Category: place

• On Eurocentrism In Urbanism

  

  Good cities are part of the fundamental human experience, not just the European one

  cityhikes

  January 16, 2024

  place, transit, urban planning

  beijing, cities, city, eurocentrism, hangzhou, land use, los angeles, mexico city, native american history, public transit, tenochtitlan, teotihuacan, urban life, urbanism

• Chicago, My Beloved

  

  The city of the broad shoulders never disapoints

  cityhikes

  December 28, 2023

  chicago, place, radical history, train, transit, urban planning, walk

  amtrak, car culture, chicago, cta, land use, midwest, pilsen, railroad, rapid transit, transit, urbanism

• In Search of Los Angeles

  

  A long day looking for history, but finding other things instead.

  cityhikes

  December 13, 2023

  place, transit, urban renewal, walk

  bunker hill, california, car culture, city hike, city walk, elliott smith, guy lombardo, hollywood, la history, los angeles, pacific electric, public-transportation, transit, travel, urbanism, walking

• Winter Break Soon

  

  The term is ending, time to get back on the city hikes train

  cityhikes

  November 30, 2023

  car culture, place, train, transit, urban planning, walk

  charles mingus, chicago, coast starlight, flagstaff, land use, los angeles, pacific electric, railroad, santa fe, southern pacific, southwest chief, transit, urbanism

• Why You Should Get Groceries On Foot

  

  How being a pedestrian can fill your basic needs in more way than one

  cityhikes

  September 26, 2023

  pedestrian access, place, urban planning, walk

  basic needs, co-op, food deserts, grocery stores, oregon, pedestrian, portland, urbanism, walking

• Cinema Urbanism

  

  Want to find a nice place? Look for an independent cinema

  cityhikes

  August 2, 2023

  neighborhood, pedestrian access, place, transit, urban planning, walk

  city, city exploration, indie cinema, movie, portland, theater, transit, urbanism

• Reflections On Car Free May

  

  What it’s like to completely reject the automobile for a month

  cityhikes

  June 3, 2023

  car culture, outdoors culture, pedestrian access, place, train, transit, urban planning, walk

  car culture, car free, car free living, hiking, pedestrian, portland, san francisco, transit, urban planning, urban walk, urbanism, walking

• A Mild Critique of Portland Sunday Parkways

  

  Car free streets are good, and they need to be a year-round occurance

  cityhikes

  February 20, 2023

  bike, car culture, pedestrian access, place, stroad, urban planning, walk

  biking, car culture, car free, land use, oregon, pbot, portland, urbanism, walking

• Amtrak To The Bay

  

  Reflections on taking the train to the Suburban East Bay

  cityhikes

  January 23, 2023

  interurban, pedestrian access, place, train, transit, urban planning

  amtrak, coast starlight, passenger rail, railroad, southern pacific, train, transit, urbanism

• A Streetcar Named St. Charles

  

  A Christmas spent in the Crescent City

  cityhikes

  January 1, 2023

  highway, place, segregation, transit, urban planning, walk

  city of new orleans, interstate highway, new orleans, rta, streetcar, transportation, urbanism, walking