Tag: urban design
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Desire Paths
Desire Paths (aka Desire Lines) are pathways carved out by pedestrians, which usually indicate the shortest or preferred route between two points, in spite of where planners have placed sidewalks and official pathways. Robert Macfarlane described them as “paths & tracks made over time by the wishes & feet of walkers, especially those paths that…
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Tasha Alexson – Pedestrian
I met Tash a couple years ago when she took an introductory filmmaking course I was teaching. In that class she made a lovely short film that really captured the sense of a flâneuse, a woman exploring a city on foot. When I started working on Project Pedestrian, I knew Tash was one of the…
Project Pedestrian 