April 22, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
The Wikipedia entry for Stockholm’s Metro system says that it has 100 stations in use along 106 kilometers (about 65 miles) of track. I seem to recall … Continue reading
April 4, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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Wikipedia users who proclaim their political affiliations within the online community consider their identity as “Wikipedian” stronger than potentially divisive political affiliations, according to new research. Continue reading
Share on FacebookFebruary 25, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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As of today, the Wikipedia entry for the hummingbird explains that the bird’s flight generates in its wake a single trail of vortices that helps the bird hover. But after conducting experiments with hummingbirds in the lab, researchers propose that the… Continue reading
Share on FacebookJanuary 30, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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From Wikipedia to shareware, the Internet has made information and software more widely available than ever. At the heart of this explosion is the simple idea that information should be open and free for anyone. Yet with publishers charging exorbitant … Continue reading
Share on FacebookJune 22, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
After the quake
Today, retail reborn with shipping containers in the Re: START mall
Christchurch, a city of about 367,000 people (460,00… Continue reading
March 30, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
In this space, I have written before about dead shopping malls, past their prime and doomed by a business model stuck in the late 20th century. Although I am… Continue reading
February 17, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
We’re looking at a satellite image of Netherlands countryside surrounding the Dutch town of Baarle-Nassau, home to just under 7,000 residents. (No… Continue reading
August 2, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC
Detroit’s problems of urban distress, decay, and inner-city abandonment are all too well-known. Yet the city remains host to some amazing architecture, … Continue reading
July 21, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC
Amazingly, the video below is the first time I have seen and heard the late Jane Jacobs speak. Everyone in my world knows her work and her wisdom, of co… Continue reading
July 14, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC
New York’s City’s hugely successful and justly celebrated High Line wasn’t the first elevated urban railroad bed to be converted into a mu… Continue reading
June 24, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC
Here’s what Madoff did: He took people’s money, promising a return on investment. In other words, he borrowed it. But the returns were… Continue reading
December 17, 2010
by Kaid Benfield
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To creative-class types who inhabit trendy east and west coast cities and a few mid-country oases like Austin and Boulder, sleepy Paducah, Kentucky (population estimated 25,720 in 2009) might seem an unlikely location for a ma… Continue reading