Get Update
Marking the brand’s first hotel in the city, JW Marriott Auckland blends holistic well-being with the spirit of Auckland, set against the backdrop of the country’s breathtaking landscapes AUCKLAND, New Zealand: JW Marriott, part of Marriott Bonvoy’s portfolio of over 30 extraordinary hotel brands, today unveiled the all-new JW Marriott Auckland, marking the brand’s debut…
Read More “JW Marriott Debuts in New Zealand – For Urban Women” »
885: Michael Olson on the Three Laws of the Food Chain In This Podcast: In This Podcast: Greg interviews Michael Olson, a returning guest and influential figure in the food system. Michael shares his background as a Montana farm boy, Vietnam veteran, and author of Metro Farm. Then they jump into Michael’s ‘Three Laws of…
Read More “885: Michael Olson on 3 Laws of the Food Chain” »
Estimated reading time: 23 minutes The old saying “Necessity is the mother of invention” rings true when you look into how Americans filled their bellies during the Great Depression. After the stock market crash in October 1929, the nation headed into an economic slide that lasted an entire decade. Unemployment was high, and many Americans…
Read More “20+ Great Depression Recipes That Still Taste Great” »
Parallel metro rail lines The Bay Area is a big metropolis. Not the biggest, but quite large. We have a metro rail (or subway) system called BART. We also have a regional rail system with Caltrain, while BART beyond Oakland and Berkeley acts more like a regional rail system. What we don’t have is multiple…
Read More “Parallel Subway Lines – How far would Goldilocks go?” »
March 29, 2024 by Robin Plaskoff Horton Photo: Jenny Pore. Courtesy of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston. For about three weeks every year, cascades of brilliant orange nasturtiums spill down from the Venetian balconies in the courtyard at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Photo: Jenny Pore. Courtesy of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum,…
Read More “Cascades of Orange Nasturtium Vines Celebrate Spring in Boston” »
Why the Filipino youth are our strongest roots for a better tomorrow? Three years ago, we planted seeds. We didn’t comprehend it at the time — not entirely. But there was something in the air during those campaign rallies. They weren’t just political events. They were gatherings of hope. Of courage. Of awakening. You could feel…
Read More “Reflections on a New Generation of Hope – The Urban Gardening Shop” »
img { border: 10px solid #FFFFFF; } For those interested in spatial analysis and urban transportation, Daniel Herszenhut and I have written a book about urban accessibility and data analysis. The book is currently only available in Portuguese, but we are planning to share a version in English in the next few months. More details…
Read More “Introduction to urban accessibility: a practical guide in R” »
Here I am. I moved to Lomé, the capital city of Togo, Africa! I’ll be working and exploring some of the cities of Africa until the next summer with a talented urbanist and a fantastic co-worker, Julien Carbonnell. The initiative I’ve joined in Togo is called WɔɛLab, created by Sénamé Koffi A., a community-based incubation…
Editor’s note: In anticipation of what we all believe will be a stellar UHA conference this October 9-12 in Los Angeles, we are featuring Los Angeles as our theme this month. This is our fourth post; you can see others from this month as they are published as well as past pieces on the city…
Read More “The Endurance of Little Tokyo in Los Angeles – The Metropole” »
I’m not traveling as I’d hoped this summer, but the time is flying by. A few weekends ago, I took advantage of an invitation from OEFFA (Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association) to spend the day at Stratford Ecological Center in Delaware. If you haven’t been, you need to go. If you have, you probably…
Read More “Farmer Field Trip: Stratford Ecological Center” »
