Beautiful and so very #ArtNouveau silver plated table lamp by Moritz Hacker of Vienna, circa early 1900s.
Featuring a slender mermaid, her arms raised and reclining back into the gracefully arched shape of the lamp stem. This curves forward in fluid form and houses the extremely pretty shell shade.
By #StainedGlassArtCreations
#Architecture #Design #Style #Nature #Art #Artist #Photo #Photographer #Urbanism #City #Village #Staircases #History #Histoire #Abandoned #AbandonedPlaces
Was just listening to ep 503 of Talking Headways (@TheOverheadWire) , and at the end they mention posters to hang on walls.
What was you fav or most niche poster you had as a kid/teenager?
I had a National Geographic map poster of the Boston - DC Megalopolis.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3MgT3grZECzq4eOGub8yF1?si=xkd9Yv0oQ1igOhvW2GhZUA
Jak volný trh všechny do aut a suburbií neposadil
https://smichovreviewofcities.substack.com/p/jak-volny-trh-vsechny-do-aut-a-suburbii
Budoucí prezident Wilson varuje že automobilisté jsou obrazem arogance a peněz, a hněv vůči nim povede k revoluci.
Nothing like getting off the train and seeing this view to remind you that good things are worth fighting for
Sadie’s rain cape is back in the hallway closet this morning. We’re having a major rain failure today and Mr. Bluesky is back! 
We enjoyed a quiet morning stroll along Capitol Lake, observing the buffleheads (my faves), mallards (Sadie’s faves), red-neck grebes, goldeneyes, and other waterfowl. We were both in good spirits upon returning to our apartment.
New parklet just dropped! I love that Marietta did the unthinkable and removed some parking… I love even more that they left the parking markers in place so everybody would know what happened:
The latest issue of Urbanism Now is out:
#8: Women in Urbanism, Nobel Prize of Architecture, and City Winters
Find it on our website and we'll be sharing some links from the post soon.
#urbanism #urbanism+ #housing
https://urbanismnow.substack.com/p/8-women-in-urbanism-nobel-prize-of
Early today, when the streets were nearly empty, a personal passenger vehicle in #Portland appears to have blown a red light and caused a collision with a lightrail train.
People often blame people on bikes for causing collisions because they’re not well lit, not following traffic laws or behaving predictably.
If a train with intensely bright headlights, that literally runs on both rails & a schedule isn’t safe, maybe the problem isn’t people on bikes.
Despite Trump’s orders, congestion pricing will win in the long run
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/despite-trumps-orders-congestion-pricing-will-win-in-the-long-run/
Instead of ordering more buses for Sydney's Northern Beaches, what would make more sense is a train (or at least light rail): https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/fleet-of-new-buses-to-be-ordered-for-sydney-s-north-after-commuter-hell-20250310-p5lifz.html #nswpol #auspol #urbanism
North Sydney Council is calling for Miller St in the Nth Sydney CBD to be pedestrianised. It's an excellent idea: https://www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/news/article/281/council-calls-for-a-miller-street-pedestrian-plaza #nswpol #auspol #urbanism
I love seeing #albuquerque making improvements to their infrastructure that helps get people out of their cars.
#bike #bikenite #urbanism #bikelanes #pedestrians #community #safety #visionzero #newmexico
https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/new-bike-lanes-added-to-central-in-downtown-albuquerque/
Car brainiacs of San Francisco
At the same time, I have no sympathy for politicians who encouraged recalls as a way of life instead of an exceptional tool, so they can suck it up
New bicycle lanes in Albuquerque, NM!
https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/new-bike-lanes-added-to-central-in-downtown-albuquerque/
Oh The Urbanity! makes videos about cycling, public transport and urban planning. It's based in Canada, but it often looks at examples in other countries too. You can follow at:
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If you want to publish videos on these topics, this server is taking sign-ups that let you upload videos.
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Los Angeles could be the next city to take up single-stair reform
https://la.urbanize.city/post/los-angeles-could-be-next-city-take-single-stair-reform
"Unlike industries...where efficiency gains lead to lower prices...housing behaves more like healthcare or higher education. The more money we pour in, the more bloated, inefficient & expensive it becomes. Instead of lowering costs, increased liquidity in housing generally fuels speculation, consolidates market power, and creates financial instability. The result isn’t affordability — it’s an ever-expanding cycle of booms, busts and bailouts."
Link: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025/3/10/why-housing-efficiency-isnt-making-homes-affordable
@benfulton @meganL
I want to know who thinks having more 6000 pound human crushing machines zooming by at 40 mph and spewing toxic gas is beneficial to disabled peoples' access. Rip up the asphalt, replace it with trees and grass. make it permanent.
#FuckCars #Urbanism
No, we don't need more space in our cities for monster SUVs. The answer is alternatives to driivng, and size limits on cars: https://www.theage.com.au/national/mega-car-in-a-mini-space-how-suvs-are-reshaping-australian-car-parks-20250226-p5lfc6.html #auspol #urbanism
