Blog posts in Urban Environment

Unexpected Reflection

Posted October 28, 2009

“The form of a settlement is always willed and valued, but its complexity and its inertia frequently obscure those connections. One must uncover – by inference, if no better source is available – why people created the forms they did and how they felt about them. One must penetrate into the actual e…

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Questions on Safety

Posted October 21, 2009

I have been slowly been making my way through Jane Jacob’s ‘The Death and Life of Great American Cities’ and have been astounded by the obvious truths she so simply illuminates. The book is full of great ideas that are derived from her experiences in different cities and their respected neighborhood…

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A Walk to Remember

Posted October 7, 2009

The last few days I have been walking from the Vancouver Island University Nanaimo campus to the downtown core of Nanaimo. Each day I have immensely enjoyed my walk.

The walk begins with the university, full of students hustling and bustling as the exchange of their ideas fills the air. As the journ…

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