Stars: Denise Richards, Julia Faye West, Mike Tyson, John Witherspoon, Charles Fleischer, Kate Orsini, Loren Lester, Candace Kita, Greg Lindsay, Shelli Boone, John R. Colley, Ben Begley | Written by Steven Jay Bernheim, Schuyler Brumley,Chris Cobb, Gabby Gruen, Greg Lindsay, Allan Murray, John-Paul Panelli, Chandler Patton | Directed by Steven Jay Bernheim
Did you ever wonder what Denise Richards had been up to since she kissed that other lady in that swimming pool, back when I was a teenage boy? No, neither had I, but she is in Reality Queen! As is a little bit of Mike Tyson and, weirdly Charles Fleischer, who played as Roger Rabbit, back when I was a boy-boy.
Reviewing terrible films is usually really easy, you have got lots of punchy material, you can go for the throat and rip a bad film to pieces, it is usually really fun to write such a review, even...
Did you ever wonder what Denise Richards had been up to since she kissed that other lady in that swimming pool, back when I was a teenage boy? No, neither had I, but she is in Reality Queen! As is a little bit of Mike Tyson and, weirdly Charles Fleischer, who played as Roger Rabbit, back when I was a boy-boy.
Reviewing terrible films is usually really easy, you have got lots of punchy material, you can go for the throat and rip a bad film to pieces, it is usually really fun to write such a review, even...
- 3/17/2020
- by Chris Thomas
- Nerdly
The New Siem Reap International Airport is breaking ground next year, backed by South Koreans.
How do you say "aerotropolis" in Khmer? Looks like we're about to find out.
Cambodia will begin construction on its very own airport city next year--the New Siem Reap International Airport, with an adjacent special economic zone, dry port, and 15.4 square mile city--to capitalize on increasing tourist numbers from neighboring countries and increasing foreign investment interest.
The airport will be completed in five and a half years at a cost of $1 billion and the contracted South Korean-Cambodian joint venture, Nsria Co. Ltd., will operate it for 65 years. The airport, 25 miles east of Angkor Wat, will accommodate 747s, allowing direct flights to arrive from Europe and North America.
An airport city such as Cambodia's fits the label of an aerotropolis--a planned city with an airport as its central node and related infrastructure, businesses, and working families surrounding it.
How do you say "aerotropolis" in Khmer? Looks like we're about to find out.
Cambodia will begin construction on its very own airport city next year--the New Siem Reap International Airport, with an adjacent special economic zone, dry port, and 15.4 square mile city--to capitalize on increasing tourist numbers from neighboring countries and increasing foreign investment interest.
The airport will be completed in five and a half years at a cost of $1 billion and the contracted South Korean-Cambodian joint venture, Nsria Co. Ltd., will operate it for 65 years. The airport, 25 miles east of Angkor Wat, will accommodate 747s, allowing direct flights to arrive from Europe and North America.
An airport city such as Cambodia's fits the label of an aerotropolis--a planned city with an airport as its central node and related infrastructure, businesses, and working families surrounding it.
- 12/17/2010
- by Jenara Nerenberg
- Fast Company
Shopping malls, those bastions of American consumerism, have not been immune to the recent economic downturn. In a recent piece by our own Greg Lindsay, we looked at the impending decline of the mall, which is part of the "single-use environment" category of real estate development that will slowly disappear over the next thirty years, according to one developer. But what will replace these environments, and more importantly, what will happen to the massive malls of today?
One possible solution can be seen in Cleveland's Galleria mall. The mall lost many of its retail shops over the past few years, leaving gaping holes in the greenhouse-like space. So employees of the Galleria came up with the idea for the Gardens Under Glass project, a so-called urban ecovillage inside the mall that features carts of fruits and vegetables grown on-site. The project was recently given a $30,000 start-up grant from Cleveland's Civic Innovation Lab.
One possible solution can be seen in Cleveland's Galleria mall. The mall lost many of its retail shops over the past few years, leaving gaping holes in the greenhouse-like space. So employees of the Galleria came up with the idea for the Gardens Under Glass project, a so-called urban ecovillage inside the mall that features carts of fruits and vegetables grown on-site. The project was recently given a $30,000 start-up grant from Cleveland's Civic Innovation Lab.
- 3/9/2010
- by Ariel Schwartz
- Fast Company
Loveland is a real estate program to sell off some of Detroit's 40 square miles of vacant land for $1 per inch.
