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anthonyflint

  1. RT @urbanlandinst: More than 30% of mortgage borrowers still underwater: cnnmon.ie/LhDUlT (via @CNNMoney)
  2. Alongside Robert Moses: Othmar H. Ammann, the George Washington bridge & 20th century #infrastructure huff.to/MMXCHT via @HuffPostNY
  3. With little fanfare, G8 summit might have done something significant about #climate change bit.ly/LkACL9 via @Grist
  4. Swiss designers come up with geodesic domed hydroponic greenhouse for any flat rooftop bit.ly/KlQZsS via @good
  5. In the land of the car, LA embraces the bike nyti.ms/KOQASf via @NYTimes
  6. In Greenville, S.C., a community springs from isolation nyti.ms/KjifrR via @NYTimes
  7. The death and life of Pruitt-Igoe, via @newurbannetwork bit.ly/KjhezX
  8. Property rights & the tragedy of the commons via @TheAtlantic bit.ly/KtRthi recalls Elinor Ostrom-edited volume bit.ly/JGrXSe
  9. Move over WalkScore: Trust for Public Land's ParkScore system, previewed at Journalists Forum #lincolncities bit.ly/MurkyM via @TPL
  10. Accepting the Inevitable Dept? Times-Picayune, others go to 3X a week, bolster online. bit.ly/LIrwgY
  11. Nothing like severe circumstances to focus the mind: CA town rebounds from fiscal abyss wapo.st/LtX3QZ via @washingtonpost
  12. Today at the National Building Museum in DC: 1st of 4 dialogues through the summer running up to World Urban Forum 6 bit.ly/KLsRCs
  13. The key is sales of "previously occupied" homes (80% of market) bit.ly/JRVgaG as builders mull type of new homes will be in demand
  14. RT @otiswhite: In D.C., businesses want transit so much they pay for studies showing how to build it faster & cheaper. owl.li/b5Sch
  15. We wonder if sharp rise in youth #diabetes is related to the built environment & physical activity nyti.ms/JJ0bcf via @NYTimes
  16. The edible city bit.ly/JUxrNu turning backyards, corner lots & rooftops into local food factories via @Planetizen @FastCompany
  17. First in a series of dialogues in the run-up to World Urban Forum 6 in Naples, tmrw in Washington DC #urbanplanning bit.ly/KLsRCs
  18. Another fresh take on New Urbanism at middle-age bit.ly/Lk7Ugo via @NextAmCity
  19. Blighted bronx revives with roof gardens, solar panels bloom.bg/Ld3vc8 via @Bloomberg
  20. Reverberations continue from this wonderful via @NYTimes piece on "princelings" in #China nyti.ms/JQ71wB