New York Times reports on the City of Paris using sheep to maintain park lawns. Paris is turning back the clock. Many parks around the world previously used sheep to maintain lawns including Central Park where sheep grazed from 1860′s until the mid-1930′s. (Video Source | New York Times | Length 2:05)
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Presenters and Panellists include Christopher Nolan, Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA, Eric W. Sanderson, Michael Boland, Todd Forrest, Christian Zimmerman, Elizabeth K. Meyer, Keith Bowers, Dennis C. McGlade, and Margie Ruddick. You can watch the full series on youtube VIDEO CREDIT | The Cultural Landscape Foundation
This weeks landscape links from across the world Philanthropy and public-private partnerships should not be faulted but encouraged, especially following Hurricane Sandy’s damage to the parks when it’s most needed. Over 250 trees damaged in Central Park by Hurricane Sandy | Central Park Conservancy A post-hurricane argument about New York’s waterfront infrastructure | Dana Rubenstein | Capital New York How to make a landscape edible look incredible | Mary James | UT San Diego Iskandar – Asia’s newest megacity or a cookie cutter template for cities? | Damian Holmes | LAND Reader How cyclists and pedestrians can share space on canal towpaths | Laura Laker | Guardian
Hurricane Sandy on Bikes in NYC from Casey Neistat on Vimeo.
Wuxi Taihu New City is an approximately 500-hectare master plan that reconnects the city with its waterfront and creates dense, walkable neighborhoods oriented around a central park. The master plan, by SOM in collaboration with Tom Leader Studio, involves an extensive open space network to improve quality of life in a rapidly urbanizing region. Taihu Basin, the region surrounding Wuxi, is home to over 50 million people and is one of the most developed regions of China. The Wuxi Taihu New City master plan represents a new model for compact urban development in China that enhances the existing landscape and creates value through parks and a new public waterfront. Continue reading Wuxi Taihu New City | Wuxi China | SOM with Tom Leader Studio The New York Times takes a look at the 35 year career of Tupper Thomas, the Park Administrator for Prospect Park who announced her retirement from her current position of Assistant Commissioner for Strategic Partnerships (listed on NYC DPR) last Tuesday (effective early 2011). Ms Thomes is credited by many for bringing back from the brink in 1970′s to become a park rivalling Central Park. The New York Times article talks to her peers and gives highlights of her career which shows that passion and perseverance often counts for more than experience when entering a new job. Another highlight of the NYT article is past and present photos of Prospect Park. Read more at the [SOURCE: New York Times - Returning Prospect Park to the People] ![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=fee11e57-f1a2-4583-879a-4556e685c567)
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