prostheticknowledge:

Old 3D Maps Of New York

Codex 99 continues it’s historical look of New York maps with a collection which adds an extra dimension.

Much more can be found here

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arterialroad: Continuing on the theme of sewer systems; this is a map of Winnipeg from 1946 showing the paved streets, and areas served by water and sewer pipes.  …not something I thought I would be reblogging today, but here we go…
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arterialroad:

Continuing on the theme of sewer systems; this is a map of Winnipeg from 1946 showing the paved streets, and areas served by water and sewer pipes. 

…not something I thought I would be reblogging today, but here we go…

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Source: Flickr / manitobamaps

sharonleung: city of the [re]oriented. ben + sebastian. The ‘map’ has long been useless in a city whose streets are continually reshaped by their walkers, vendors, sponsors, hobby street artists and salvation-sellers. In this anthill of possibilities only the most elastic orientation software can direct the city’s inhabitant through its myriad of shifting, tangled streets.   As more private dwellings of the city connect to this mobile space, more public parks, institution and cinemas protect themselves from mobile invasion. Two interdependent territories grow back to back, simultaneously: The first, a mobile, shifting space is allowed and continually reshaped by the new technologies. A space intent on becoming more stimulating, responsive and distracting. In the shadows of the mobile territory, grow the immobile spaces. They become ever more out-of-reception and are intent on appealing to the focused eye.
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sharonleung:

city of the [re]oriented. ben + sebastian.

The ‘map’ has long been useless in a city whose streets are continually reshaped by their walkers, vendors, sponsors, hobby street artists and salvation-sellers. In this anthill of possibilities only the most elastic orientation software can direct the city’s inhabitant through its myriad of shifting, tangled streets. 

 
As more private dwellings of the city connect to this mobile space, more public parks, institution and cinemas protect themselves from mobile invasion.


Two interdependent territories grow back to back, simultaneously: 
The first, a mobile, shifting space is allowed and continually reshaped by the new technologies. A space intent on becoming more stimulating, responsive and distracting.

In the shadows of the mobile territory, grow the immobile spaces. They become ever more out-of-reception and are intent on appealing to the focused eye.

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archiveofaffinities: Le Corbusier
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archiveofaffinities:

Le Corbusier

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plandrea: Happy Birthday, Manhattan Street Grid! Two hundred years ago today, city commissioners certified the Manhattan street grid, spurring development by ensuring 7 miles of regular street access. When the 2000-block grid was approved, urbanized Manhattan ended at Greenwich Village. Areas north were farmland and unsettled areas. When the street grid was designed, planners anticipated that New York, then a city of 40,000 people, would grow up to 34th Street and have a population of 400,000 over the next 50 years. By 1860, Manhattan had already grown to 800,000 and continued to grow uptown.  The street grid was chosen because officials thought that the consistent 90 degree angles, dissimilar from the narrow crooked streets downtown, would discourage the spread of fire and disease. The grid made the city more egalitarian, carving out lots (mostly 25 by 100 feet) available for purchase. Roland Barthes, the 20th-century French philosopher, wrote: “This is the purpose of New York’s geometry. That each individual should be poetically the owner of the capital of the world.” Today, City Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden celebrates the block: “The 200-foot-long block is short enough to provide continuous diversity for the pedestrian, and the tradition of framing out the grid by building to the street-wall makes New York streets walkable and vibrant.”  Quotes from NYT
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plandrea:

Happy Birthday, Manhattan Street Grid!

Two hundred years ago today, city commissioners certified the Manhattan street grid, spurring development by ensuring 7 miles of regular street access.

When the 2000-block grid was approved, urbanized Manhattan ended at Greenwich Village. Areas north were farmland and unsettled areas.

When the street grid was designed, planners anticipated that New York, then a city of 40,000 people, would grow up to 34th Street and have a population of 400,000 over the next 50 years. By 1860, Manhattan had already grown to 800,000 and continued to grow uptown. 

The street grid was chosen because officials thought that the consistent 90 degree angles, dissimilar from the narrow crooked streets downtown, would discourage the spread of fire and disease.

The grid made the city more egalitarian, carving out lots (mostly 25 by 100 feet) available for purchase. Roland Barthes, the 20th-century French philosopher, wrote: “This is the purpose of New York’s geometry. That each individual should be poetically the owner of the capital of the world.”

Today, City Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden celebrates the block: “The 200-foot-long block is short enough to provide continuous diversity for the pedestrian, and the tradition of framing out the grid by building to the street-wall makes New York streets walkable and vibrant.” 

Quotes from NYT

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goatarchitecture: Metadata for Architectural Content in Europe. “…The interactive version on the project’s website allows users to search through a web of architectural vocabulary. Once a phrase is selected, relevant websites appear below to guide productive exploration…” (discovered via Data as Art: 10 Striking Science Maps)
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goatarchitecture:

Metadata for Architectural Content in Europe.

“…The interactive version on the project’s website allows users to search through a web of architectural vocabulary. Once a phrase is selected, relevant websites appear below to guide productive exploration…”

(discovered via Data as Art: 10 Striking Science Maps)

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Source: Wired