Monthly Archives: June 2011

The Public School Urbanist

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Linda Baker

“To me, the key to urban success is improving city schools.” That’s Publicola’s take on the New Yorker’s “city bashing” piece this week, in which author Nicolas Lemann argues that the current vogue for city living isn’t, well, all that. … Continue reading →

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Retrofits: Sustainable and Seismic

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Linda Baker

I’ve written several posts about the overlap between environmental and seismic sustainability in Cascadia–so many, perhaps, that I’m starting to sound like a broken record. And yet, those posts, for the most part, were steeped in theory, not practice. Here, … Continue reading →

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Riots in Vancouver B.C.

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Linda Baker

Drunken hockey fans go on a rampage in downtown Vancouver–the most civilized city in the world?  How could this be? And why didn’t I read about it in the Oregonian? Thank you Twitter, which delivered, in typically opaque fashion, drips … Continue reading →

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The Wrong Neighborhood–for Bikes?

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Linda Baker

In keeping with this week’s gentrification theme….my husband partook of the $2 beers at Hopworks BikeBar last night, then had me pick him up afterwards, which wasn’t exactly in keeping with the bicycle theme.  But the trip did give me … Continue reading →

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