The railroad and the city: a technological and urbanistic history of Cincinnati

(print) xii, 335 p. : ill. ; 27 cmPreface ix -- 1. THE PIONEER ROADS AND THEIR STATIONS : FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE TIME OF THE CIVIL WAR 3 -- The City and Its Natural Setting, 3 -- The Little Miami Railroad, 6 -- Other Ohio Lines, 15 -- Westward toward Chicago and the Mississippi, 23 -- Locomotives and Trains in the Early years, 37 -- 2. LINKS WITH THE SOUTH 51 -- 3. THE TERMINAL PATTERN OF HALF A CENTURY 71 -- The Panhandle and the Court Street Stations, 71 -- Central Union Depot, 82 -- Rounding Out the -- Cincinnati System, 91 -- Train Operations and -- Locomotives to World War I, 117 -- 4. GRAND SCHEMES FOR THE NEW CENTURY 141 -- Proposals for a Union Terminal, 141 -- Interurban and Rapid Transit Plans, 159 -- Traffic and Trains in the Extravagant Decade, 176 -- 5. Cincinnati Union Terminal 215 -- Organization, Planning, and Design, 215 -- Construction and Operation, 235 -- Reality and Potentiality, 258 -- Appendixes 285 -- Bibliography 307 -- Index 32

The Chicago School Of Architecture : A History of Commericial and Public Building in the Chicago Area, 1875

Chicagoxviii, 238 p.: illus.; 24 c

Towards Eco-Centric Interaction: Urban Playful Interventions in the Anthropocene

The twin crises of nature and climate is supported by overwhelming scientific evidence and increasing public concern about long-term and potentially irreversible consequences of the Anthropocene. People and wildlife living today, as well as future generations, are at risk unless urgent action is taken to reverse the loss of plants, insects and other creatures on which we depend for food, clean water, and a stable climate. As urban dwellings become the main concentration of citizens, we thought of addressing these issues through a series of urban interventions aiming at educating and enhancing the user\u2019s biodiversity and sustainability awareness through play and reflection. We provide a list of preliminary insights, discussed, and shared trying to frame how these new interventions can contribute to a panorama where playful interactions in smart cities can inspire sustainable and respectful attitudes towards nature. We conclude with a constructive conversation about playful urban approaches aimed at understanding how the interaction process could be re-centered to promote environmental protection and ecological consciousness on the part of technology users. Our case studies strive to reconcile concepts and theories, about ecological computing, more than human design, biodiversity actions and nature awareness and conservation in urban settings, for the design of urban playful and enjoyable systems that promote environmental protection and ecological consciousness on the part of technology users