Urban Plann

Because Cities Don't Build Themselves...

[Chicago DPD @ChicagoDPD]

Plan Commission OKs a 161-unit adaptive reuse plan for the former Sears store at North and Harlem in Austin. The $84 million Seritage SRC Finance project includes four affordable units and a $627,000 AHOF payment. Ground-floor grocer and health club will support 200+ jobs.

[Smart Cities Dive @smartcitiesdive]

Urban forests have many benefits for cities, including helping to reduce air pollution, cool temperatures in neighborhoods and help retain stormwater.
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[UrbanToronto @Urban_Toronto]

Our #PhotoOfTheDay is an aerial view of #Toronto's Yonge-Wellesley area, captured from a high-rise #condo at Yonge & Bloor. https://t.co/o5vOwRvNvy

[UrbanToronto @Urban_Toronto]

Starchitects talked up #skyscrapers at the recent @CTBUH conference in New York City, looking at worldwide trends: https://t.co/6g9bvKkFVu

[Surface Magazine @SurfaceMag]

One great's take on another great: critic @paulgoldberger discusses Frank Gehry. https://t.co/klp2cZLdlq

[Congress for the New Urbanism @NewUrbanism]

Fascinating: "How our housing choices make adult friendships more difficult" https://t.co/SQEiQSn1Wi via @voxdotcom

[Architectural Record @ArchRecord]

A new exhibition explores architects' childhood memories. Do you recognize this young man? https://t.co/KomTE695VT

[Architectural Record @ArchRecord]

RT @LauraRaskin: @ArchRecord's new view from the @EmpireStateBldg. Nice move, guys. https://t.co/4HDtXU78N9

[dwell @dwell]

The homes these architects built for their parents helped put many of them on the map: http://t.co/QFDulV0M1C

[NewYorkologist.org @NewYorkologist]

Flame of the Statue of Liberty's Torch, 1985 - Twin Towers in Background | #NewYork #nyc #ny

[dwell @dwell]

Ezra Stoller's photographs introduced modernism to a broader audience: http://t.co/TcYt2s1b6w

[Urban Plann @UrbanPlann]

Architecture for London creates light-filled London extension using polished materials http://t.co/Ql71eZdIKz via @dezeen

[Curbed @Curbed]

This Frank Lloyd Wright prefab just listed for the first tIme at $795K: http://t.co/KGZHyPhHL9

[Urbane Assemblage @Urb_Assemblage]

Nostalgia’s Blurring Glow: Movement to preserve old signage, industrial landscapes in NYC: http://t.co/z9YZivRuFj