Comparison to other Blogs

In our blog, we studied public spaces, their importance, uses, factors which make them successful and ways in which they fail. After viewing blogs written by our peers we found that some themes and ideas were intertwined with one another.

1. Pulse of the City - Jameel Smith and Kaaria Quash 

We found this particular blog quite intriguing. Jameel and Kaaria were able to capture the essences of Port-of-Spain using cool intellect and beautifully captured photographs. They looked at features which makes a city recognizable, having realized that 'the capital cannot be constrained to one paradigm'. They studied the Queen's Park Savannah, one of Port-of-Spain's most active public spaces, and discussed how this space and others like it diversifies the city. Furthermore, they highlighted the fact that the city is not only about politics and finance but about people and how they interact.

Link to Pulse of the City - http://urbangeographers.wix.com/port-of-spain

2.  Urban Vendors in Trinidad - Jeremy Roberts and Clonesha Romeo

According to the blog by Jeremy Roberts and Clonesha Romeo they focused on one specific use of a public space, street vending. They spoke about how about the vendors sometimes clutter the streets but with the provision of booths they are able to contribute to the more efficiently to the economy. This concept ties in well with our blog as we delved into the uses of a public space and ways in which it can be improved to be a successful public space. Pollution by these vendors can be reflective of the improper use of public spaces, which sometimes discourages others from using the space available for them. They also mentioned that with the growth of the cities vendors, vendors become affected by the privatized public spaces. Over all their blog we well written and documented. We were able to draw a great deal of similar themes and ideas with Jeremy and Clonesha’s blog Urban Vendors in Trinidad.

Link to Pulse of the City - http://urbanscapesandspaces.tumblr.com/

3. Urbanistas - Jaimeil Agard and Johanna Reyes

Urbanistas was a rather interesting blog which focused on women and their role in the city. In our blog we mention that women were more frequent users than men in the city and its public spaces. They shared the same thoughts and highlighted that, this is an important function of the city as it facilitates social interactions. Furthermore, access to public spaces for women to interact and socialize is increasingly shrinking due to the failure of public spaces.

Link to Urbanistas - http://youngurbanistas.blogspot.com/