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Jason that’s great info.  I’m going to check out the links you mentioned.  Expect your commissions to increase…Ha!, just kidding.  -Mile

I have a small test container of Pearls Premium (http://www.pearlspremium.com) which is a fine fescue with really deep roots and a short unmowed height. You can choose to mow it and it grows very slowly. I don’t know how it does in a full blown lawn, but it looks impressive. Here is a video of the background story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmRosprVk…[Read more]

Do you mean plants?
…in that respect the plaza appears totally barren.  It’s a shame because I used to be in that plaza quite often.  While the previous design seemed seperated from it’s context yet softened by plants, the current design seems cold and off-putting.

I don’t recall seeing any landscape whatsoever…
 

I know that them fountains in Millennium Park (they are named the Crown fountain) are specifically designed for the interaction that takes place there. You can see some of the system through the glass block. It is designed to water-park standards of filtration and sterilization (in this case, chlorine) with an automated system for monitoring and…[Read more]

After looking at some additional images of the landscape in question, I wonder if using the fountain as a toilet was just a criticism by an end user.  The landscape is mind-numbingly uninspired.

Reminds me of a paper I did in grad school about suvbversive uses of the landscape.  One point I argued is that a designer can never know, or plan for, all the end users of a work of landscape design.  At the time I was exploring gender politics as they specifically relate to gay men.  UVA had a colloquium series on queer studies, Aaron Betsky ha…[Read more]

I would love to hear from folks growing this seed mix in and around zone 7 where it’s a bit on the hot side for the fine fescues and weed pressure is pretty high.
 
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I did a garden for my landlord while I was in graduate school in Syracuse and we used a hard fescue seed that you move maybe once or twice a year.  It mounds and looks awesome, and when some of it made its way into the mulched areas it had a nice spire which was very pleasant.
When I build my house, I will use this type of seed on my property, it…[Read more]

This is very sad….In my state, the Illinois Department of Public Health regulates these types of fountains as if they were swimming pools; i.e., requiring the same level of water purification, enclosures, etc. They (IDPH) supposedly had a tizzie over the Millenium Park fountain, but in the end, I do not think that much was changed regarding the…[Read more]

Steve,
It is in a public space.  Thanks for the links!
 
 

Now I have to go to NYC again…
 

What kind of setting is this going in; is this for a public park?
 
There was a feature article in Watershapes; see  http://wearcam.org/watershapes/
as well as http://wearcam.org/H2Architecture.pdf
 
and website,
http://FUNtain.ca
 

I would bet the same is true for the Millenium Park fountain in Chicago.  It’s a very popular attraction and on hot scorching days like today I would bet the place is packed with adults and kids. 

Yes you are worrying waaaaay too much.  But I think if you wanted to work on one thing it would be making your vertical lines as straight (vertical) as possible.  That’s where the drafting aids come in.  But I have discovered some really nice pens.  I have been using Pilot Fineliners for years but the nibs don’t last very long and then they are…[Read more]

Another font generating website (I have not tried it) for about $10.:
http://www.writing-fonts.com/fontapi/
 

AHRRRRRGGGG…FLASHBACKS!!!!!!!!

This is a pretty sweet font that’s out there – Prov Architect NDP

I didn’t even see the Upload Files button.  Was trying to do it as an image.
 
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