Urbanism
Anything involving urban planning, development, or design
Urbanism
Downtown is for People, by Jane Jacobs
Designing a dream city is easy; rebuilding a living one takes imagination.
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The point, to repeat, is to work with the city.
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No need to start from scratch—to bulldoze and build anew. Work with what you have
the character of the past is not enough for any city, even New Orleans.
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Waterfronts are a great asset, but few cities are doing anything with them.
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Why do planners fix on the block and ignore the street?
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Perhaps in other words, why focus only on the larger picture and ignore the details, the whole system?
Stay a beginner - start every day by looking at your product/service from the eyes of a new customer. What are their fears? What causes friction? What doesn’t work?
adapted from Tony Fadell TED Talk, Steve Jobs
It’s easy to solve a problem almost everyone sees, but it’s hard to solve a problem that almost none sees
-Tony Fadell
A problem’s visibility is different than the number of people who experience it—peeling a sticker off fruit is something many people experience but very few notice
from Tony Fadell TED Talk
Construction Physics | Brian Potter | Substack
construction-physics.com
Great Substack involving deep dives into infrastructure