Results tagged “urbanplanning”

LivableStreets, a group dedicated to making our streets more, well, livable, hosted a StreetTALK with transportation engineer Gary Toth on Thursday. The talk raised a lot of questions but also provided a lot of answers regarding how communities can make their streets shared spaces where both people and cars can function.

Last week, mailboxes in Bostonist’s Somerville neighborhood started to get copies of a one-page letter, announcing the existence of one "Daily Museum of Amazement." “Hi,” the letter began. “My name is Raj, and I live on Newton Street. I’ve started a collaborative museum that centers around this neighborhood, and I’d like to invite you to contribute to it.” The letter went on to invite neighborhood residents to call a number and leave messages describing “things...