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Warren Ellis: Links for 2009-11-05
| NewGeography: "Detroit: Urban Laboratory & The New American Frontier" by Aaron M. Renn http://bit.ly/37m2Y4 #urbanplanning #p2 #brownfields 45 hours ago |
| RT @marlitah: Detroit: Urban Laboratory and the New American Frontier | Newgeography.com http://ow.ly/DuB4 3 days ago |
| Interesting article about possible urban shrinkage in Detroit. I can't wait for Detroit to make a comeback http://bit.ly/37m2Y4 3 days ago |
Links for 2009-11-05
Warren Ellis —
... boasted Spiderman as his shiny 4×4 hurtled through the narrow backstreets of western Rio de Janeiro. Behind the wheel was Juarez Mendes da Silva, 28, one of the Brazilian capital's most wanted drug lords, better known by the nickname Spiderman. The words "Jesus" and "Christ" were tattooed on to his forearms in black. In the boot his pet dog, Bloodsucker, shared space with an M-16 assault rifle." (tags:crime drugs pol )
Detroit: Urban Laboratory and the New American Frontier | Newgeography.com Not a lot new for ...
Links for 7th November 2009
Velcro City Tourist Board —
... technology development at the National Human Genome Research Center, in Bethesda, MD. "It's unclear how computational costs for this method compare to some of the others."" Doesn't matter for the business model; sell low to early adopters, establish market dominance. Smart.
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Detroit: Urban Laboratory and the New American Frontier
"In most cities, municipal ...
Detroit: the new frontier?
Futurismic —
... Aaron M Renn at New Geography makes the point that the city’s administration seems unwilling to face up to the extent of the problem, but also highlights the pioneering atmosphere that Detroit’s “urban prairie” is nurturing. The withering of local government leaves spaces of opportunity for innovative approaches to low-budget living to take root… and while the living ain’t easy, the make-do attitude of the American pioneer spirit seems to be making a ...
Farming Detroit Like Trantor
Science Fiction in the News —
... the capital of American industry into an agrarian paradise. In fact, of all the cities in the world, Detroit may be best positioned to become the worlds first one hundred percent food self-sufficient city. ... the urban backyard garden boom that is sweeping the nation has caught hold in Detroit, particularly in neighborhoods recently settled by immigrants from agrarian cultures of Laos and Bangladesh, who are almost certain to become major players in an agrarian Detroit. [image] ( Wide open spaces of Detroit ) It's not a prediction, but this image of the once-mighty Motor ...


