TEDxPhilly - Inga Saffron - Creating livable cities and letting go of skyscraper fantasies
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Architecture critic Inga Saffron challenges cities to shift focus and look beyond skyscraper fantasies and dreams of increased tourism in her TEDxPhilly talk -- "Moving from The Grand Vision to The Grand Adjustment." Cities should instead work to improve and build amenities that make urban areas better places to live for existing dwellers. Publi... Read more
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- -: TEDxPhilly - Inga Saffron - Creating livable cities and letting go of skyscraper fantasies
January 30, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Architecture critic Inga Saffron challenges cities to shift focus and look beyond skyscraper fantasies and dreams of increased tourism in her TEDxPhilly talk -- "Moving from The Grand Vision to The Grand Adjustment." Cities should instead work to improve and build amenities that make urban areas ...
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- -: TEDxToronto - David Miller - Redefining Citizenship
November 14, 2011 (over 12 years ago)David Miller, Urban Green Jobs Advocate & 63rd Mayor of Toronto, delivers a Talk at TEDxToronto 2011 on the theme of Redefining Citizenship. tedxtoronto.com In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like e...
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- -: Schwarzenegger: US Infrastructure "Like a Developing Country"
March 3, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/21/Infrastructure_Debate_Policy_Challenges_Facing_Nation California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger advocates for a high-speed rail system to modernize US infrastructure, which he considers to be on par with that of a developing country. He says, "Our tra...
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Barack Obama: President Obama's First Weekly Presidential Address
January 24, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Barack Obama's first weekly presidential address optimistically launches the recovery and reinvestment plan that will boost the work market and eventually lead to the advancement and betterment of other economic and social areas in America.
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