New Trends in Urban Land Uses

According to ULI creating new green spaces out of old gray concrete spaces is the New Black in old industrial cities like Cleveland, Cincinnati and Detroit; and metropolitan areas like Dallas and Los Angeles.

This new trend is transforming urban cityscapes from gray-to-green by reviving older city neighborhoods with green open spaces that create new destination points for locals and tourists frequent, congregate and experience.

A Note to Consider About Conservation

ULI Senior Resident Fellow Ed McMahon's take on conservation and preservation efforts: “Like any planning effort, conservation development is not a panacea. It requires trade-offs and it is not appropriate in every setting or every site.”

Stay tuned for his upcoming book: Conservation Communities: Creating Value with Nature, Open Space, and Agriculture.

Fashion For The People & By The People

What is Polyvore?

Polyvore = Poly + Vore

Poly = a fabric or garment made of polyester.

Vore = a combining form meaning "one that eats" what is specified by the initial element: carnivore.

Therefore, Polyvore = one that eats polyester, or in more poetic terms one that loves passion.

Polyvore has become the newest buzz in the fashion world and it has nothing to do with designers or fashion magazines, but it does have everything to do access and creativity.

So where did Polyvore come from? Just like it's another Yahoo and Google word creation, it is also a descendant of Yahoo and Google. However, it is more of an adored bastard child than a legitimate bloodline descendant as it was never a Yahoo or Google creation, nor did either ever have any financial interests in Polyvore; but its founders did in fact once work for Yahoo (Pasha Sadri, Guangwei Yuan, and Jianing Hu) and it's new CEO (Sukhinder Singh Cassidy) was previously the president of Google's Asia-Pacific and Latin-American operations.

I like the concept behind Polyvore and can't wait to start playing dress-up and creating "Sets"...and will of course share!

For a more details on Polyvore check out the Alexandra Jacobs', New Yorker Article: Fashion Democracy