@createstreets

Design practice, town-builder, think tank. Master-planning, design codes, research, co-creating popular, beautiful, durable Gentle Density. @CreateStreetsFN

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On the importance of Street Design bdonline.co.uk/opinion/book-…

Book review: Street Design by John Massengale and Victor Dover

Nicholas Boys Smith reviews the second edition of Street Design by John Massengale and Victor Dover

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Your daily Street Scar.
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Nicholas Boys Smith@boys_nicholas22h
The aesthetics of modern Britain. This is not progress. We can do better.
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Good news. Investment in infrastructure makes things better. Who knew? We should try it again one day.
BBC London
@BBCLondonNewsOct 12
Super sewer is cleaning up the Thames, says report ➡️ bbc.in/4yEYmIc
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Walking is good for you! Who knew?
Mobility Behaviour 👨‍🎓@davidlois_unedOct 21
Cuatro experimentos demuestran que caminar aumenta la creatividad tanto a corto como medio plazo, especialmente pasear al aire libre.
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createstreets@createstreetsAug 19
Rejoice. This is new. Creating streets in 🇺🇸 Glorious work by..
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Will Norman@willnormanOct 22
Paris - unlike London - has had the powers to regulate dockless e-bikes. Walking around, you can really see how regulations result in orderly parking. Government is giving UK cities similar powers so we can ensure bikes are parked as well as these in future.
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This must be the right compromise between convenience & cluttering chaos. Bravo @willnorman for pushing for this & @transportgovuk for agreeing
Will Norman@willnormanOct 22
Paris - unlike London - has had the powers to regulate dockless e-bikes. Walking around, you can really see how regulations result in orderly parking. Government is giving UK cities similar powers so we can ensure bikes are parked as well as these in future.
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Devon ☀️
@devonzuegelOct 22
GREAT NEWS: The Council voted to advance Esmeralda's approvals! This was the single most important vote of the project, Oct 14. Adoption of the ordinances is on track for Nov 11 These approvals will unlock tremendous value & opportunity
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YIMBYs: “Why aren’t we more popular?” Also YIMBYs:
aoife 🎧🍸🌸🏳️‍🌈@DirteeerMartiniOct 21
This circle sees about 7,330 trains and 790,000 passengers every day and yet there are 0 buildings taller than even 50 meters. The tallest being the opera with 45 meters .
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Why is the Chrysler Building so great I ask for @Telegraph? The Platonic ideal of an art deco skyscraper & a temple to the motor car. Stylised hubcaps, fenders and hoods encrust the façade. American eagles, new-world gargoyles, glare out protectively at the 61st floor. Above …
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The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is the world’s greatest shopping arcade. It gets everything right: location, innovation & beautification. Linking Milan’s Duomo with her opera house, La Scala, it brilliantly deploys Victorian glass & iron know-how to span soaring distances…
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The subjectivity embedded within the English planning system makes applications too costly, lengthy, and unpredictable, no matter their size and potential impact. Small but telling case studies show the value of a more rules-based approach. Croydon versus South Tottenham, for example, illustrates why design expectations must be codified too. Read more...
Jonathan O'Brien@jonobriOct 20
Replying to @salonium @WorksInProgMag
By-right permitting, taking planning powers off local councils, removing requirements e.g. around parking, removing (rather than adding!) subjective reviews.
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Build the Leeds tram. Build it now. Link it to pre-approved new Gentle Density development.
Dan Tomlinson MP
@dantomlinsonmpOct 21
One of the things I love about my role as a Minister in Number 10 North is that I get to work on progressing projects across the country to improve our economy. A bonus is that sometimes the boss lets me hold meetings in Number 10 Downing Street! So it was good to meet earlier with Peter Lowy, Director of Leeds United, to discuss how we can work with @TracyBrabin on the big regeneration planned at Elland Road. Yes, we discussed the tram too.
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Interestingly, this is precisely the case for more popularly beautiful development. The current system in UK does have a view on design but does so subjectively, unpredictably & normally in a way non-aligned with public preferences. Bring the democracy forward, set popular ..
Jonathan O'Brien@jonobriOct 20
Replying to @salonium @WorksInProgMag
By-right permitting, taking planning powers off local councils, removing requirements e.g. around parking, removing (rather than adding!) subjective reviews.
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‘Good things,’ wrote Roger Scruton ‘are easily destroyed, but not easily created.’ He had in mind the ‘collective assets’ of ‘peace, freedom, law, civility, public spirit and the security of property’ but he might equally have been writing about architecture. Yesterday...
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What should Limoges do with their town hall? 1 Rebuild it as was? 2 Rebuild as an 'honest' modernist building? 3 Leave it as an 'honest' ruin (the National Trust approach) 4 Rebuild it even bigger & better & more beautiful?
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Nicholas Boys Smith@boys_nicholasOct 18
‘Good things,’ wrote Roger Scruton ‘are easily destroyed, but not easily created.’ He had in mind the ‘collective assets’ of ‘peace, freedom, law, civility, public spirit and the security of property’ but he might equally have been writing about architecture. Yesterday...
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Ten minute towns or fifteen minute towns?
Robert Colvile@rcolvileOct 21
Replying to @rcolvile
1) Expand the radius for development from 800m (a 10-minute walk to the station) to 1,200m (15-minute walk) 2) Build near railway lines, not just stations (using the cash to build new stops) 3) Restore original density standards 4) Cut affordable housing quotas to get more built
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Should we build on ugly land near stations in the green belt?
Robert Colvile@rcolvileOct 21
Replying to @rcolvile
For this paper, @CPSThinkTank & @createstreets carried out the most detailed survey of England’s green belts in years. We trawled the data. We flew drones. And we found there is an awful lot of beautiful, valuable land. But there is an awful lot that isn't.
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Delighted to have contributed our land use & drone photography analysis to this important report by @CPSThinkTank
Robert Colvile@rcolvileOct 21
100 years ago, England embarked on one of the most successful urban expansion projects in history: the creation of Metroland, beautiful suburbs and towns, strung along the railway lines out of London. Today, @SCP_Hughes, @createstreets and I set out how we can do it again. (1/?)
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