Jeff Speck is a city planner and architectural designer who‚ through writing‚ lectures‚ and built work‚ advocates internationally for smart growth and sustainable design. As Director of Design at the National Endowment for the Arts from 2003 through 2007‚ he oversaw the Mayors’ Institute on City Design and created the Governors’ Institute on Community Design‚ a federal program that helps state governors fight suburban sprawl. Prior to joining the Endowment‚ Mr. Speck spent ten years as Director of
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WALKING IN THE CITY N TH I S R E M A R K A B LE E S S AY‚ carefully poised between poetry and semiotics‚ Michel de Certeau analyses an aspect of daily urban life. He presents a theory of the city‚ or rather an ideal for the city‚ against the theories and ideals of urban planners and managers‚ and to do so he does not look down at the city as if from a high-rise building – he walks in it. Walking in the city turns out to have its own logic – or‚ as de Certeau puts it‚ its own “rhetoric.” The walker
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Chinese Culture The Forbidden City Introduction The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the mid-Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing‚ and now houses the Palace Museum. It was built from 1406 to 1420 by the third Ming emperor Yongle‚ who upon usurping the throne‚ determined to move his capital north from Nanjing to Beijing. In 1911 the Qing dynasty fell to the republican revolutionaries. The last emperor‚ Puyi溥儀‚ continued to live
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Living in a big city There is no a doubt‚ the life style is important for any one of us. Nowadays‚ many people want to live in a big city. They see many advantages. Therefore‚ there are many reasons: transportation‚ activities and education. Firstly‚ in big cities‚ transportation are reliable. For example‚ International Airport witch connecting all cities together. Also‚ there are public buses everyware and it comes every two minutes to help people to move to work. Morefore
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growth of cities is inevitable. Nowadays‚ most of population in highly-developed countries is concentrated in cities with a very small number of people living in the countryside. The tendency is that the urban areas are get bigger and bigger with their population growing and the flow of people from countryside to big cities is unlikely to stop. In fact‚ it wasn’t like that in the past. Until about XIX century vast majority of people lived in rural areas and massive migration to cities started along
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India is a country of villages. Nearly five lakh villages exist in In a. While only about 28 per cent of the population lives in the cities‚ 72 per cent of the population lives in the villages. The villages thus occupy a place of great importance in the country. They are the base of India’s development in every sphere of life. There were many problems in the villages before Independence. There were no schools‚ hospitals‚ banks‚ etc.‚ for the facilities of the villagers. There were no proper roads
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City Lights Movie Reflection A film in pantomime‚ I believe‚ means a romantic comedy where actors express their feelings by miming. The film’s story was mainly told through mime actions and the actors along with their facial expressions since it’s the only thing that is going on in a silent film‚ besides the sound. A pantomime uses its technique‚ in where a story is told using just music‚ sounds‚ and the motion and facial expressions. The scene I find memorable is where the main character firsts
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“Cities and Signs” of Calvino’s Invisible Cities In page 15 of Invisible Cities‚ Marco Polo makes his way towards the city of Tamara. His observation of signs before entering Tamara has lost its personality upon entering the city. In the outskirts of Tamara‚ Marco Polo sees signs that are not at first glance obvious: an imprint of a tiger‚ stream‚ and flower. He recognizes these signs because it invokes some sort of emotion within him; the imprint of a tiger invokes fear in the possibility of dying
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into true literary works. Paul Auster takes the conventional elements of the mystery genre‚ and inverts them completely in his post-modern novel‚ City of Glass. In this way‚ Auster uses his work to satirize the conventions of the past and draw attention to the ever-increasing chaos of the modern day. Daniel Quinn‚ is simply a hermit in a vibrant city‚ trying to erase all aspects of his previous life. He writes mystery novels for the same reason they were written in the 20’s‚ because they represent
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leave the city for at least two hundred years‚” said the Chief builder. “Or perhaps two hundred and twenty.” (DuPrau 1) I am curious about knowing why the people can’t leave the city of ember for such a long period of time. Furthermore‚ who is the chief Builder‚ and what takes place if the people leave the city before two hundred years? What would happen to Ember? What would the chief Builder do to stop the people from leaving out of ember‚ if there is a way? (Words: 66) 2) “In the city of ember
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