Tag Archives for " animate "

I heard a story of how one town with a high vacancy rate on their main street (having been hollowed out via in-migration of big box stores on nearby highways) turned things around by simply painting murals on vacant storefronts of what they wanted/hoped would occupy those premises… and then they did. Here’s a sample: […]

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_NWWdE-k4M?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] Animate Eganville… Re-imagining our future… 1 place at a time Here’s a concept for redeveloping the old cheese factory in the center of Eganville, a town about halfway between Canada’s capital city, Ottawa, and Algonquin Park. It’s a 16,000 sq ft concrete structure onto which an additional floor can be added. It’s HABU, […]

A few years ago, I was asked to come up with a few suggestions to help “start up Sparks street”, a not very successful pedestrian mall in Canada’s Capital city. A few ideas I came up with included: -Density bonus for residential construction-National boardwalk-Stanley Cup monument & museum-Charity casino-National signage-Media wall-Tethered gas balloon Here’s a […]

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r0CiLBM1o8?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] Farm Bot  I think one day you may see one of these in every backyard, sideyard, even frontyard, balcony, rooftop and boulevard on the planet… And anyone can use Farm Bot’s game-like experience interface to design their garden using a drag and drop menu: It’ll animate your urban spaces for real. @ quantum_entity […]

How did RendezVous Lebreton’s bid win over the board of directors of the National Capital Commission, NCC, aka the No Commitment Club? How did they beat out well-connected Devcore Canderel DLS Group’s bid? And finally, why did I prefer the RendezVous proposal? Here are the reasons: -because the RendezVous proposal included Sens owner Eugene Melnyk; […]

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzZzZ_qpZ4w?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] 26.5 Million Americans Live in a Food Desert It isn’t just small towns and rural areas that need to be reanimated.  Ron Finley lives in South Central LA where obesity rates are 5 times higher, poverty pervasive and real food practically unavailable.  Ron says, “the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys.” What […]

By Bruce M Firestone and Linda Pond Animate: bring to life; make lively, vivacious, or vigorous 1. add a corner store at the entrance of the community – make it convenient for residents 2. create summer flea market/ winter vehicle storage 3. build affordable Tiny Houses, duplexes and triplexes, in-home apartments, granny flats/garden suites 4. make […]