Detroit is shrinking. Coming in just under a million in the 2000 census (the first time its population had dropped that low since the '20s), Detroit is now down another 150,000 or more. Foreclosed or otherwise abandoned homes are everywhere, some more prominently than others--consider the Ice House, or Detroit Demolition Disneyland. Mayor Dave Bing is shuttering city departments and bulldozing vacant buildings (hopefully not Michigan Central Station, which bravely faces its own uncertain future, an empty shell of its former self). Detroit has 40 square miles of empty land.
What to do? Well, you could farm it, like John Hantz is proposing. But as Greg Lindsay pointed out here, that might not be the best idea: "With 95% of its remaining buildings still inhabitable, inner-city Detroit should at least be an urban Petri dish.
Detroit is shrinking. Coming in just under a million in the 2000 census (the first time its population had dropped that low since the '20s), Detroit is now down another 150,000 or more. Foreclosed or otherwise abandoned homes are everywhere, some more prominently than others--consider the Ice House, or Detroit Demolition Disneyland. Mayor Dave Bing is shuttering city departments and bulldozing vacant buildings (hopefully not Michigan Central Station, which bravely faces its own uncertain future, an empty shell of its former self). Detroit has 40 square miles of empty land.
What to do? Well, you could farm it, like John Hantz is proposing. But as Greg Lindsay pointed out here, that might not be the best idea: "With 95% of its remaining buildings still inhabitable, inner-city Detroit should at least be an urban Petri dish.
- 3/8/2010
- by William Bostwick
- Fast Company
So it's come to this: Unable to provide basic services for all of his constituents, Detroit mayor Dave Bing is drafting plans starve his city down to a manageable size. Using proprietary data and a survey released by Data Driven Detroit, Bing and his staff will pick "winners and losers" amongst the city's neighborhoods and seek to resettle residents from the losers, those deemed most unlivable. With Detroit's tax base withering from the implosion of two-thirds of the Big Three, the housing crisis, and an ongoing exodus, Bing believes he has no other choice.
"If we don't do it, you know this whole city is going to go down," he told a local radio station last month. "I'm hopeful people will understand that. If we can incentivize some of those folks that are in those desolate areas, they can get a better situation" in one of the remaining neighborhoods with schools and buses.
"If we don't do it, you know this whole city is going to go down," he told a local radio station last month. "I'm hopeful people will understand that. If we can incentivize some of those folks that are in those desolate areas, they can get a better situation" in one of the remaining neighborhoods with schools and buses.
- 3/5/2010
- by Greg Lindsay
- Fast Company
There are dead malls, and then there is Dixie Square. The suburban Chicago mall made famous by The Blues Brothers--who destroyed it on-screen in a spectacular car chase--had already closed by the time the film was shot in 1979. It's just sat there ever since, not worth the cost of tearing it down. By now, trees sprout from the parking lot and the ceilings have turned to mush. Every attempt to redevelop the site--into a showroom for kitchen implements or senior housing--has fallen through due to asbestos, fire, and one suitor accused of threatening his creditors with a gun.
Last week, a shadowy group of local investors let it slip that they had won permission to demolish the mess. They intend to replace it with a constellation of discount big-box stores floating in a fresh sea of pavement. This shouldn't be surprising considering the partners' backgrounds, several reportedly build stores...
Last week, a shadowy group of local investors let it slip that they had won permission to demolish the mess. They intend to replace it with a constellation of discount big-box stores floating in a fresh sea of pavement. This shouldn't be surprising considering the partners' backgrounds, several reportedly build stores...
- 2/23/2010
- by Greg Lindsay
- Fast Company
Cisco signed a deal on Wednesday with Holyoke, Massachusetts to transform the onetime mill town into a "Smart+Connected Community" over the next six-to-twelve months. Cisco has moved aggressively into the smarter city business in the last year as it chases Ibm, which started the vogue for wired cities just as the world's governments were earmarking billions of dollars in stimulus funds for infrastructure. (See "Cisco's Big Bet on New Songdo: Creating Cites From Scratch" from the February issue.) The strategy has paid off handsomely for both companies thus far--public sector sales are Ibm's strongest, while Cisco considers Sc+C one of its most promising new lines of business.
The Holyoke deal is significant in that it represents Cisco's first attempt to rewire an existing city rather than simply build one from scratch, as it's doing across Asia and the Middle East. This puts Cisco in direct competition with Ibm for the first time,...
The Holyoke deal is significant in that it represents Cisco's first attempt to rewire an existing city rather than simply build one from scratch, as it's doing across Asia and the Middle East. This puts Cisco in direct competition with Ibm for the first time,...
