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- The worst failures of American urban planning
- Worlds largest “ton” suffix cities
- Iconic ironmaking furnace stacks of stone
- Once roaring iron furnace or iron forge named towns
- Tuesday tunes: Male solo artists who belong in the Rock Hall of Fame
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Category Archives: adaptive reuse
Don’t erase industrial heritage, embrace it!
In many post-industrial American cities, the legacy of their manufacturing might is too often gradually rusting away or being erased from memory in the hopes that new developments will somehow rekindle a once proud past. As a result, significant aspects … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, archaeology, architecture, art, cities, civics, culture, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, environment, Food, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, industry, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, Passenger rail, placemaking, planning, rail, Railroads, recreation, revitalization, rivers/watersheds, skylines, spatial design, sustainability, technology, third places, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban design, walking
Tagged adaptive reuse, Bethlehem, Birmingham, cities, Gas Works Park, indiustry, industrial archaeology, Marquette, Mill Ruins Park, Minneapolis, Ore Dock Boteco Center, Scranton, Seattle, Slodd Furnaces, Steamtown, Steel Stacks
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Favorite historic mining towns visited to date
Favorite historic mining towns are presented in alphabetical order after the top three, which are immediately below. The list does not include historic mining towns that are now ghost towns. Here are the top three favorites to date: Marquette, Michigan … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, archaeology, architecture, art, branding, business, cities, culture, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, environment, fun, geography, Geology, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, marketing, Mining, placemaking, planning, recreation, revitalization, spatial design, third places, topography, tourism, trails, Travel, urban planning
Tagged archaeology, architecture, art, culture, mining, towns
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Ten+ planning lessons from “remarqable” Marquette, Michigan
Before going through the twelve planning lessons listed below, it must be noted that for many years, Marquette has been at the top of my list of favorite cities in Michigan, as well as the at the top of my … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, archaeology, architecture, bicycling, Biking, branding, cities, civics, colleges, commerce, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, environment, fun, geography, Geology, Great Lakes, hiking, historic preservation, history, immigration, infrastructure, land use, Mining, nature, new urbanism, place names, placemaking, planning, Railroads, recreation, revitalization, shipping, skylines, spatial design, sustainability, third places, topography, tourism, Trade, traffic, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, water trails, zoning
Tagged architecture, bicycling, cities, culture, fun, geography, infrastructure, Iron Ore Heritage Trail, land use, Marquette, Michigan, mining, planning, tourism, transportation
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A quartet of historic Upper Peninsula theatres
Hope you enjoy these theatre photos as much as I have photographing these entertainment venues this past week.
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, art, Cities, culture, downtown, entertainment, film, historic preservation, history, land use, movies, pictures, placemaking, theaters, third places, tourism, Travel
Tagged Upper Peninsula
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Great Ore Docks of the Great Lakes – Updated
Iron ore docks are one of the most iconic symbols of the northern Great Lakes. From the last quarter of the 19th-century to the mid-20th century these enormous timber or steel/concrete structures dominated the skylines of places like Ashland, Duluth, … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, archaeology, architecture, Canada, cities, economics, geography, Geology, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Mining, placemaking, planning, rail, Railroads, shipping, topography, transportation, urban planning
Tagged BotEco Center, freighters, Great Lakes, iron ore, ore docks, railways, shipping, taconite
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Roadside Americana: Atomic age stops, sights, and oddities
This blogpost is a little adventure through the sights and sounds of America’s roadside culture to depict how the Atomic Age has impacted it since 1945. A whole variety of businesses have adopted the term “atomic” or some variation thereof … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, advertising, archaeology, architecture, art, atomic age, branding, brewpubs, cities, coffee shops/cafes, Communications, consumerism, Cuisine, culture, economic development, entertainment, entrepreneurship, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, land use, Maps, marketing, military, place names, placemaking, Science, Science fiction, signs, technology, theaters, third places, toponymy, tourism, Travel
Tagged advertising, atomic, atomic age, Atomic City, branding, infrastructure, marketing, military, motels, neon, restaurants, roadside Americana, services, shops, signs, trademark, weapons
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The world’s most resilient city is… Hiroshima
… a remarkable place that has not only turned its seemingly desperate circumstances completely around in the past 75 years, but its entire focus and purpose as a member of the world community. The timeline expressed above probably gives away … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, Asia, branding, cities, civics, commerce, culture, economic development, economic gardening, environment, geography, government, health, Health care, historic preservation, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, Maps, military, new urbanism, peace, placemaking, planning, politics, pollution, psychology, revitalization, Science, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, topography, tourism, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged atomic bomb, Global Peace Hub, Hiroshima, Japan, peace, resilience, World War II
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Working list – World’s longest ‘urban’ escalators
Below is a working list of the longest urban escalators in the world. This list does not include the sum total length of multi-escalator systems (such as the Central-Mid Levels Escalator/Walkway System in Hong Kong), but only individual escalators or … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, airport planning, airports, architecture, bicycling, Biking, cities, downtown, economic development, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, planning, skyscrapers, spatial design, Statistics, third places, topography, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged airports, bike, cities, escalators, malls, metros, museums, railway stations, stadiums, subways
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Ten Planning Lessons from San Antonio
Here are my ten (10) planning lessons from one of America’s most enjoyable and dynamic large cities – San Antonio, Texas. San Antonio’s River Walk can easily be classified as one of America’s “most iconic planning efforts.” It helped set … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, archaeology, architecture, bicycling, branding, cities, commerce, Cuisine, culture, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, entrepreneurship, food trucks, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Mexico, placemaking, planning, revitalization, rivers/watersheds, skylines, spatial design, sprawl, third places, tourism, traffic, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged HemisFair '68, missions, RiverWalk, San Antonio, Southtown, Texas
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Ten Planning Lessons from Pittsburgh
An aging industrial city can successfully reinvent itself; but despite doing so, Pittsburgh continues to face the challenge of population decline. As the photo above indicates, pedestrian access to the waterfront from the downtown triangle is too often hindered by … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Alternative transportation, architecture, Cars, cities, civics, culture, demographics, downtown, economic development, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, pollution, revitalization, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, topography, tourism, traffic, transit, transportation, Urban Gondolas, urban planning, walking
Tagged Hill District, history, Pittsburgh, revitalization
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