This Big City on tumblr is your source for ideas that can make cities better. It is curated by Joe Peach, Leonard Chien and Lucas Lindsey.
Joe founded This Big City in 2009. He lives in London, UK.
Leonard is the Editor of This Big City 城事 and a freelance translator and interpretor. He lives in Taipei, Taiwan.
Lucas is an urbanist, futurist, and blogger. He's the child of a suburban nation, but born again believer in an urban future. He lives in Tallahassee, USA.
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But then once I saw this I thought ‘hey, that kind of fits the mood, doesn’t it?’ So I just kept stripping it down, taking everything off. The ferries weren’t going, why should they be there? The parks were closed, remember? So why should the parks be there? So I just took out everything that wasn’t actually happening and ended up with this.
Chuck Gordanier on stripping back the subway map post-Sandy
