Mapping Tacos

So Rebar is a group of sortof gorilla architect/artists and David Fletcher is a pretty amazing landscape architect, both in San Francisco. This is pretty cool and is exactly the kind of mapping we were talking about earlier. Maybe a little bit more fun but still the idea of generative mapping - in this case where our "local" food comes from.

Putting our head in the sand?

It seems that Louisiana needs a reality check. This article points out the current stance: "retreat? defend? attack? (or just ignore)." It sounds like the most popular choice is to ignore.

Defending the coast

Accepting the idea of sea level rise does not mean accepting defeat. In fact, as this story from England shows, it opens up a huge range of potentials for a different future in which designers can be active participants in developing.

Farming: Detroit

I'm not too sure about this guy. The investment banked gone farmer strikes me as dangerous but hey why not?.. And it makes for an interesting possibility. The idea that scarcity can hit a point where it has value.

American shrinking cities

Our cities have been shrinking for a long time. What we do about it seems to be catching up but there are hard truths about reducing and removing cities.