Does anyone know (personally, professionally, or otherwise) of municipal regulations requiring green space on commercial property? US is most useful, but I'll take anything, and from green roof to potted plants by the door.
Please boost, and please suggest hashtags that might help!
As the article is behind a paywall, here are some useful points (excerpts):
"Good Living, one vision that will be applied to all of Brussels, looks to improve the quality of life for all the city's residents. The focus lies on three key principles covering all areas of living spaces: public space, urbanism and the habitability of the city."
"'When a building, whether it is a house, office or hotel, is renovated or built, or a square or a street is created in the region, we will always first consider the public space and then look at how we can integrate things around this through several principles that we are now concretely setting in stone,' [Pascal] Smet said."
"When a site is being redesigned or created, 30% of the space has to be made into open space, of which three- quarters has to be "open ground". Benches, toilets and water fountains will be systematically integrated into this space to make it "truly liveable," while advertising will be largely prohibited in public places."
"When it comes to buildings, the focus will be on renovation and new buildings can only be demolished and reconstructed when no other option is available. "Of course, we have to build additional housing, otherwise rents will rise even higher, but we have to do this in a smart way by integrating them into the green and public spaces."."
White people invented the suburbs specifically to get away from ni-, I mean, "urban thugs," and we're all continuing the (literally) pay the stupid, stupid price.
I've been in barely ♿️ #accessible towns and very accessible towns but so far, #LasVegas is the most fake-accessible I've been in. It's modern, it's beholden to the #ADA, it should be easy to use its sidewalks, but between all the pedestrian overpasses trying to feed us* through casinos instead of down the sidewalk and adding lots of distance, and the constant construction tearing up sidewalks, rarely marked before we headed down them, it's barely accessible. Quito, with its cobblestones and narrow sidewalks, was easier.
We're here for a family wedding, but won't be coming back as tourists.
*Us:
One nearly 13 multiply #neurodivergent person who is overwhelmed by some kinds of visual and auditory simulation. And yeah, shoulda grabbed ear protection, but it would have been too much regardless.
One 60 year old disabled by pain, deformities, and poor balance due to 2+ decades of medication-resistant #rheumatoid disease.
Per the video, talking up building codes just might be the next party chatter fashion. Good laws tend to cause livable cities, which if you are asking yourself what more you or I can do to save the planet, are foundational to that end. If you resent petro-states and Exxon setting global economic priorities, efforts like these are completely in our hands. We have every reason to engage in them.
Renovated Food Hall has just (unofficially) opened at the Queen Victoria Market! Still setting up the shops but you can just wander inside to take a look
“Where you live is as important as what you eat”
“Air quality, heat, and food in your neighborhood have a big influence on your health. Future urban design needs to take this into account.”
That’s why all people need easy access to healthy food and healthy surroundings. Otherwise, only people who can afford it, lead long and healthy lives. https://www.wired.com/story/wired-impact-cities-health/
'Twelve Cautionary Tales for Christmas: Premonitions of the Mystical Rebirth of Urbanism' by Gian Piero Frassinelli (www.readingdesign.org)
Glorious hallucinations that are reminiscent of Calvino's Invisible Cities but also of Borges. Here's an extract:...