A new housing development outside Phoenix is looking towards European cities for inspiration and shutting out the cars. So far residents love it Source: ‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars | Cities | The Guardian
Responses to a column by Lydia Polgreen. Also: A healthier life; using cruise ships to house homeless people; toxic military bases; song of the crickets. Source: Opinion | The Joys of Walking, Together and Solo – The New York Times
After gathering at the Campus Center, Timothy Rohan, associate professor and chair of the history of art and architecture department, and UMass Brut will host a walking tour at 2 p.m. for the UMass Amherst community highlighting campus structures built during the university’s ambitious post-World War II building campaign. Source: Campus Walking Tour to Traverse
Ever give much thought to what types of sounds make you feel good? Maybe you have, but not in a fully conscious way. When that question is asked, most of us default to a choice of some type of musi…
Source: How Can Natural Soundscapes Provide a Refuge from Our Hyper-Stimulated World? ‹ Literary Hub
driftsinging
Drawing with (vocal) sound in response to place while passing through place. Driftsinging borrows from the Situationist Drift, and Baudelaire’s flâneur. Driftsinging also relates to the process of ‘sounding,’ the sonic measuring of distance and depth that locates position in place and ‘echo location’, the examination of place through sonic reflection and refraction, resonance and echo.
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