2009 March

Posts from March 2009

30 March 2009

filed under:
bicycle, bike lane, NYC, streets, urban design

They’re Installing a Stroller Lane?

Efforts like these protected bike lanes will help the streets function more effectively for its users, but more importantly enable a wider range of people to feel comfortable riding in the city. Cycling in New York City is currently regulated to a few small groups. If the city is hoping to create a culture that is similar to that of Portland, Seattle and hopefully Copenhagen, then the city is going to have to undertake construction and educational actions to help the average profile of the cyclist match the average profile of the New Yorker.

24 March 2009

filed under:
Brooklyn Bridge, craft, President, work

The Makers of Things

I read this post earlier today and since it resonates with how I have been feeling lately about work, craft and creating something lasting, I decided to post it here: These are the words and the stories I hear in the Brooklyn Bridge: enthusiasm, audacity, impossibility, and amazement. More importantly, I see a work of [...]

23 March 2009

filed under:
architecture, boxes, Dutch, manifesto

Quick Work of An Idea

I think we need to find methods of making quick work of our ideas; as long as those ideas deal with fundamental changes in the way our built environment is thought about, used and inhabited.

14 March 2009

filed under:
3-speed, bicycle, Gary Fisher, raleigh, Simple City 3

Two Wheels

I know exactly what happens when I push down on the brake pedal and where the brake fluid flows and how the calipers compress. Its the same feeling taking apart and internal 3 speed hub. Although its beginning to look more like a complicated watch to me.

7 March 2009

filed under:
architecture, craft, creativity, work