Category Archives: urbanology

Open eyes and own the civic space

Posted on May 31, 2010 by hoon

Term it the Observer Paradigm. It’s multiplying. Fathership: Lakewood Observer Lakewood, Ohio Progeny: The Heights Observer Cleveland & University Heights, ohio Parma Observer Parma, Ohio Collinwood Observer Collinwood in Cleveland, Ohio Euclid Observer Euclid, Ohio soon (?) University Circle Observer, … Continue reading →

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Water Music

Posted on April 25, 2010 by hoon

The Dubai Fountain – Baba Yetu The Dubai Fountain – Bassbor Al Fourgakom The Dubai Fountain – – Bijan Mortazavi (Burj Khalifa Tower, Dubai) hat tip to NETBROS, Metafilter Share and Enjoy:

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Abstract Steel

Posted on April 7, 2010 by hoon

Anish Kapoor’s London Tower is posed as the centerpiece of not only London’s Olympic Park, but of London itself. From the Guardian.UK, is something about the artist’s inspiration in his own words, Kapoor said one of his references was the … Continue reading →

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Cha-ching & ‘who were they?’

Posted on November 4, 2009 by hoon

It was great to see paper ballots being used at my local voting place. This is even better than the punch-the-chad method. Sometimes the ancient technology is the least troublesome. In Cuyahoga County there came to collide in this election … Continue reading →

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Urban Integralism

Posted on October 26, 2009 by hoon

(moved from -pages-) excerpted from Integral Urbanism by Nan Ellin. Originally posted on February 6, 2009. (from the Introduction) In Western society, generally, we are witnessing a gradual reorientation toward valuing slowness, simplicity, sincerity, spirituality, and sustainability in an attempt … Continue reading →

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Space, The Final Frontier

Posted on September 24, 2009 by hoon

(click for large windowbox version) If I reflect upon phenomenologists about town…well, there aren’t many of us. Anyhowsa, Frank M. Mills is one of the few. In the past few days, he’s melded his family of web media locations into … Continue reading →

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Sustainability, Systems Awareness, Eros

Posted on July 31, 2009 by hoon

There are times when I compel myself to withhold an astringent critique. If I’m on the ball, I can figure out how to render a sweeter critique delicately, when the circumstances call for this. Tonight presented such an occasion. After … Continue reading →

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The March of Capital

Posted on June 10, 2009 by hoon

The Cleveland Heights Observer celebrated its first anniversary at the annual meeting of its sponsor (?) Future Heights. The journalist Charles Michener’s presentation was featured. It’s interesting to compare the Heights Observer with The Lakewood Observer. After listening to several … Continue reading →

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WALK YOUR WALK

Posted on May 2, 2009 by hoon

Walk Score allows one to plug in a street address and quickly learn how walkable is the neighborhood the address is located within. I plugged in my own Shaker Heights address and it received a 65 score. This rates as … Continue reading →

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AUTHENT-I-CITY

Posted on February 6, 2009 by hoon

I’m reading a new book Integral Urbanism by Nan Ellin. I’ve copied out the text laid over graphics here because it crystalizes something of my own perspective. Also, although her conception of ‘integral’ owes something to Ken Wilber, in the … Continue reading →

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