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Jan Gehl, the world's foremost city re-designer, gave an afternoon presentation, 2 weeks ago, in Toronto to an afternoon, standing room only crowd (500 people) at the Design Exchange. Jan gave his approval to the Design Exchange to put up the comp...
First of all, I always have to see the raw data that supports the conclusions in any “research”. More often then not, the structure used in primary research is flawed; consequently, the data will be flawed, as will the conclusions be flawed.
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Jan Gehl, world's foremost researcher/city designer, gives a free presentation from 3pm to 5pm at Toronto's Design Exchange, 234 Bay St. There are only 400 seats. He'll use a vivid multimedia presentation to illustrate what he has learned in forty...
Haven't read the above article yet (I will); but, there is research to show that as the number and/or speed of vehicles (for example) increases on a given street - the odds of neighbors knowing neighbors decreases - drastically. With enough traffi...
For those of you who haven't had a chance to hear Jan Gehl speak in person - here's your chance. Gehl is the world's foremost specialist in Public Open Space. His successes from one end of this planet to the other - speak for themselves.
By the w...
Fred Kent said:Harry, I agree with you. I am not even sure it should rate a 6. I would argue that it would not make it on a list of the best 10,000 best streets in the world. If it is the best in Toronto, Toronto has a long way to go. Where are th...
Harry, I agree with you. I am not even sure it should rate a 6. I would ague that it would not make it on a list of the best 10,000 best streets in the world. If it is the best in Toronto, Toronto has a long way to go. Where are the amenities? The...
90% of Public Open Space in any city is comprised of sidewalks and roads. Toronto's "shakers and movers" often portray Queen St. West as a fantastic example of great urban design - of great public space design. But it isn't; all kinds of elements ...
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