Wouldn’t this be fantastic? Probably not in my lifetime, unfortunately.
A Beautiful Vision Of An American High-Speed Rail Map
Imagine if the country was linked by a network of 220-mile-per-hour trains.
Want now. But, as they note, “Given the difficulties in building just a tiny part of this system (the chunk of the Yellow Line from L.A. to San Francisco), we’re so amazingly far away from this happening.”
I was lucky enough to see this installation in person and can say confidently that this beautiful video barely does it justice.
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Happy New Year to all.
Pen + Paper + Architecture + Patience
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Masters of color.
awesomepeoplehangingouttogether:
Pablo Picasso and Le Corbusier, Unité d’Habitation, Marseille
#govote
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Another great and relevant idea from Mr. Bobrow:
life cycle
- as a resident of Brooklyn, NY, Hurricane Sandy has been quite an experience. Finding myself working at my laptop as others lost power, internet, and quite frankly, their homes, I decided to figure out what my options were for helping out. Putting my name on a list for the red cross was a start, but most volunteer opportunities require prior training (and rightfully so).
I decided to get out and see what the rest of the city looked like, biked my way around lower Manhattan, and found a lot of people hard at work, but also a lot of people without basic necessities. I wondered if bringing a generator or many into the city would help some have cell phone power to call loved ones. As I pedaled, I thought this generator could be cyclists, generating power by pedaling in place. I have seen some wonderful disaster response bikes, but would love to see fleets of them available in all areas. It would not take a lot of work to equip some bikes with generators, and perhaps a simple 10 usb hub for charging multiple devices.
Along with these bikes, it makes sense to equip them with both a first-aid kit, water, and a water filtration kit (since water is heavy). It seems to me that health, water, and communication would be most basic needs, and I feel like communication doesn’t get stressed enough. As it stands, this is just a sketch on paper, and a post in words, but maybe this will influence some efforts and makers. -
@LocalNatives killing it as always. January cannot come fast enough.
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At it’s simplest and best.
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So unbelievably unnecessary - but that only adds to my desire to own this.
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#wendy #ps1 (Taken with Instagram at MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center)
All you really need is a good pen and a great view.
NewfuckinYork & Califuckinfornia
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#streetart #freehand (Taken with Instagram at Washington Square Park)
