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The major of Rome is on Flickr!

Posted in 2.3 - public transports, A - News, tagged , , , on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I just discovered that Mr. Gianni Alemanno, Major of Rome, is on Flickr. Here we see his set about te opening of the new BRT in Rome. Good to see that more and more politicians are entering the blogosphere!

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Lagado and Balinarbi

Posted in D - reflections, tagged , , , , on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The continent, as far as it is subject to the monarch of the flying island, passes under the general name of BALNIBARBI; and the metropolis, as I said before, is called LAGADO. I felt some little satisfaction in finding myself on firm ground. I walked to the city without any concern, being clad like one [...]

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The 21st Century Medieval City

Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.1 - housing, 1.2 - workplaces, 1.3 - third places (bars and cafés), 1.4 - public spaces, D - reflections, tagged , , , , , on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

When we think of medieval cities, we assume it was something like this: (image: Siena, from wikipedia) while, at that time, it was more likely to be something like this: (image: Rio de Janeiro, from wikipedia) This is the thesis of Robert Neuwirth, who studied from (and lived in) what he calls “the 21st Century [...]

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Obama promotes urban life

Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.4 - cars, A - News, tagged , , , , , on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

“…All of our politics was built around the idea that there are cities, and there are suburbs, and the suburban people don’t like the city people, and the city people don’t like the suburban people, and usually the suburban people are republicans, and the city people are democrats…our politics was built around that idea. Except [...]

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