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Psychogeographical Markup Language
This time I didn't make it up. From the strange, inventive, and apparently European Web site socialfiction.org comes <a href="http://www.socialfiction.org/psychogeography/PML.html">Psychogeographical Markup Language</a>, a way to tag urban environments with metadata that's not cartographic but emotional. They say, "PML incorporates work done in fields like annotated space, geo-tagging, mental mapping, GIS & collaborative mapping but is different in that it aims at the invisible & the absurd."<br /> <br /> As socialfiction's <a href="http://www.socialfiction.org/psychogeography/psychogeogram.html">explanation</a>
University Makes Downtown Commitment
New Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor commits to major investment plan in the Rust Belt City's center.
Building Materials Of The Future
Urban Land asks eight architectural firms to discuss building materials and technologies the industry can expect to see more of in the future.
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Bridging Form and Function
David Sucher argues that France's spectacular new bridge is not just a feat of engineering -- <a href="http://citycomfortsblog.typepad.com/cities/2004/12/quite_the_contr.html">it's architecture</a>.<br /> <br /> <blockquote>"...I'd suggest that it qualifies as architecture, maybe even top-notch architecture..."</blockquote><br /> <br /> Brian Micklethwait wonders about the <a href="http://www.brianmicklethwait.com/culture/001740.shtml">reason</a> for building the bridge: <br /> <br /> <blockquote>"Economically it looks crazy to me. A few more curves on the road and they could surely have saved themselves billions."</blockquote>
Big Dig's Broken Promises
State officials got an earful at a hearing held yesterday in Boston regarding their proposal to reevaluate the three remaining transit projects promised as mitigation for the reconstruction of the Central Artery.
Plan A City Like A Pharaoh
'Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile' is a new SimCity-like computer game -- set in ancient Egypt.
Airport-Driven Urban Development
The area around the Baltimore-Washington International Airport attracts new growth.
The Pull Of Ethnic Centers
Los Angeles Koreatown, once a less-than desirable neighborhood, has become a destination for wealthy tourists and suburbanites.
Dogs And Tots Want Chicago's Emerald Necklace
Will ten acres of Olmstead's green space become a tot lot and dog run?
State Of The Blog In Planning
Weblogs are helping the World Wide Web realize its potential, writes Planetizen editor Abhijeet Chavan.
Contrasting Views On Developer's Achievements
biographers debate Columbia developer James W. Rouse's legacy.
My Subway Map Is My Memory Album
Some people take pictures to capture memories; Kara Newman make check marks on a subway map.
FEATURE
State of the Blog 2004
Weblogs are helping the World Wide Web realize its potential, writes Planetizen co-founder and editor, Abhijeet Chavan.
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Cities, EV-DO, WiMAX and Wireless?
Walt <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,personal_technology,00.html">writes</a> (subscription required, unfortunately) in the <i>Wall Street Journal</i>: <br /> <br /> <blockquote>"The most important development this year in U.S. wireless communications wasn't the headline-grabbing mergers of various wireless carriers. It was the quiet, gradual rollout by Verizon Wireless of a technology called EV-DO, which for the first time is providing broadband-speed Internet access over the air from anywhere in the cities where it has been deployed."</blockquote>
Midwest High Speed Rail Report Revised For 2004
New version moves planning from the conceptual stage to the feasibility stage.
Rumblings In REITland
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are facing strong competition for investment dollars.
Oregon: A Smart Growth Slap-Down?
Measure 37’s passage means lots of lawsuits, and little else
The World's Tallest Bridge Opens In France
The stunning Millau Bridge -- the world's new tallest road bridge -- opens in southern France.
Pentagon Exempts itself from Environmental Regulation
A new directive from the Department of Defense eliminates any need for the Pentagon to be responsible for public health or toxic site cleanups.
Top Ten Parking Myths Debunked
Line Magazine publishes collection of articles analyzing parking architecture, design and policy.
City of Moorpark
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Tyler Technologies
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Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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