Yonge -Dundas Square Yonge -Dundas Square is one of Toronto’s well known public squares located on the intersection between Yonge and Dundas Street. The square was designed by the firm Brown + Storey Architects in 1988. (1) The square was officially opened in 2003. Many critics have praised its architectural design and compared it to many great European public squares. (2 p. 170) Yonge-Dundas square or simply known as Dundas Square was part of downtown redevelopment project that initiated
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Security Kenny P. Joy URP0910 Prof. Rameshwar P.V.K Urban Form and Space April 18‚ 2012 URBAN FORM & SENSE OF SECURITY Paper on: Urban form and sense of security : A review Kenny P. Joy Student of Urban design‚ CEPT University‚ Ahmedabad Abstract: The paper essentially deals with sense of security in the context of urban space and its relation with urban form. The study examines the sense of security in public spaces and the factors that determine it. This study tries to explore human
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is: The first‚ the icon of sustainability‚ which needs to have good climate control; The second‚ the political role‚ which requires architecture not only can divide and regulate behavior of the people in it‚ but also show the welcome and open to the public at the same time. “What are the virtues of the atrium concept? The truth is that the atrium concept has wide-ranging advantages over conventional modern building forms.”[1] In this paper‚ I would like to research how the atrium affects on the
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formerly called Liberty Plaza Park is a quite small privately owned public space‚ located in financial district of lower Manhattan‚ space owned by Brookfield Properties. Mostly‚ tourists and financial workers visit Zuccotti Park‚ and it was later used as the site of several events commemorating the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. In 2011‚ it became the site of the Occupy Wall Street protest camp. Many activists occupied the space and used it as a staging ground for their demonstration throughout
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facts affect human life and take away his stress of regular working life as green facts including parks and how far is each green area from every home‚ green boundaries‚ trees and official public beaches which is maintained to a high environmental standards‚ Integrate the green and blue spaces creates perfect public places for inhabitants and very friendly area for relaxing‚ walking or running and other entertainments as much as it helps for sharing and communication between the people which is really
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Their Eyes Are Watching You Enjoy a leisurely walk with a friend or spouse through a public park. They are watching. Drive a car across a toll bridge. They are watching. Ride your bicycle through busy intersections. They are watching. Enter a bus and listen to the lenses of security cameras zooming and focusing on you. They are still watching. Look forward‚ behind‚ and to your sides; notice the circular‚ glass eyes with variable zoom‚ multiple apertures‚ and quick shutter speeds. These are no normal
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HISTORIC CENTRE OF BARCELONA- Urban regeneration and renewal Conservation Paper by - Ms. Aditi Padhi (aditipadhi@gmail.com) The Integrated renovation of the Ciutat Vella‚ the urban center of in Barcelona is an example of a comprehensive urban regeneration and renewal process. Within the project different strategies are supporting the revitalization of the physical (hard and soft)‚ social (old and new residents)‚ economic‚ and cultural infrastructure‚ as well as the recreation of linkages between
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to the nicotine of the cigarettes. These people like to smoke whenever or wherever they feel the urge for a cigarette. However‚ the smoke from cigarettes disturbs non smokers. Because of that ‚ many nonsmokers would like smoking to be banned from public places. Antismokers provide several reasons for the importance for such a ban. Smoking has been shown to be harmful to health. The main effect is that it causes lung cancer. Research now shows that even people who don’t smoke themselves are
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It’s time: Snuff out public smoking Allow cigarettes in private places‚ restaurants included -- just not in common space BY ROBERT POLLOCK NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Sunday‚ September 29‚ 2013‚ 4:20 AM DANIEL BARRY A “No Smoking” sign is posted in the pedestrian plaza in Times Square‚ May 23‚ 2011. Is smoking banned too frequently in public places — or not often enough? As I left last Sunday’s Jets game‚ choking on a supersized cloud of cigarette smoke created by thousands of desperate addicts‚ a
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Tyler Willis Essay #1 In Brent Staples essay‚ "Black Men and Public Space"‚ we read about a black man that has trouble with the way he gets stereotyped by other people. He learns to deal with these issues by finding ways to ease the tension he feels by other people. This essay shows that not all people that look mean will be dangerous. You never know how a person really acts or thinks until you get to know them. In the beginning of this essay the narrator tells the audience of a time he encounters
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