Author Archives: Rashid Faridi

About Rashid Faridi

I am Rashid Aziz Faridi ,Writer, Teacher and a Voracious Reader.

Nobody Wants To Waste Time

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

Orlando Espinosa Nobody wants to waste time, but if you don’t actively take control of your time and keep allowing others to waste your time, you will slowly lose time in small increments throughout the day. Take back control of … Continue reading →

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Cities Need Trees to Survive

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

Trees improve the livability and sustainability of our cities in many ways. For many years tree canopy in our urban areas has been decreasing. Large mature trees which reach the end of their lives are often replaced with smaller species. These replanted trees then struggle to … Continue reading →

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“In the Future” Postcards as Popular Urbanism

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

…………This post focuses on a remarkable source for illustrating popular urbanism and urban imaginaries: European and American photomontage postcards from around 1900 to 1920 that visualize future cities. Cobbling together an online archive of over 400 future cities photomontages, I … Continue reading →

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The City as a Growth Machine

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

According to some thinkers a city is a growth machine rather than the outcomes of a natural process, unlike what urban ecologists argue. For them, urban growth is not just organized by spatial geography, and cities will not just reorganize itself after … Continue reading →

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