- 2/11/2010
- by Greg Lindsay
- Fast Company
The real question facing Haiti isn't whether to rebuild the capital or move it inland; it's how do you build a city that creates opportunities instead of slums?
Haiti isn't just the world's most pressing case of disaster recovery following last month's earthquake. It's the place most in need of some instant city-building.
Port-au-Prince--home to two million inhabitants and a fifth of Haiti's population--is effectively leveled. The United Nations estimates 75% of the city will need to be rebuilt, with 500,000 people still sleeping in the streets. Others have moved out of the city and into emergency tents, lean-tos, and shelters. The International Organization for Migration told The New York Times last week that it could be five years before residents move back into houses, and that they could look forward to living in glorified "garden sheds" until then.
So far, the debate has focused on whether displaced capital-dwellers should permanently relocate.
Haiti isn't just the world's most pressing case of disaster recovery following last month's earthquake. It's the place most in need of some instant city-building.
Port-au-Prince--home to two million inhabitants and a fifth of Haiti's population--is effectively leveled. The United Nations estimates 75% of the city will need to be rebuilt, with 500,000 people still sleeping in the streets. Others have moved out of the city and into emergency tents, lean-tos, and shelters. The International Organization for Migration told The New York Times last week that it could be five years before residents move back into houses, and that they could look forward to living in glorified "garden sheds" until then.
So far, the debate has focused on whether displaced capital-dwellers should permanently relocate.
- 2/8/2010
- by Greg Lindsay
- Fast Company
Cisco's Wim Elfrink and developer Stan Gale plan to standardize many elements of New Songdo (rendering above) in other cities. | Photograph by James Whitlow Delano
Braving The New World: At last summer's Incheon Global Fair & Festival, New Songdo's ribbon-cutting ceremony, youngsters tried out 3-D technology and a businessman admired the art. | Photograph by James Whitlow Delano
The world is bracing for an influx of billions of new urbanites in the coming decades, and tech companies are rushing to build new green cities to house them. Are these companies creating a smarter metropolis -- or just making money?
Just Remove Water: A clam bed at low tide on the margins of New Songdo. The Incheon Bridge is visible in the distance. | Photograph by James Whitlow Delano
Stan Gale is exultant. The chairman of Gale International yanks off his tie, hitches up his pants, and mops the sweat and floppy hair from his brow.
Braving The New World: At last summer's Incheon Global Fair & Festival, New Songdo's ribbon-cutting ceremony, youngsters tried out 3-D technology and a businessman admired the art. | Photograph by James Whitlow Delano
The world is bracing for an influx of billions of new urbanites in the coming decades, and tech companies are rushing to build new green cities to house them. Are these companies creating a smarter metropolis -- or just making money?
Just Remove Water: A clam bed at low tide on the margins of New Songdo. The Incheon Bridge is visible in the distance. | Photograph by James Whitlow Delano
Stan Gale is exultant. The chairman of Gale International yanks off his tie, hitches up his pants, and mops the sweat and floppy hair from his brow.
- 2/2/2010
- by Greg Lindsay
- Fast Company
The Internet raged in response to a shadowy organization's plans to raze New York's Central Park in favor of an airport, Strawberry Fields be damned. We unravel the mystery.
Under the Great Lawn, tarmac. That's the utopian (or dystopian) vision of the "Manhattan Airport Foundation," the shadowy group which drew an Internet crowd this week by announcing plans to pave over a "blighted" and "underutilized" Central Park and replace it with Manhattan International Airport. The airfield would boast a single runway running the length of the park, long enough to theoretically land an A380 (although it might clip The Plaza on takeoff). The project's Faq addressed the fates of Tavern on the Green (relocated to the Food Court) and Strawberry Fields (replanted inside the terminal), while the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Central Park Zoo would presumably be sacrificed to progress.
Absurd on its face, the hoax triggered paroxysms of...
Under the Great Lawn, tarmac. That's the utopian (or dystopian) vision of the "Manhattan Airport Foundation," the shadowy group which drew an Internet crowd this week by announcing plans to pave over a "blighted" and "underutilized" Central Park and replace it with Manhattan International Airport. The airfield would boast a single runway running the length of the park, long enough to theoretically land an A380 (although it might clip The Plaza on takeoff). The project's Faq addressed the fates of Tavern on the Green (relocated to the Food Court) and Strawberry Fields (replanted inside the terminal), while the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Central Park Zoo would presumably be sacrificed to progress.
Absurd on its face, the hoax triggered paroxysms of...
- 7/24/2009
- by Greg Lindsay
- Fast Company
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