Wednesday, May 31, 2017

baby boomers and gentrification

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/may/31/downsizer-homes-last-stab-baby-boomers-gentrification-london ,

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/feb/01/sydney-last-stand-gentrification-public-housing-sirius

"For now, the city’s real estate is markedly cheaper than that of Vancouver or Toronto: the average residential property value is $364,699, compared with Toronto’s $755,755 and Vancouver’s $864,566, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association. And rent is cheaper, too: the average for a two-bedroom apartment in central Montreal is $760, compared with Toronto’s $1,288 and Vancouver’s $1,368."
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/nov/16/one-in-six-rule-can-montreal-canada-fight-gentrification-banning-restaurants

the space needle goes dark in tribute to chris cornell

http://www.wthr.com/sites/wthr.com/files/styles/wthr/public/field/image/SpaceNeedleDark.jpg?itok=e5lrHpCx

https://twitter.com/Cortne_/status/865464448470798339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesun.co.uk%2Fnews%2F3580622%2Fchris-cornell-death-suicide-cause-hanging%2F

https://twitter.com/komonews/status/865418424259715072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesun.co.uk%2Fnews%2F3580622%2Fchris-cornell-death-suicide-cause-hanging%2F

https://twitter.com/MollyShenKOMO/status/865419786993287168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesun.co.uk%2Fnews%2F3580622%2Fchris-cornell-death-suicide-cause-hanging%2F

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b6/0c/bf/b60cbf219d672e07d37e6cc33a2ab34a.jpg

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3580622/chris-cornell-death-suicide-cause-hanging/

http://q13fox.com/2017/05/18/birthplace-of-grunge-mourns-seattles-son-chris-cornell/

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/chris-cornell-memorials-seattle-grunge-birthplace/

http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/chris-cornell-suicide-seattle-needle-10453276

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vsIzrjqSbM

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/stunning-photos-capture-the-workers-who-built-space-needle/

http://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/previously-unreleased-photos-show-epic-space-needle-construction/28396

http://crosscut.com/2015/11/never-before-seen-image-of-jfks-motorcade-through-seattle-worlds-fair ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1DViQQFTfk

Stock Footage JFK Opens 1962 World's Fair in Seattle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fCVFz-au-c

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_21_Exposition#Cold_War_and_Space_Race_context

https://www.geekwire.com/2017/ever-changing-seattle-mourns-loss-another-touchstone-soundgardens-chris-cornell


Tuesday, May 16, 2017

numbers and patterns


The Nádraží Veleslavín station is also the new terminus of the 119 bus to Václav Havel Airport.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Metro#21st_century

calgary-10-million-square-feet-office-towers-vacant

"It seemed like a good idea three years ago when oil prices were cresting $140 per barrel and pipelines appeared ready to link Asia with Alberta crude: build a record number of office towers to cash in on Calgary’s oil-fired bash.
The party ended hard, however. Alberta’s biggest city has nearly a quarter of its downtown office space – 10 million square feet – empty, with more surplus space being shoved back onto the market every month
There is also more than 1.5 million square feet of office space under construction downtown that will be completed over the next 18 months."
https://www.biv.com/article/2017/4/calgary-10-million-square-feet-office-towers-vacan/