Chris
@karvellas.bsky.social
cities and buildings, science and history
this bag pridefully tells a beautiful story about 20th century food/agro science and globalization
November 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
this bag pridefully tells a beautiful story about 20th century food/agro science and globalization
my impression is Buenos Aires has lots of pretty tall, very narrow buildings on long skinny lots, though not FAR 18
October 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
my impression is Buenos Aires has lots of pretty tall, very narrow buildings on long skinny lots, though not FAR 18
this map was seared into my brain so i visualized it and used UWS vs UES to differentiate. now though the memory is somewhat faded and i visualize the map of the US and think about east coast vs west coast
October 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
this map was seared into my brain so i visualized it and used UWS vs UES to differentiate. now though the memory is somewhat faded and i visualize the map of the US and think about east coast vs west coast
people have argued to me that residences here would have bad noise pollution from the airport
October 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
people have argued to me that residences here would have bad noise pollution from the airport
i actually think the vast majority of this 100k fall into the non-citizen bucket; latvia has had very very few naturalizations in the past few years eng.lsm.lv/article/soci...
October 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
i actually think the vast majority of this 100k fall into the non-citizen bucket; latvia has had very very few naturalizations in the past few years eng.lsm.lv/article/soci...
love to run 1tph here
October 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
love to run 1tph here
the only rail based coverage network i can think of is RZhD, where tiny rural towns on a branch line will still get a train or two each day en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agirish
October 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
the only rail based coverage network i can think of is RZhD, where tiny rural towns on a branch line will still get a train or two each day en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agirish
CDMX has a not too different pattern
September 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
CDMX has a not too different pattern
summer rainy season, i clipped it
September 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
summer rainy season, i clipped it
what about the place where humans come from?
September 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
what about the place where humans come from?
a ton of people lost their shirts in the 1830s making leveraged bets on the (correct) prediction that transportation improvements would make the land adjacent to the main stem of the Chicago river obscenely valuable
August 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
a ton of people lost their shirts in the 1830s making leveraged bets on the (correct) prediction that transportation improvements would make the land adjacent to the main stem of the Chicago river obscenely valuable
The name is still on the buzzer as of Oct 2024
August 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The name is still on the buzzer as of Oct 2024
i am reminded of how the Thessaloniki municipal government has been unable to build a memorial to the Eleftherias Square roundup (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942_El...) because of objections to the removal of parking on the square
August 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
i am reminded of how the Thessaloniki municipal government has been unable to build a memorial to the Eleftherias Square roundup (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942_El...) because of objections to the removal of parking on the square
AIUI the situation in Moscow is similar to Paris in that their RER equivalent through runs, but long distance trains and longer distance commuter rail terminate in stub end terminals. The one exception is Kursky Station has some through running long distance service
July 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
AIUI the situation in Moscow is similar to Paris in that their RER equivalent through runs, but long distance trains and longer distance commuter rail terminate in stub end terminals. The one exception is Kursky Station has some through running long distance service
I wrote a short script to scrape wikipedia city climate data to compare city climates, and I found indeed Seattle and Northern France/England are extremely similar. Note the "distance" metric only accounts for average highs/average temp/average lows for each month, not humidity (this is plotted)
July 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I wrote a short script to scrape wikipedia city climate data to compare city climates, and I found indeed Seattle and Northern France/England are extremely similar. Note the "distance" metric only accounts for average highs/average temp/average lows for each month, not humidity (this is plotted)
eh i'm not totally sold on this. the old immigration flows to NYC also collapsed post WWII but were replaced by other countries of origin. European immigration on either side of the iron curtain collapsed (Greece was sort of an exception but was never a huge sender)
June 26, 2025 at 4:27 AM
eh i'm not totally sold on this. the old immigration flows to NYC also collapsed post WWII but were replaced by other countries of origin. European immigration on either side of the iron curtain collapsed (Greece was sort of an exception but was never a huge sender)
as you both know, the level boarding and emu thing doesnt seem to change metra's behavior
June 20, 2025 at 4:20 AM
as you both know, the level boarding and emu thing doesnt seem to change metra's behavior
travel town museum matches the foliage, track layout, and the shed on the left. also adjacent to major LA studios
June 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
travel town museum matches the foliage, track layout, and the shed on the left. also adjacent to major LA studios
noise contour map makes it seem like it's mostly fine to the west of the airport? i don't really know anything about barcelona though so i'm happy to be wrong about all of this
June 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
noise contour map makes it seem like it's mostly fine to the west of the airport? i don't really know anything about barcelona though so i'm happy to be wrong about all of this
but the thing that strikes me right away (from american eyes) about barcelona land use are the huge tracts of fairly centrally located and transit accessible legally protected farmland
June 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
but the thing that strikes me right away (from american eyes) about barcelona land use are the huge tracts of fairly centrally located and transit accessible legally protected farmland
it's kind of crazy how auto oriented the 20th c command economy city planners were given that barely anybody owned cars
June 9, 2025 at 4:46 AM
it's kind of crazy how auto oriented the 20th c command economy city planners were given that barely anybody owned cars
