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Pondering Parcel B

Map: Parcel B, highlighted in red, is almost in the center of the proposed Baywalk path (blue line) and is even closer to being in the center of the entire Core.

As per the 2004 PPS report, there are several propositions for this excellently situated parcel’s use:

  1. Restaurants such as an outdoor bar and grill
  2. An outdoor market, farmer’s market, or collector’s market
  3. Soccer field
  4. Bait and tackle shop for nearby marinas
  5. Dancing Ballroom
  6. An open area for T.V. events
  7. Science Museum Wildlife facility
  8. Recreational activities pavilion
  9. Bay of Pigs Museum

I like none of them. Whatever goes on Parcel B needs to be alluring to residents, visitors, and tourists. It should…

Continue Reading 11 comments November 6, 2007

If Biscayne Bay Was a Grassy Field

It would look like…

Continue Reading 2 comments August 18, 2007

Sir Norman Foster In Siberia?!?!

So the famed starchitect is designing a monolithic eco-friendly tower in the frost-ridden and desolate Russian territory of Siberia. It looks like something out of a Sci-Fi flick. I like.

Miami is in a slump and Siberia gets Foster. I feel sick.

Continue Reading 6 comments July 18, 2007

Outside of the Box: The Vertical Farm Project

In order to reduce dependence on outside agriculture sources, as well as pollution caused by trucking agricultural goods across the country, Professor Dickson Despommier, Columbia University, has come up with the vertical farm. From BBC News:

“The idea is simple enough. Imagine a 30-story building with glass walls, topped off with a huge solar panel. On each floor there would be giant planting beds, indoor fields in effect. There would be a sophisticated irrigation system. And so crops of all kinds and small livestock could all be grown in a controlled environment in the most urban of settings.”

Continue Reading 2 comments June 19, 2007

Dubai: “A City Unlike Any Other in Existence”

Continue Reading for the video

Continue Reading 4 comments June 8, 2007

Outside of the Box: Eco-Architecture in Asia

Image: Dongtan

While the U.S. is beginning to see an increased interest in “green” development, Asia has lagged behind, but according to the Wall Street Journal, this could soon change.

Continue Reading Add comment June 5, 2007

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