Sensible City » Sustainable City Planning http://www2.sensiblecity.com Integrative Community Engagement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:15:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 2006-2007 andrewfletcher@sensiblecity.com (Sensible City) andrewfletcher@sensiblecity.com (Sensible City) http://www2.sensiblecity.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Sensible City http://www2.sensiblecity.com 144 144 Just another WordPress weblog Sensible City Sensible City andrewfletcher@sensiblecity.com no no Jesse Fox’s take of Re:Vision Dallas http://www2.sensiblecity.com/2008/12/jesse-foxs-take-of-revision-dallas/ http://www2.sensiblecity.com/2008/12/jesse-foxs-take-of-revision-dallas/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:28:05 +0000 Ian Bryan http://sensiblecity.wordpress.com/?p=563 treehugger

Could the first fully sustainable city block in America rise out of a nondescript parking lot in downtown Dallas, Texas?

After a full year of design competitions aimed at stimulating discussion about the nature of sustainability in cities, San Francisco-based Urban Re:Vision is about to transform theory into reality in Dallas. The land is available, the city is on board and there appear to be no serious obstacles to the development of a city block that would radically redefine sustainability in the urban context.

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Over the past year, Urban Re:Vision held a series of design competitions, which addressed issues from transportation and materials to energy and economy in the city block. Here are some of the results of the Re:Construct competition, announced in September at West Coast Green.

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Deborah Lindsay of Tomorrow Matters hosted Stacey Frost for a one-hour interview on URBAN RE:VISION and its most current competitions and activities. It is one of the most elequent and comprehendable overview’s we have ever organized. Take a listen: [download mp3]. Visit Tomorrow Matter’s online: [click here].

To learn about Re:Vision 6, the latest competition in the Re:Vision series, take a few minutes to watch this video on Urban Re:Vision’s website:

]]> http://www2.sensiblecity.com/2008/10/cf-krxas-tomorrow-matters-revision-interview-with-stacey-frost/feed/ 0 Jaime Lerner Preview @ Ecocity 08 http://www2.sensiblecity.com/2008/04/jaime-lerner-preview-ecocity-08/ http://www2.sensiblecity.com/2008/04/jaime-lerner-preview-ecocity-08/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:20:04 +0000 Ian Bryan http://sensiblecity.wordpress.com/?p=205 The full video (compliments of James Minton) in a much higher quality form will post first thing Thursday (once we have our ops in order). In the mean time, Ian brought a digital camera into the main hall and grabbed this preview of our opening plenary.

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