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Cycles of Nature
An interesting post from Robert Krulwich at NPR that discusses the concept of an innate/ingrained cycle of life and death that governs many living creatures. The post ‘Nature Has A Formula That Tells Us When It’s Time To Die‘ discusses the work of physicist Geoffrey West: Everything alive will eventually die, we know that, but…
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Historical Waterways
My fascination with historical mapping, particularly that focused on hydrology is a well known fact. A great resource spotted via Seeing Landscapes and Watershed+ gives a link to an older map of Manhattan published in the NY Times. ‘When There Was Water, Water Everywhere‘ looks at the 1874 map prepared by Col. Egbert L. Viele,…
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Sea Change
A couple of interesting articles in the NY Times from Sunday, November 24th, posit scenarios for the implications of climate change and cities. James Atlas in an OpEd piece ‘Is This the End?‘ discusses recent events in Venice, New Orleans, and Indonesia and the more recent flooding due to Hurricane Sandy, in relation to our…
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Beginnings
The newest addition to the Terra Fluxus brand is the reintroduction of the blog Landscape+Urbanism in a new format – tied to my firm but with a separate life that allows for exploration of topics in greater detail – making a bit of breathing room between the professional and the . There will, however, be…
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Finis.
How appropriate to finish on a post from Frederick Law Olmsted – a man who constantly re-invented himself while ‘inventing’ the profession of landscape architecture. So in that spirit of re-invention – my time and focus has shifted to my growing business, my studies, and other pursuits both professional and personal. Blogging has also changed…
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Happy Birthday – Frederick Law Olmsted Sr.
In honor of Frederick Law Olmsted Sr’s birthday today, April 26 (1822, so let’s call it a round 190!), I would remind folks to go out and read more about the man in the great 2011 biography ‘Genius of Place‘ by Justin Martin (Da Capo Press, 2011). Genius of Place traces Olmsted from his beginnings…
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Going viral: Blurred Borders
I’m pleased to announce that Landscape+Urbanism will be featured along with some great company as part of the Voices Going Viral Exhibition and event developed by AIANY. More information below. The AIANY Global Dialogues committee has dedicated 2012 to “uncovered connections” with the intention to investigate issues that are similarly impacting multiple regions, cultures…
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Got History?
Hawthorne & 50th (1936) Aerial View of Portland (1936) My fascination with history and place is no secret. While i am intrigued with urban history in many forms, there’s always a desire for a connection with the place you inhabit. Typically this fascination comes via maps, which have been well documented, but the timeline of…
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Kerb 20 Seeking Submissions
Kerb is one of best journals out there for landscape architecture – and you can be part of their next issue around the topic ‘speculative narrative’. Here’s the call for submissions: KERB 20 IS SEEKING SUBMISSIONS OF ESSAYS/PROJECTS/ ARTWORKS/ STORIES ETC Speculative narrative and the potential of imagination are important factors in creative production. It is…