Urban Planning on the brain
As it turns spring I'm thinking about maybe planting a garden. This led me to think about the family on Edinburgh street. As I sit writing this I can see their backyard from my kitchen window right now. They wanted to raise chickens in their backyard. They started having chickens in their yard about two years ago. Had a small coup, and intended on raising them for food. An attractive backyard urban garden. However the city came in and wouldn't allow them to continue with raising animals on their property around this time last year.
I think it was just an easy answer to an attainable idea. Urban farming. Why can't we have Urban farming in this city? Is it because it attracts rats? This is a port city. There are rats here already. Garbage attracts rats shouldn't you ban that too. Or maybe it's an economics issue? Would they rather the people buy into the stores who sell abused chickens from tim-buck-too? Maybe they're afraid people will become less civilised and know how their food gets to their plate? All this being said, raises a lot of arguments among many residents who call Halifax home.
So relating this personal subject to my hometown and the fact my community planning prof, Frank has given us an opportunity to design a plan for Robie Street's future gives me this idea. Urban farming & Community gardens incorporating living with natural elements, an enormous walking landscape running through the whole central part of the city, bringing allotment gardens into the entire length of the street connecting main open spaces linking the commons to Gores brook, and then onto Point Pleasant. Flowing into each other, making Robie street a gateway for residents to maintain a healthy sustainable lifestyle. Giving Robie street its image. This design will act how a marsh acts in an oceans ecosystem, cleaning, feeding & rejuvenating the peninsula.
• Cities as sustainable systems
• Integration of urban agriculture
• Changing the connections
• Edge development plan
• Reviving the public realm
• Responsible land use
these are just things on my mind. many ideas and plans for my final project have been going threw my mind. and maybe if I posted them here I can get feedback from someone and better organize conceptions.
ps. I love love love urban planning. I'm incredibly happy to be doing something so rewarding.
I think it was just an easy answer to an attainable idea. Urban farming. Why can't we have Urban farming in this city? Is it because it attracts rats? This is a port city. There are rats here already. Garbage attracts rats shouldn't you ban that too. Or maybe it's an economics issue? Would they rather the people buy into the stores who sell abused chickens from tim-buck-too? Maybe they're afraid people will become less civilised and know how their food gets to their plate? All this being said, raises a lot of arguments among many residents who call Halifax home.
So relating this personal subject to my hometown and the fact my community planning prof, Frank has given us an opportunity to design a plan for Robie Street's future gives me this idea. Urban farming & Community gardens incorporating living with natural elements, an enormous walking landscape running through the whole central part of the city, bringing allotment gardens into the entire length of the street connecting main open spaces linking the commons to Gores brook, and then onto Point Pleasant. Flowing into each other, making Robie street a gateway for residents to maintain a healthy sustainable lifestyle. Giving Robie street its image. This design will act how a marsh acts in an oceans ecosystem, cleaning, feeding & rejuvenating the peninsula.
• Cities as sustainable systems
• Integration of urban agriculture
• Changing the connections
• Edge development plan
• Reviving the public realm
• Responsible land use
these are just things on my mind. many ideas and plans for my final project have been going threw my mind. and maybe if I posted them here I can get feedback from someone and better organize conceptions.
ps. I love love love urban planning. I'm incredibly happy to be doing something so rewarding.