For the last few years, there has been a heavy building activity in the capital of Germany. And now, Berlin even gets its historically, backwards-looking, baroque-style palace including a cupola.
The Stadtschloss, a royal palace in the centre of Berlin, has a history. It was the principal residence of the Kings of Prussia from 1701 and of the German Emperors from 1871. In 1918 is became a museum due to the fall the fall of the German monarch. During World War II, it was damaged by Allied bombing. The ruins were removed later by German Democratic Republic authorities and replace by a large modernist building, the Palast der Republik (Palace of the Republic), which occupied most of the site of the former Stadtschloss. (more…)
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General @ 13 Mar 2008 09:51 am by Daniel Appell
Recently our provincial government (British Columbia) proposed a budget that introduced a carbon tax. This was described by our finance minister, Carol Taylor, as a "small first step" to discourage the consumption of fossil fuels and support emerging sustainable technologies. Ours is the first large jurisdiction in North America to introduce a carbon tax.
Reaction has been moderately positive. Most of us in the environmental movement are giving it two thumbs up. I heard pundits on the radio talk about "tax restructuring". Instead of taxing positive things, such as productivity and the accumulation of wealth, we are taxing negative behavior; waste and unbridled consumption. I think our government deserves some kudos for this move, and I look forward to further ‘restructuring.’
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General @ 21 Sep 2007 09:59 am by Eurohypo
PerfectCity wants to connect bloggers from all over the world and foster the international dialogue concerning the future of our cities. For that reason, and in the course of the development of the Charter City of the Future , PerfectCity developed an interview-like questionnaire that can be filled-in here.
Completed questionnaires may be published on www.perfectcity.net, so that readers from all over the world can get to know each other and will gain interesting insights into different opinions, visions and attitudes. In the focus of the newly developed interview is issue no.1, Urban Design. We are looking forward to reading your interviews!
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General @ 29 Mar 2007 01:26 pm by Brendan Crain
Brendan, what is your favourite city? Please describe your favourite spot in that city.
I have a rather odd answer for this; or at least it\’s odd by American standards. My favorite city is Pittsburgh. The incredible topography – the towering bluffs and rolling hills with their sweeping views of the famed three rivers – caused the area to be developed as a series of towns that sort of melted together over the years through annexation into the contemporary city. As a result, every neighborhood is architecturally unique, and every corner of the city has its own distinct character. (more…)
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General @ 26 Mar 2007 10:27 am by Irina Pleva
Irina, what is your favourite city? Please describe your favourite spot in that city.
Each city i visited and experienced so far in my life has its own special spirit and individuality to like, however one city I discovered for myself to become a special one and almost favorite, during all the season times, is small city in Finland – Jyväskylä! Hospitable, comfortable and functional city where I currently live and enjoy my student life! Why I like it? Probably first of all is related with my personal experience gained here, and wonderful people I met!! But in general city impress me by its internationalization and tolerance to all the nationalities, active social and night life both for its residents and visitors, and beautiful natural surrounding that provide a lot of space for various recreational and outdoor activities to enjoy in fresh air and clean nature! (more…)
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General @ 28 Feb 2007 11:52 am by Niyi Oyeku
Cities are large settlements and major centers of population organized as a community. However, we now have such terms as mega-cities and megalopolis in our lexicon, this is indicative of the expansion, agglomeration and conurbation that the cities are constantly undergoing. The attendant challenges of this rapid growth have constituted a major threat to environmental quality. (more…)
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General @ 31 Jan 2007 12:29 pm by Eurohypo
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General @ 30 Oct 2006 06:01 pm by Sebastian Geib
The growing number of cityblogs – by that I mean blogs, in which the authors briskly talk about life in their city – highlights both the importance and the influence of urban city life on people.
The idea is: a city as a so-called “anthroposphere”, a living space for humans. But what’s new about that? One new idea is that more and more townspeople take advantage of web2.0 and digitally interact with one another and exchange experiences dealing with their daily urban city life, their urban community, and their life in the “anthroposphere”. Here, the human is in the foreground – but still, the influences of urban designers resonate in each blog post.
After moving from Berlin to Hamburg, the blogger of “pop64” compares these two cities and provides deep and personal insights into the characteristics of each city: For more than two years, this blog gives a rich description of the challenges and the obtained cognitions resulting from the author’s move.
Already, blogs have become the urban instrument of social linking. Urban solitude? Such feeling doesn’t exist anymore. The best entry into the world of German citybloggers is offered by the site http://stadtblogs.de. Do you know other interesting blogs?
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