JasonThorne

JasonThorne, 10 months ago to sustainability

Liking the stormwater management and naturalization elements in the parking lot of the new Jennie Florence Parker Sports Complex at Confederation Beach Park.
#HamOnt #landscape #sustainability #ecology

Rainwater swale in landscaped boulevard in parking lot
Rainwater swale in landscaped boulevard in parking lot

JasonThorne, 11 months ago to transit

Imagine … taking a train from Brantford to Goderich … or from Glencoe to Strathroy … or from Palmerston to Elora … or, well, to just about anywhere (CN passenger rail system 1958)
#transit #trains #urbanism #maps #mapstodon #transport #ontario

JasonThorne, 11 months ago to architecture

Winner of a Governor General's Medal in #Architecture … and one of the nicest libraries in the country … the #Halifax #library by architect Fowler Bauld & Mitchell.

JasonThorne, 1 year ago to random

Just noticed that Google Maps has added a new mapping feature … and it’s more than a little bit disconcerting that we actually need to do this.
#ClimateAction #ClimateChange

JasonThorne, 1 year ago to random

The improbable town of Columbus, Indiana. A small, southern Indiana town that has more than 60 public buildings designed by a “who's who” of modern architects — Pei, Saarinen, Pelli, Meier, Weese, Venturi.

So how did this happen?

Starting in the 1950s, local philanthropist J. Irwin Miller launched a program to subsidize public buildings in Columbus … he would pay the architect’s fees as long as the architect was selected from his list of global architects.

#architecture #columbus #indiana

1957 Schmitt Elementary School by Harry Weese
1958 local hockey rink by Harry Weese
1967 fire station by Robert Venturi

JasonThorne, 1 year ago to random

A traffic light that only turns green if you’re driving under 30 km/hr … an intriguing experiment underway in Brossard, Quebec bit.ly/3Boicf2
#street #BikeTooter #walking #urbanism #urbanplanning

JasonThorne, 1 year ago to random

An abandoned trolley bridge re-invented as the “Bridge of Flowers” pedestrian bridge in Shelburne Falls.
#urbanism #rural #landscape

Bridge across river planted with flowers

JasonThorne, 1 year ago to art

Clothesline art. “Laundrosaurus” by artist Helga Stentzel.
#art #artworks #publicart #landscapes #landscapearchitecture