by Deftspace | Oct 18, 2018 | Brownfields, City Wild, Design, Design X Deficit, Health, Planning, Ruins, Vacancy, Wildlife
Image from pixabay.com. although honestly this could be any house in Connecticut. It’s October. Every door creaks, every picture has eyes that follow you, every call is coming from inside the house. Night falls sooner, mist swirls, dry leaves – or footsteps?...
by Deftspace | Aug 22, 2017 | Behavior, Brownfields, City Wild, Climate Change, Design, Health, Infrastructure, Planning, Transgressive Use, Wildlife
Single-track trail traversing a “wild” urban area; in this case, a former quarry. Also posted on Medium. Call it biking the urban wild. Portland, Oregon, is developing a citywide off-road trail network, called the Portland Off-road Cycling Master...
by Deftspace | Jan 13, 2017 | Brownfields, City Wild, Design, Planning, Transgressive Use, Wildlife
www.helenair.com It’s that time of year again – time for crows to congregate in the most unfortunate of city parks, streets, and yards. Sinister seems invented to describe the atmosphere of hundreds of crows roosting in the darkness above you, rustling and...
by Deftspace | Jul 25, 2016 | Brownfields, City Wild, Climate Change, Infrastructure
Written version of my August 10 talk to the English for Graduate Studies Programs for Fulbright Scholars, through the English Language Institute at Syracuse University. What does climate change have to do with the shape of the city? Climate change is one of the...
