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Notable Planner: Peter Calthorpe Chanel D. Ellison The Ohio State University New Urbanist Peter Calthorpe has not only been a visionary for urban planning, but has brought his visions to life. With ideals similar to John Nolen and his bringing of Garden Cities to America, urban sprawl smart growth have been the plight of Peter Calthorpe’s urban planning focus. Under the umbrella of new urbanism, Calthorpe incorporates the ideas of transit oriented communities and…

improve the building, but if the neighborhood wasn’t gentrified the build would stay the same and not change. That could be bad or good because it depends on whether the building is a new or old. According to the text “Bring on the hipsters”, “In many cities, zoning laws force developers to build subsidized housing for the poor as well as pricey pads for well-off newcomers, which means that rising house prices can help to create more subsidized housing, not less.” This goes back to my point that…

therefore creating views of deteriorating suburbs, hence an attractive low-priced buy for capital investing developers/gentrifiers. Although typically residential, there are also commercial and industrial areas where this takes place as well. Local and State government could allow for some of the new housing developments to be low income housing such as public housing to assist these residents. The effects of their homes being potentially sold out from underneath them could be supported when…

rather than residence. Although my first impressions were accurate to a large extent, upon further research I discovered that the area consisted of a far greater variety of elements. For instance, due to deindustrialization, the area is currently in a state of transformation from heavy industry, such as steel and gravel production, to advanced technology and green enterprise. In addition, the land use in the region is far more versatile than my first impression indicated, and the area does not…

Canadian poet, Raymond Souster, explores the thematic implications of the individual’s urban experience, representing the Canadian city center as a place of isolating corruption that maps an unchanging Toronto. Drawing on the modernist impulse to criticize the industrialization of society, Souster moves away from the Canadian tradition of writing naturalistic visions into the sphere of the cityscape. In his poems, “Robinson Street”, and “The Coldest Winter”, Souster uses images of isolated…

Pyrmont is a suburb located in the inner city of Sydney. As made evident by the map above, Pyrmont is located to the South-West of the Sydney CBD (Central Business District). Not only is it connected to the CBD, but it is also a part of Darling Harbour, surrounded by a large part of Blackwattle Bay and adjacent Balmain East. Natural elements of Pyrmont are scarce, however both Darling Harbour and Blackwattle bay envelop the suburb. Blackwattle Bay is an example of immense urban renewal, ever…

Through walking the plus 15 system it was clear that it was a very inclusive and discriminating environment. This contradicts the City of Calgary’s definition of the walkway where they say that its “a public pedestrian walkway system that … provides alternative routes for pedestrians to numerous and varied destinations”. Through walking at both the street level and the plus 15 level strong contrasts began to arise between the two supposedly “public spaces”. Differences in areas such as…

Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America is a book that pledges the importance of city planning and believes that the deliberate, methodical structure that we give to where we live will reflect back into how we live our lives. Jeff Speck, author of the book and esteemed city planner, claims that one of the most important features of city planning should be the city’s accessibility to pedestrians, a feature Speck sees as being largely and mistakenly ignored in today’s more car-focused era. He…

Urban sprawl caused the increase of physical and environmental footprints of many cities all over the world, some of them having a significant increase in a very short time. This, however, leads to the decrease and destruction of natural wildlife habitats and farmland. The trend of urban sprawl first started in the US after the end of world war II. The increase in manufacturing output and new federal programs in America had made it possible for many people to buy new houses and cars. The…

The close of WWII created the phenomon of sprawl in the United States. Urban sprawl existed long before this time but the U.S. took this idea and ran with it. Social needs and economic policies ramped up the spread of domestic sprawl. There are volumes of research that link urban sprawl with increased vehicle travel, material use, energy consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions. Although there is a considerable amount of empirical data that coorelates these increases from an urban sprawl…