Photo of the Day: Mere Kirihimete
Christmas trees and the changing city: Two of my favourite things; a more dynamic city and Pohutukawa trees. Have a great day and we’ll see you for an even more urban 2016!…
Photo of the Day: ‘The Model Demonstrates…’
The model demonstrates that basic spatial interactions between land uses and transport infrastructure are the most powerful factors that govern the patterns of metropolitan growth. Indeed.
Thanks to our London branch.…
Photo of the Day: New Canadian PM takes Subway home on Election Night
New Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has wasted no time in clearly positioning himself as pro-city and pro-Transit with the release a series of shots of him using the Montréal Metro on election night. First Turnbull now Trudeau. Transit is obviously seen by these new leaders as a marker for broader policy; climate change, energy, infrastructure, and, no doubt, their accessibility to the people they represent.…
Photo of the Day: Our Beautifully Constrained City
Sometimes something as simple as looking at things from a fresh angle can help clarify an issue. Here is a wonderful image from the International Space Station that really should help people understand the profoundly real geographical constraints that bind Auckland.…
Photo of The Day: Drivers get it.
The big winners from investment in high quality urban Transit are of course drivers. They benefit from all the people making the rational decision to choose other ways to get around freeing up the roads for those who need or choose to drive.…
Photo of the day: Ride in to the mist
While most of Auckland basked in glorious sunshine on Tuesday morning, a patch fog enveloped the area around the upper harbour making Auckland’s second harbour crossing disappear into the distance.…
Image of the day: Museum Boulevard
This interesting image popped up on twitter today showing an earlier plan for the area behind the Auckland War Memorial Museum. It looks like it would have been a fairly grand boulevard to complement the museum but it obviously never happened.…
Photo of the Day: Street Opened
The truly great Lyttelton Market:…
Photo of the day – O’Connell Before and After
The other day Patrick posted a number of pictures looking at shared spaces around the city with a number looking at O’Connell St. Our friend oh.yes.melbourne dug through his old photos and was able to match up them to ones he had taken of from almost the exact same locations.…
Photo of the Day: Vulcan Lane
Following on from this morning’s post on some of the central city Victorian streets I thought a little look back would be useful; so here is Vulcan Lane just before the City Council bravely excluded cars from it in 1968, as a result of a campaign by retailers in the area keen to improve its appeal as a shopping destination.…
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