in the City

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Can a city's planning and design promote positive mental health?
New research has documented that pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods can be particularly important for maintaining good mental health, especially in the elderly. Read more »

How to Design for Social Inclusion

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Much has been published about the decline of public life and how sprawl is ruining the social fabric of our cities. Read more »

Shareable's January Event: Real Places

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There’s a swift invasion underway of our cafes, bars, restaurants, and public spaces all over America. Read more »

Transition City

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Transition Towns is a movement founded in England, now spreading around the globe. Read more »

2010: Crash or Comeback for Cities?

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The year 2010 may be remembered as a turning point in many American cities, towns, and suburbs. Read more »

Girl on Bike

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When people think about pretty girls riding bikes in dresses and heels, young families taking their babies to get groceries by bike, or arriving at the opera on a bike… they do not think of the citizens of Edmonton, Alberta (that would be in C. Read more »

Shipping Containers Morph into an Office Building

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Jay Cox-Chapman at Stack Design Build in Pawtucket, Rhode Island sent me this awesome time lapse video of 32 shipping containers being upcycled into 12 incubator office/studio spaces in a neighborhood that (he says) needs it. Read more »
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