Comments for A Town Square http://heckeranddecker.wordpress.com Conversations About Where We Live Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:55:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Walking Challenges in the Next City by Hybrid Cars are so 2000 and Late. « Savory Dish http://heckeranddecker.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/walking-challenges-in-the-next-city/#comment-453 Hybrid Cars are so 2000 and Late. « Savory Dish Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:55:14 +0000 http://heckeranddecker.wordpress.com/?p=865#comment-453 [...] if you prefer something a little more discreet, don’t feel left out. Since Smartcar already looks like a golf cart, the makers at Daimler decided it was time for the real [...] [...] if you prefer something a little more discreet, don’t feel left out. Since Smartcar already looks like a golf cart, the makers at Daimler decided it was time for the real [...]

]]> Comment on A Town Square – On the Move by aandh http://heckeranddecker.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/a-town-square-on-the-move/#comment-451 aandh Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:17:24 +0000 http://heckeranddecker.wordpress.com/?p=1876#comment-451 Roger, thank you for the lovely note. We arrive on Friday to begin to move in - we are thrilled to be the next stewards of 347. David and Linda have taken such extraordinary care - we feel very lucky. I am very aware of the RRCDC. Amy and I would love to have a chance to talk with you further - about Rochester, urban design, the RRCDC, the neighborhood, and much more. You can contact us at hsdecker@hotmail.com - we will look forward to further conversation. Howard Roger, thank you for the lovely note. We arrive on Friday to begin to move in – we are thrilled to be the next stewards of 347. David and Linda have taken such extraordinary care – we feel very lucky.

I am very aware of the RRCDC. Amy and I would love to have a chance to talk with you further – about Rochester, urban design, the RRCDC, the neighborhood, and much more.

You can contact us at hsdecker@hotmail.com – we will look forward to further conversation.

Howard

]]> Comment on A Town Square – On the Move by Roger Brown, AIA http://heckeranddecker.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/a-town-square-on-the-move/#comment-450 Roger Brown, AIA Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:25:51 +0000 http://heckeranddecker.wordpress.com/?p=1876#comment-450 Hi Amy and Harold, Welcome to Rochester - when are you arriving? Vicki and I will be your neighbors - we just live a few houses down from you on Castlebar Road. We have know Linda and David forever - Linda and I worked together a couple of years ago on an award winning project behind the oldest house in Rochester, the Oliver Culver Tavern. I am an architect/urban design consultant/artist (which means retired from the building practice) and my wife is a senior researcher with the Center for Governmental Research. We have lived in the neighborhood for 34 years or so. Lots going on here - you will like it - and you are really not that far away from the Park Avenue area. I am president of the Rochester Regional Community Design Center - we are a non-profit that promotes and advocates for good urban design for the public realm for the Rochester region. We are close to 11 years old as a group and close to 6 years as a non-profit. Check out our website at www.rrcdc.org. Also take note of our lecture series, Reshaping Rochester - you probably know all of the speakers. We look forward to your coming to Rochester and have much to tell with regards to city building. Let us know when you arrive - what is your e-mail? Very interested in meeting you and greeting you and welcoming you to this extremely fine place - one of the country's best kept secrets. Roger Hi Amy and Harold,

Welcome to Rochester – when are you arriving? Vicki and I will be your neighbors – we just live a few houses down from you on Castlebar Road. We have know Linda and David forever – Linda and I worked together a couple of years ago on an award winning project behind the oldest house in Rochester, the Oliver Culver Tavern.

I am an architect/urban design consultant/artist (which means retired from the building practice) and my wife is a senior researcher with the Center for Governmental Research. We have lived in the neighborhood for 34 years or so. Lots going on here – you will like it – and you are really not that far away from the Park Avenue area.

I am president of the Rochester Regional Community Design Center – we are a non-profit that promotes and advocates for good urban design for the public realm for the Rochester region. We are close to 11 years old as a group and close to 6 years as a non-profit. Check out our website at http://www.rrcdc.org. Also take note of our lecture series, Reshaping Rochester – you probably know all of the speakers.

We look forward to your coming to Rochester and have much to tell with regards to city building. Let us know when you arrive – what is your e-mail?

Very interested in meeting you and greeting you and welcoming you to this extremely fine place – one of the country’s best kept secrets.

