M a t t N e w b y

'the deliberately aimless pedestrian, unencumbered by any obligation or sense of urgency, who wastes nothing, including his time which he spends with the leisurely discrimination of a gourmet, savoring the multiple flavors of a city'

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Abandoned Places…

Makes you want to explore… doesn’t it?

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All of these places are now on my bucket list…

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Within the framework of the IFHP Housing Conference 2013 in The Hague, Urbego, Staedion and The Hague Municipality organize a four day workshop on a housing case study.

http://www.ifhp.org/ifhp-blog/i-wish-wascommon-scenarios-transvaal

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Article about our planning project in Merirauma in Finland.

Source: Lansi Suoma

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Newspaper Lansi Suomi

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Hilarious Urban Planning Video

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100 ABANDONED HOUSES

Photographer Kevin Bauman - The abandoned houses project began innocently enough roughly ten years ago. I actually began photographing abandonment in Detroit in the mid 90’s as a creative outlet, and as a way of satisfying my curiosity with the state of my home town. I had always found it to be amazing, depressing, and perplexing that a once great city could find itself in such great distress, all the while surrounded by such affluence. [more]

To see the entire series, please go to: 100abandonedhouses

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What impact Graffiti / Street Art have on urban development (of trendy neighborhoods)? End of the month (June 26, 2012) there is a “PLATOON Culture Talk” about graffiti / street art and gentrification in Berlin.

Very interesting topic! Was also raised from time to time - see, “ as the reason for the graffiti abatement of rent , “or in the opposite direction of the ever tiresome  Banksy and co-sale number .