The Andersonville Parklet is unveiled. We have added a robust .006 acres to Chicago’s park system. Expanding on our one-day PARK(ing) Day installations, moss and Studio Murmur co-designed Chicago’s first parklet / people spot, a small urban park, that will transform former parking spaces into a semi-permanent, seasonal urban oasis. The parklet, which will be […]
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Andersonville Parklet Wrapping Up
The Andersonville Parklet (or People Spot, according to CDOT) is just wrapping construction now. We have added a robust .006 acres to Chicago’s park system. Details and progress photos inside.
Friday Favorites: Changers, Carbonrally, Econofy Inspire Sustainable Living via Social Media
The web may not be climate change-combat’s poster child, but it may be its knight in shining armor. On the one hand we know that outlet usage has increased a lot since the internet and its buddies (smartphones, bluetooth keyboards, ipods) burst onto the scene; on the other, it has saved trees, and more to […]
PARK(ing) Day 2011 is Friday, September 16th in Lakeview
We are reclaiming urban public space for people on PARK(ing) Day, Friday, September 16, 2011 from 9am to 5pm. The designed “PARK(ing) spaces”, metered parking spaces converted into temporary green parks, will be located in front of Southport Grocery, 3552 North Southport Avenue. The ‘park’ will feature a bicycle repair station, live music, and a […]
Lakeview Area Master Plan Recap Video
Moss reveals the Lakeview Area Master Plan to the Lakeview community and Chicago. The master plan, in its entirety, is available here.
Map It Up!
Our first LAMP public open house brought in hordes of West Lakeviewians for a fun filled day of activities, community visioning, and croissants. Here is what you missed.
moss Conquers Street For the Day
We could not have done this without our wonderfully generous sponsors; Southport Grocery, Uncle Dans’s Outdoor Store, Grand Street Gardens, Lake Street Landscape Supply, Farmers’ Market Nursery, Sam & Willy’s, and Alderman Tom Tunney. Thank you so much for all of your support. Photos and media coverage inside.
moss Selected for Lakeview Area Master Plan
We have been selected by the Lakeview Chamber of Commerce to prepare a master plan for the Lakeview commercial areas, which we are calling, unsurprisingly the Lakeview Area Master Plan (LAMP). Along with our consultant partners, PLACE, we will lead the sustainability and environmental review portion of the planning process. We are using this year’s […]
PARK(ing) Day 2.0, September 17
Parking. Its a sore subject here in Chicago. In 2008 the City decided to privatize it’s 36,000 parking meters – in reality leasing an 8′ wide section of asphalt from the curb to the sometimes-present-bike lane – to a group made up of Morgan Stanley, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Allianz Capital Partners for a […]
Google Expands to Cycling, Cities to Follow?
Even if real streets are not becoming any more hospitable to cyclists, the virtual ones sure are. Today everyone’s favorite online map rolled out bicycling navigation as a native feature of Google maps. The bike routing is available in 150 cities, Chicago included, and also shows bike trails in addition to bike-friendly autoways. As a […]
Tonatiuh Interested In Tax Rebates
Tax season is the perfect time to bring up some good news and excellent reasons to make sustainable upgrades to your residential properties. Two related tax breaks, both products of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, are available to all property owners. The first – generically named the Residential Energy Property Credit – […]
PARK(ing) Day U-Turn
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyCsheIcDqw] Our PARK(ing) Day installation was a rousing success. What was once a dearth of human interaction sprouted into a buzzing public park for the day. Imagine if this one day turned into a week, months, years. A much better use of our shared public space. For more, read our parking treatise here.
moss on WBEZ, 91.5FM
In case you missed our interview on this morning’s 848 with Allison Cuddy, here is the audio More press on us here: WBEZ blog (with video), Gapers Block, Timeout Chicago
Water Hazard: Golf ‘Communities’ of California
Water Hazard is an ongoing architectural research project by moss. We are studying water related issues to become better stewards of this most precious resource. Below is the latest dispatch. (This report was originally published by moss in March of 2005) The United States is home to more than 23,000 golf courses, by far the […]
Grass fed is the best fed
Recently we visited Randy and Lynn Anderson (photos after the jump) who run a 100% grass fed beef, pork, and poultry farm in Arkansaw, Wisconsin. While picking up some cuts, Randy gave us a tour of his pasture and animals. While surveying the grounds I noticed no feedlots or antibiotics, only green pasture and healthy […]