Could turning crosswalks into colorful works of art entice more people to walk? (Pop Up City)
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
- The LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture welcomes two new assistant professors: Forbes Lipschitz and Richard Hindle. (LSU)
- Are you a Dan Kiley fan? If so, you’ll want to check out TCLF’s upcoming Landslide compendium, a retrospective of Kiley’s work. If you’re in Boston, you may also want to attend the opening reception in November. (The Cultural Landscape Foundation)
- Speaking of upcoming events in Boston, in about a month’s time the annual Landscape Lectures are due to kick off at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and will feature speakers such as Gary Hilderbrand and Andrea Cochran. (Gardner Museum)
& RELATED
- Bryant Parks is awarded the distinction of City Parks’ Frontline Park for the month of August. (City Parks)
- The New York Times created a fascinating animated 3D rendered tour of the many ways New York’s mayor Bloomberg reshaped the urban fabric of New York. (NY Times)
- Is change by another name still gentrification? Activists in Boyle Heights, a Latino neighborhood in L.A., prefer to describe their efforts for positive change as “gentefication”–a play on the Spanish word for people–as they attempt to win over some wary residents. (Planetizen)
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