@gregvann
Australian urbanist at large based in Brisbane, 46+ years experience. Founder Urban Mentors Collective. Co founder Ethos Urban, President Queensland Walks. Keen to make cities better and to help those who want to do that.
Hey Canadian colleagues
We have an Inukshuk in Brisbane! I only found it today but it was a gift from your Northwest Territories on the occasion of the 1988 World Expo here!
Any time I see an ad for a program which claims to be a “must see”, I’m pretty sure I don’t need to see it.
How about a walk along a path shaded by trees to start your day.
I hope these recommendations aren’t adopted. The real problem here is e-motorbikes, which can be ridden without pedaling and are substantial vehicles, not pedal assisted e-bikes which for all practical purposes are really just a type of bicycle.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Hurrah!
“Australians are showing signs of falling out of love with social media influencers”
www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/social-...
And just up the street, this private housing has done well to make its own utility an interesting part of the street:
I know this has been going on for ages, but I do like the way locals are able to apply to apply artwork to local utility boxes on Brisbane’s streets. They add colour & interest, usually with locally relevant themes on an otherwise bland part of the street.
This one is near me:
Great research analysing
182 scientific papers since 2010.
Outcome: trees are cities” air conditioners but urban greening isn’t one-size-fits-all — it’s about matching tree traits and city design to local climate realities.
www.preventionweb.net/news/trees-a...
Ramping up housing supply in the right places is an important part of addressing the housing crisis.
Got a chance to check out Queensland’s latest performing arts building at South Bank in Brisbane. It’s brilliant! And called The Glasshouse, not sure why. 😉
This is a great initiative by some leading city thinkers and practitioners.
In an age of disinformation (remember the crazy pushback on 15 minute neighbourhoods as a plot for Hunger Games type fenced enclaves!). So let’s debunk myths and prove up great city making.
This from IMM Design Lab on FB:
“A resilient city is one that thinks like nature”
“Green infrastructures are
not decoration - they’re the city’s life support system”.
Checked out the recently reopened link along the Brisbane River frontage near Eagle Street. It’s wide with a good surface, and shared ped/bike/scooter as are the sections at either end. A major improvement but hard to get the full understanding while construction is still going on…
Check out this new initiative by Burwood Council, an inner west Sydney Council through its “License to Play initiative! www.linkedin.com/posts/after-...
The 2032 Olympic & Paralympic Games is our chance to create a legacy of lasting change. We were already making major investments in transit. The best legacy is making our city walkable. Let’s create this green grid to connect up the venues.
Vote for it here www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-counci...
If you’re interested in genuine, informed, interesting and collegiate discussions about cities and urbanism, Bluesky is the place to be.
The starter packs prepared by my colleague Brent, like the one below, are a great way to get into the conversation.
Classic desire line showing the path designers what they got wrong!
Brisbane has lots of local creeks with walkways along them and serene spots in among the surrounding development. Like this one at St John’s Wood in Ashgrove, where our email lived when I was young.
When they showed it on a plane:
Brisbane’s latest addition to its artistic life, the Glasshouse Theatre in the South Bank arts precinct, is complete and will have its official opening soon.
It’s quite a building.
And in today’s Daily Peanut, it’s clearly paw grooming day.
A bike ride is always a great start to the day!
The Daily Peanut: she is very happy to rest in the AC during heatwaves.
As I fly out of Melbourne on a day when the temperature will reach 45 degrees, I look over the new outer suburban housing and see mostly back roofs, and I think WHY?
Some Australian blue sky for you, Bluesky!
In today’s Daily Peanut, she is doing her Dobby the Elf from Harry Potter look.
Best suggestion I’ve seen is to take the US President to Alaska and get him to erect a flag and tell him Greenland is now owned by the US. That should do it.
Never waste a crisis!
Oh no, we could never close our city streets to car traffic. Oh wait…
