Good on you for writing an original essay without mentioning Jeff Speck— who inadvertently claims ownership of concepts which we all should own . PS I highly recommend Julie.Campoli’s work especially for her talented and dynamic photography.
Good on you John for writing an original essay without mentioning Jeff Speck— who inadvertently claims ownership of concepts which we all should own. And as a fellow lived experience fanatic I totally support where you are coming from PS I highly recommend Julie.Campoli’s work especially for her talented and dynamic photography.
After all walkability began at Olduvai — a concept that my editor insisted I leave out of Urbanism Without Effort.— but I kept it in
I have not read Gehl, but I have read popular books influenced in part by Gehl. Street features that facilitate comfortable walking include calm traffic, narrow widths, and zero-setback facades forming a wall. Jeff Speck, speaking specifically to the US, defines walkability in terms of four conditions: the walk must be useful, interesting, comfortable, and safe.
In my upcoming series about residential boarding in 1880 Houston, I consider hotels as logistical arrangements for unmarried male workers, who either chose a job near their residence or chose a residence near their work. Some employees of the hotels lived there as well. In this historical context, walking was not encouraged through planning of infrastructure and architecture forms; rather, it was an organic response to economic and logistical problems of the day. Workers simply arranged for the most efficient and cheapest means of transportation.
Good on you for writing an original essay without mentioning Jeff Speck— who inadvertently claims ownership of concepts which we all should own . PS I highly recommend Julie.Campoli’s work especially for her talented and dynamic photography.
Good on you John for writing an original essay without mentioning Jeff Speck— who inadvertently claims ownership of concepts which we all should own. And as a fellow lived experience fanatic I totally support where you are coming from PS I highly recommend Julie.Campoli’s work especially for her talented and dynamic photography.
After all walkability began at Olduvai — a concept that my editor insisted I leave out of Urbanism Without Effort.— but I kept it in
I have not read Gehl, but I have read popular books influenced in part by Gehl. Street features that facilitate comfortable walking include calm traffic, narrow widths, and zero-setback facades forming a wall. Jeff Speck, speaking specifically to the US, defines walkability in terms of four conditions: the walk must be useful, interesting, comfortable, and safe.
In my upcoming series about residential boarding in 1880 Houston, I consider hotels as logistical arrangements for unmarried male workers, who either chose a job near their residence or chose a residence near their work. Some employees of the hotels lived there as well. In this historical context, walking was not encouraged through planning of infrastructure and architecture forms; rather, it was an organic response to economic and logistical problems of the day. Workers simply arranged for the most efficient and cheapest means of transportation.