URSI 110--The City

Future Cities:  Brainstorming the Issues, Fall 2006

Beauty:

  • Open space
  • Transportation
  • Flow
  • Landscaping
  • Fit
  • Big parks
  • Gehry-type buildings
  • Gates/walls
  • Water
  • Grand buildings
  • Shape/form to the city
  • Trees
  • Public art
  • Proportion
  • Unity
  • Stained glass
  • Education
  • Planned central area
  • Planning & zoning
  • Classical architecture
  • Contoured land

Comity

·        Diverse religious facilities

·        Age-related services (elders)

·        Melting pot

·        Civic center with Diversity Square

·        Community garden/park

·        Diverse housing

·        Well-lit areas

·        Exterior façade ordinance

·        Public meeting/gathering places

·        Community center

·        Extracurricular activities

·        City recreation area (pools, etc.)

·        Public library

·        Festivals

·        Policing

·        Environmentally friendly public transit

·        Affordable housing

·        Moderate density housing

·        Open enrollment schools

·        Shopping malls

·        Public fitness centers

·        Correctional facilities

·        Sports teams

·        Education of diverse backgrounds

·        Community pride

·        Mixed housing (no redlining)

·        Youth organizations

·        Mixed-use buildings (“urban villages”)

·        Green roofs

Comfort

  • Public safety
  • Shorter buildings (sunlight)
  • Warmer colors
  • Housing/industry separation
  • Traffic flow
  • Public transport
  • Larger yards
  • Space between buildings
  • Nature
  • Noise control
  • Pollution control
  • Climate-controlled bus shelters
  • Lit & policed parks & parking lots
  • Walking paths
  • Amusement parks
  • Affordable transit
  • Neighborhood watch/safe houses
  • Open spaces/parks
  • Mellow colors
  • Good police force
  • Good public works/clean streets
  • User-friendly government
  • Affordable, quality health care
  • Multiple entertainment forms
  • Increased security
  • Exchange of political ideas
  • Aesthetics
  • Well-lit city
  • Block parties/social events
  • Public order
  • Skateparks
  • Nice restaurants
  • Pools/beaches
  • Police call boxes
  • Affordable housing

Challenge

  • Free higher education
  • Self-sufficiency
  • Clean public transit
  • Class co-existence
  • High standard of living
  • Full employment
  • Public art that doesn’t offend anyone
  • Tallest tower

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© 2006 A.J.Filipovitch
Revised 4 Decenber 2006