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Saving Lives with Smart Urban Design
THE DIRT Cities Safer by Design, a report by the World Resources Institute / WRI Globally, 1.24 million people are killed in traffic accidents every year, with more than 90 percent of these deaths occurring in low and middle-income counties. … Continue reading
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Chtcheglov’s Formulary for a New Urbanism
Originally posted on Andrea Gibbons:
This has been my favourite of all of the works that poured from the pens of lettrists and situationists and all the -ists of the place and period. These quotes are drawn from the translation…
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Manchester Gangland’s ‘Mr Big’ Was Shot Dead Last Night
Originally posted on VEXED:
Paul Massey, dubbed “Salford’s Mr Big” by a local councillor for his role in a riot in the early-90s (Massey always denied he was there), was shot dead outside his home in Salford, Greater Manchester last…
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Homeless protesters denied legal aid in case against Manchester City Council
Conrad Bower The case to obtain a ban against homeless protest camps within Manchester city centre had to be adjourned this week due to the defendants being refused legal aid on the day of the hearing… Read rest of the … Continue reading
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Postcard No. 32: Salford Crescent
Originally posted on Postcards from Manchester:
After work I found some pints at The Crescent ― you’ll be happy to know the Beetham Tower (a.k.a. Fish Finger) still peers over the chimney tops. The same two old guys stood at…
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Imaging Brazil 146: Jumping Warriors in Belo Horizonte, MG (2007)
Originally posted on Adriano Antoine:
A personal selection of photographs with their stories in English, Portuguese, and Dutch (scroll down for the Portuguese and Dutch texts). 146. Burundian warriors / Guerreros de Burundi / Burundese krijgers NOVEMBER 2007: Burundian warriors…
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