{"id":12332,"date":"2012-11-13T13:57:12","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T17:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=12332"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:57:18","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:57:18","slug":"urban-planet-alexandros-washburn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2012\/11\/13\/urban-planet-alexandros-washburn\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: Alexandros Washburn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/11\/13\/urban-planet-alexandros-washburn\/debrief-1-articlelarge\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34727\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"debrief-1-articleLarge\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/debrief-1-articleLarge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/01\/18\/urban-planet-how-the-dutch-got-their-cycle-paths\/feature-urban-planet\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-urban-planet\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When New York City&#8217;s Commissioner of City Planning, Amanda Burden created an urban design division within her department in 2007, she hired designer Alexandros Washburn to head it up. According to the 50-year-old designer, he much more concerned with constructing liveable public space, than he is with impressive buildings. His recent work includes flood mitigation and adaptation measures as New York City prepares to face a changing climate reality. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/11\/11\/realestate\/alexandros-e-washburn-what-design-brings-to-the-table.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0\">The New York Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>Image from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/11\/11\/realestate\/alexandros-e-washburn-what-design-brings-to-the-table.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0\">The New York Times<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Spacing\/111174192229238\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Spacing\">Twitter<\/a>. Do you have an Urban Planet worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? Send the link to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:urbanplanet@spacing.ca\">urbanplanet@spacing.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. 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When New York City&#8217;s Commissioner of City Planning, Amanda Burden created an urban design division within her department in<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2012\/11\/13\/urban-planet-alexandros-washburn\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Urban Planet: Alexandros Washburn&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4081,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5864],"tags":[5698,5697,5696,4900,2251,684,1009,502,1225,875,1174,464],"class_list":["post-12332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-alexandros-washburn","tag-amanda-burden","tag-city-planning","tag-commissioner","tag-designer","tag-facebook","tag-head","tag-location","tag-new-york-city","tag-the-new-york-times","tag-twitter","tag-urban-planet"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Urban Planet: Alexandros Washburn - Spacing Atlantic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2012\/11\/13\/urban-planet-alexandros-washburn\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Urban Planet: Alexandros Washburn - Spacing Atlantic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. 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