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Tag: Urban Environments

Places 29th September 20223rd October 2022 by Christine Donovan

Re-Inventing the City

We live surrounded by maps of every sort you can imagine, digital and on paper. What Three Words reduces the world to three random words, Garmin and Strava can make you feel good about how far and fast you can run. Map My Run – well, maps your run. The Ordnance Survey is still going strong…

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Places 24th September 20223rd October 2022 by Liminal Resident

The Verticality of Edinburgh

The psychogeography of Edinburgh's vertical byways | A view from the top of a tall building in Edinburgh | The Verticality of Edinburgh

Edinburgh is perhaps the most vertical of any major UK city. It has ups. It has downs. And sometimes the transitions between the two can be surprising and difficult to parse. As we navigate from place to place we might find ourselves tackling elegant staircases, perilously steep streets, or unexpected bridges…

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Ephemera Places 23rd April 202023rd April 2020 by Liminal Resident

Leith Walk on Lockdown

The psychogeography of Leith Walk during quarantine | An image of Leith Depot at night | Leith Walk on Lockdown

Set out on your government-approved once-daily walk. Go in the evening; fewer people present, less necessity for the awkward dance whereby you slip past one another on a narrow sidewalk, one of you spilling out into the road to keep that space, maintain that gap…

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  • A Visit to Trump Tower
  • A5, Turner, Clywed
  • Re-Inventing the City
  • The Verticality of Edinburgh
  • An Interview with The Royal Society for the Preservation of Boring Grid Squares
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