tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079297043552042968.post1347691165108095057..comments2024-03-28T14:02:40.132-04:00Comments on Discovering Urbanism: From public space to motor thoroughfareDaniel Nairnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14127732825472374125noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079297043552042968.post-42338411518164665242010-03-15T00:43:10.837-04:002010-03-15T00:43:10.837-04:00It's interesting/fun to look at old news stori...It's interesting/fun to look at old news stories about jaywalking (which I did <a href="http://amateurplanner.blogspot.com/2010/03/rise-of-jaywalking.html" rel="nofollow">in some depth</a>). In the 1920s it was a new phenomenon, from the 1930s-50s it was a menace, from the 1960s to the 1990s it was ignored, especially in the northeast and Chicago. Rudy Giuliani tried to enforce it in 1998 and failed. And now more and more people realize that it's rather, uh, silly to try to ban it.Arihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058285362842737187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079297043552042968.post-47992889959400015542009-08-13T16:04:46.821-04:002009-08-13T16:04:46.821-04:00I've you've read Lewis Mumford's "...I've you've read Lewis Mumford's "The City in History", he actually traces this phenomenon back to the baroque city. The development of the straight avenue, designed for wheeled transport, was a major departure from the winding, narrow medieval city.The Urbanophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18094204641794131438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079297043552042968.post-74328918419531876222009-03-22T12:31:00.000-04:002009-03-22T12:31:00.000-04:00Props to UVA Student Planning Organization for org...Props to UVA Student Planning Organization for organizing this lecture!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11469627162179133404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079297043552042968.post-51352345099313150112009-03-19T05:33:00.000-04:002009-03-19T05:33:00.000-04:00Daniel, this is interesting. Thanks for sharing!Daniel, this is interesting. Thanks for sharing!LHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02127870226377459490noreply@blogger.com