Roger

]]> Comment on Priene Reconstructed by xhoi http://heckeranddecker.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/priene-reconstructed/#comment-444 xhoi Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:59:00 +0000 http://heckeranddecker.wordpress.com/?p=142#comment-444 I wont to now more about priene,about urbanism,architectur,art,and about architects that have make a big change for this city. I wont to now more about priene,about urbanism,architectur,art,and about architects that have make a big change for this city.

]]> Comment on Sneak Peek by Trish http://heckeranddecker.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/sneak-peek/#comment-441 Trish Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:34:49 +0000 http://heckeranddecker.wordpress.com/?p=1859#comment-441 I'd recommend the HD with 2GB of storage. We use lower quality, but you need something a little more upscale. One of the guys at my Final Cut Pro Users Group said that the HD flip rivaled any small camera he knew. I’d recommend the HD with 2GB of storage. We use lower quality, but you need something a little more upscale. One of the guys at my Final Cut Pro Users Group said that the HD flip rivaled any small camera he knew.

]]> Comment on Sneak Peek by aandh http://heckeranddecker.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/sneak-peek/#comment-440 aandh Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:32:27 +0000 http://heckeranddecker.wordpress.com/?p=1859#comment-440 In upstate NY - 1000 Islands - for the week. Publishing contact was away, now back. More next week. Which Flip camera should I get? In upstate NY – 1000 Islands – for the week. Publishing contact was away, now back. More next week. Which Flip camera should I get?

]]> Comment on Sneak Peek by Trish http://heckeranddecker.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/sneak-peek/#comment-439 Trish Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:00:47 +0000 http://heckeranddecker.wordpress.com/?p=1859#comment-439 How's the publisher search coming? Travels? What's up? How’s the publisher search coming? Travels? What’s up?

]]> Comment on A Little and a Lot by aandh http://heckeranddecker.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/a-little-and-a-lot/#comment-427 aandh Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:47:21 +0000 http://heckeranddecker.wordpress.com/?p=1805#comment-427 Well let's do some more math, good sir. To manufacture a typical PC and monitor, a recent UN study tells us, requires 530 pounds of fossil fuels, 48 pounds of chemicals, and 395 gallons of water. Now I will warrant that a Kindle is not a PC. For the purpose of discussion, let's say a Kindle is 10% of a PC. That would mean you are still on the hook for 53 pounds of fossil fuel, 5 pounds of chemicals and 40 gallons of water. And then there's the batteries. Americans spend over $5 billion annually on batteries, and only 2% get recycled. Battery manufacture accounts for 25% of all mercury use in the U.S. Oh well. Back to this morning's Post. Not that I'm gloating. Well let’s do some more math, good sir.

To manufacture a typical PC and monitor, a recent UN study tells us, requires 530 pounds of fossil fuels, 48 pounds of chemicals, and 395 gallons of water.

Now I will warrant that a Kindle is not a PC. For the purpose of discussion, let’s say a Kindle is 10% of a PC. That would mean you are still on the hook for 53 pounds of fossil fuel, 5 pounds of chemicals and 40 gallons of water.

And then there’s the batteries. Americans spend over $5 billion annually on batteries, and only 2% get recycled. Battery manufacture accounts for 25% of all mercury use in the U.S.

Oh well. Back to this morning’s Post. Not that I’m gloating.

]]> Comment on A Little and a Lot by jag http://heckeranddecker.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/a-little-and-a-lot/#comment-426 jag Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:49:51 +0000 http://heckeranddecker.wordpress.com/?p=1805#comment-426 Sticks and stones! I'm perfectly content with "resident skeptic," but "hector?" I must admit that, fearing a pejorative, I had to look that one up. Fortunately I did so sustainably - my Kindle includes the New Oxford American Dictionary (shipping weight of hardcover edition: 6.8 pounds). You sir, may consider me a bully, but - based on your figures - I just saved 251 gallons of water. That made your words hurt just a little less. Sticks and stones! I’m perfectly content with “resident skeptic,” but “hector?” I must admit that, fearing a pejorative, I had to look that one up. Fortunately I did so sustainably – my Kindle includes the New Oxford American Dictionary (shipping weight of hardcover edition: 6.8 pounds). You sir, may consider me a bully, but – based on your figures – I just saved 251 gallons of water. That made your words hurt just a little less.

]]> Comment on Next Cities – The Street, The Block by smh http://heckeranddecker.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/next-cities-the-street-the-block/#comment-421 smh Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:56:19 +0000 http://heckeranddecker.wordpress.com/?p=224#comment-421 Greg, see: Western Europe. Greg, see: Western Europe.

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