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Great transit city
A great transit system is essential for a walkable and livable city. This frees residents from owning or using cars for most trips, and allows streets and public spaces to be used for people rather...
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Tree lined walking path in Shinjuku is magical
There are many small creeks in Tokyo that have been turned into pedestrian paths. In my neighborhood, they are modestly landscaped. In Shinjuku, there’s Shinjuku Yuhodo Koen Shiki no Machi...
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San Francisco’s new urban ecology projects
Via Twitter, I’ve come across some fantastic new urban ecology projects in San Francisco: Nature in the City, an NPO focused on conservation, restoration and stewardship. Currently creating habitat...
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3 levels of roadway create a dead corridor
Is dead corridor the opposite of green corridor? What are the effects of urban highways? 死んでいるような交通ルートは緑の交通ルート『green corridor」の反対ですか？都市の高速道路はどんな影響をあたえるでしょうか？ Many landscape architects and urban...
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City fishing next to Ichigaya station
釣り堀でのんびりやっている人が市ヶ谷ホームから見えます。釣りと電車の対照がきれいですね。 Day and night you can see people fishing in these stocked ponds on the Outer Moat, across from Ichigaya station. The contrast between the busy transit...
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Black Marilyn Monroe featured in aging commercial corridor
中野駅の近くにある、黒色のマリリン・モンローが飾ってある店は廃墟化しています。 This small commercial strip, near the center of Nakano, seems semi-abandoned.
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