Iconic High Line Park in NYC Opens Final Section To Public

NYC's most loved and iconic elevated park is finally complete! The third and final section of the High Line, aptly named The High Line at the Yards, is a verdant retreat incorporating real elements of its once standing original railway, as well as native flora and fauna. The serene half-mile pathway seamlessly blends nature into the surrounding cityscape, with more native plants than ever before.

Infographic: A Map Of New York's Hip-Hop Heritage

Yo yo! Listen up! P to the L to the A to the double N - ING. (Yes I am too fly for a white guy)

Following on from the popular post on how planning created hip-hop, I thought I'd share an inforgraphic that you may rekonize (see told I'm cool). Word out.

New musical follows the life of a city planner

"If/Then," a new musical at the National Theatre, follows the life choices and regrets of a fictional city planner in New York. But does it also say something about the choices that cities face?

Placemaking and the City

Cities are back in fashion; on television (Sex in the City), in music (with ‘urban’ now the codeword for black, popular and rhythmic), in architecture (where density generates the most rewarding opportunities), among international agencies (seeking ways of managing post-Fordist and post-industrial societies), and within the planning establishment (with the reversal of ideas on the uses of the city). One of the most important issues facing planning at the beginning of the twenty-first century is how to revitalise cities. Today, cities are seen as assets rather than liabilities. Their role as engines of economic growth is widely accepted and their spheres of influence the city is becoming recognised as fundamental building blocks in the national fabric.

How Urban Planning Created Hip-Hop

I know what you’re thinking right, ‘Alex, you is cray!’, and you could be right, but you must also be thinking ‘Hey Maybe planning does have some street cred’. 

This story begins in the most unlikely of places, not the South Bronx Projects but in 1920s Paris. The true godfather of hip-hop monsieur Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known by his street name as Le Corbusier. The first of his grand urban releases was the Ville Contemporaine in 1922, which like many of the early hip-hop artists, caused a great amount of controversy. Now what does he have to do with hip-hop you ask?