Daily Links
February 25th, 2009-
On February 10, the Museum of Modern Art launched one of its most extensive and expensive advertising campaigns in history when it reproduced 57 works from its permanent collection and plastered the images around Brooklyn's Atlantic-Pacific subway station. Then, this past Saturday night around 2 a.m., the installation was ambushed by two men. One was Poster Boy, or at least someone from his collective, a member of which was arrested earlier this month on criminal-mischief and misdemeanor charges. His accomplice was a less likely culprit: Doug Jaeger, the marketing executive who created the campaign for MoMA.
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Well ladies and gentleman, there is a new local brewery just getting going in OKC!
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Livable Streets Education has an interactive residency program designed to weave pertinent ideas about urban livability with school day Learning Standards.
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Fregonese's software is called "Envision Tomorrow," and the company Web site describes it as "a scenario building and evaluation application that was developed to facilitate the creation of explicit future growth scenarios. [The tool] allows planners to 'paint' the landscape with different development types and then, using a series of benchmarks or indicators, measure the impacts and benefits from different land use and transportation patterns."
The software can be used to study scenarios for neighborhoods, districts, cities, or entire regions. When the PLANiTULSA process is done, Tulsa's planning department will retain the right to use the software for future planning.
Part of Envision Tomorrow is something called a "tipping point analysis." Given existing land values and a set of potential building types for new development, the software can identify parcels that are feasible for redevelopment, based on the local economy, local values and land use regulations.
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"But the city understands the need for more sidewalks, lighting, and landscaping. So the Mayor brought in Jeff Speck, an expert on getting the most for the mile. Speck identified the places with best potential to improve walkability. Broadway is on the top of the list not only to improve sidewalks, but parking as well."