Streetcar Press

Well, um, yeah.

That's a great first step. But without some accompanying commentary this is reduced to not much more than "look at the pretty shapes; maybe I should look those places up somewhere else and see what all of this has to teach."

And where do the many ambitious new projects like Masdar City fit in?

http://io9.com/to-truly-appreciate-modern-planned-cities-view-them-fr-1632869668

To Truly Appreciate Modern Planned Cities, View Them From Above While some of our modern cities are built over haphazard cowpaths, others are marvels of urban planning, with carefully plotted grids and streets radiating from the center. And we can see just how remarkable these cities are when we look down at them from above.

The project is mildly interesting. The article is worth a read if you're into that kind of thing. What's really interesting is the discussion below the Slashdot teaser post. This is tech insiders in 2014 and what they think of venture capital, innovators, and startup culture.

Take a look. Just be sure to set your sliders so that you see all of what has been written in the thread since some of the best posts haven't gotten high ratings at all.

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/14/09/05/2228250/willow-garage-founder-scott-hassan-aims-to-build-a-startup-village

Willow Garage Founder Scott Hassan Aims To Build a Startup Village - Slashdot Tekla Perry (3034735) writes "Scott Hassan, founder of robotic research lab Willow Garage, is behind a large real estate development in Menlo Park, Calif. He reportedly plans to create an incubator village with 18,500 square meters of workspace and another 18,500 square meters of living space on a 3…