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Category Archives: airports
Rascacielos más alto de cada estado Mexicano (Tallest skyscraper of each Mexican state)
La siguiente lista identifica el rascacielos (o edificio) más alto de cada estado de México. Varias ciudades de México ahora tienen rascacielos que superan los 500 pies de altura, incluido al menos uno que no aparece en esta lista porque … Continue reading
Posted in airports, architecture, cities, culture, downtown, engineering, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, Latin America, Mexico, North America, pictures, placemaking, planning, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, Statistics, tourism, Travel, urban design, urban planning
Tagged Canacun, cities, Durango, geography, Guadalajara, history, land use, Leon, Mexico, Mexico City, Monterrey, planning, Puebla, Queretaro, rascacielos, skylines, skyscrapers, Tijuana, torres, towers, travel
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America’s top international freight gateway cities
The following data identifies the top international freight gateways in the United States for 2022 (air and sea) and in 2023 for land (rail, trucks, pipelines) based on the value of the goods being shipped through them as imports and … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, bridges, business, cities, commerce, economic development, engineering, geography, highways, industry, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, pictures, planning, rail, Railroads, shipping, spatial design, Statistics, Trade, traffic, transportation, trucking, urban design, urban planning, Welcome
Tagged air, airports, cities, commerce, freight, gateways, geography, harbors, land, land use, planning, ports, ports of entry, rail, railroads, sea, shipping, transportation, trians, trucking, trucks
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The conscious zen of Bhutan’s “Gelephu Mindfulness City”
“Mindfulness” is an outstanding word for the planning profession! It literally reminds all of us who have taken up the role of planner, that we must be conscious of our actions and decisions. For the Kingdom of Bhutan to develop an … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, agriculture, air travel, airport planning, airports, Alternative energy, Animals, architecture, art, Asia, aviation, bridges, cities, civics, civility, climate, climate change, commerce, culture, economic development, ecosystems, education, engineering, environment, Food, futurism, geography, government, health, Health care, history, Housing, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, mountains, natural history, nature, opinion, peace, pictures, place names, placemaking, planning, recreation, Religion, rivers/watersheds, Science, social equity, solar, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, technology, third places, topography, tourism, Trade, trails, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, walking, water, water conservation, weather, Wildlife, xeriscaping, zoning
Tagged architecture, Bhutan, Buddhism, cities, design, environment, Gelephu Mindfulness City, geography, history, land use, mindfulness, planning, quora.com, sustainable cities, transportation, travel, zen
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Placemaking airports: A rooftop airport vineyard “Under the Tuscan Sun”
Congratulazioni to both Florence, Italy and Rafael Viñoly Architects for planning and designing the world’s first airport with a rooftop vineyard. The 19-acre vineyard will provide a green rooftop on the 538,000 square foot structure at Toscana Aeroporti Firenze. The … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, agriculture, air travel, airport planning, airports, architecture, art, aviation, cities, commerce, Cuisine, culture, ecosystems, engineering, environment, Europe, Food, food systems, history, infrastructure, land use, mountains, Native Americans, nature, pictures, place names, placemaking, planning, spatial design, sustainability, technology, third places, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged aeroporti, airport, airports, art, cities, environment, Europe, Firenze, Florence, fun, history, Italy, land use, placemaking, planning, Toscana, tourism, transportation, travel, trnasportation, Tuscany, vineyards, wine
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Geography of Smokejumper bases in Canada & the USA
As nearly all of us experienced in 2023, wildfires can impact huge swaths of Canada and the United States whether it be from the fires themselves or from the accompanying smoke and haze. When a wildfire occurs, particularly in difficult … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airports, aviation, Canada, cities, climate change, environment, geography, history, infrastructure, logistics, Maps, mountains, natural history, nature, pictures, planning, Science, Skies, technology, topography
Tagged BLM, Canada, cities, environment, fire fighting, Forest Service, geography, history, parachuting, parattackers, planning, rapattackers, smokejumpers, wildfires
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Mining the skies for knowledge from atop Magdalena Ridge
As noted previously, it was an honor to take a tour of New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology’s incredible Magdalena Ridge Observatory this past weekend. The scientific research complex located is at 10,600 feet in the Magdalena Mountains west … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, airport planning, airports, Astronomy, climate, colleges, Communications, education, engineering, environment, geography, government, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, Mining, mountains, natural history, nature, Outer Space, pictures, planning, product design, Science, Skies, solar, space, technology, weather
Tagged asteroids, astronomy, astrophysics, cosmos, environment, geography, history, land use, Lightning, Magdalena Ridge Observatory, New Mexico Tech, observatories, outer space, planning, Science, space, telescopes
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Mooring mast locations from the Golden Age of airships
The following map and list identify the land-based mooring mast locations for historic airships, including the Zeppelins, between the end of World War I and the beginning of World War II. Three nations were the primary developers of regular airship … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, archaeology, architecture, aviation, cities, commerce, engineering, geography, historic preservation, history, land use, Maps, peace, pictures, product design, Science, Skies, Statistics, technology, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel
Tagged air travel, airports, airship, aviation, blimp, dirigible, Ford, geography, Germany, history, land use, map, military, planning, tourism, transportation, travel, UK, USA, Zeppelin
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LA en noir et blanc (in black and white)
Below are a few images from mighty Los Angeles taken over the past holiday weekend. They are presented in beautifully subtle black and white monochrome.
Posted in air travel, airports, architecture, art, Cities, culture, downtown, entertainment, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, movies, Nature, new urbanism, pictures, placemaking, planning, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, topography, tourism, Transportation, Travel, Uncategorized, urban design, urban planning, walking
Tagged art, black and white, California, Hollywood, Los Angeles, monocrhrome, noir, photographs, photography, stairways
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Ten planning lessons from Daniel Burnham’s Chicago
The following are ten planning lessons from multiples visits to the dynamic City of Chicago. Source: onlyinyourstate.com ________ If Chicago intrigues you too, here are several books about the city that are available via Amazon.com.* ……….Link – The Third Coast……………………………………………Link … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, air travel, airport planning, airports, Alternative transportation, architecture, bicycling, Biking, Bus transportation, Cities, civics, commerce, culture, downtown, engineering, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, land use, Passenger rail, pictures, placemaking, planning, rail, Railroads, rivers/watersheds, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, third places, tourism, traffic, transit, Transportation, Travel, Uncategorized, urban design, urban planning, weather, zoning
Tagged airports, architecture, Chi-town, Chicago, cities, environment, land use, mass transit, O'Hare, planning, rapid transit, rivers, transportation, travel
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Aerial tramways – a “last mile” transit solution for airports and stadiums
Aerial tramways (a.k.a. urban gondolas) may be an excellent solution for filling the missing “last mile” transit link to major sports venues and airports. Too often, rail transit systems do not directly connect to the airport terminal or to a … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Aerial tramways, airport planning, airports, cities, commerce, downtown, economic development, entertainment, fun, geography, infrastructure, land use, Maps, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, product design, revitalization, skylines, spatial design, sports, Statistics, sustainability, technology, tourism, traffic, transit, transportation, Travel, urban design, Urban Gondolas, urban planning
Tagged Aerial tramways, airports, cities, fun, geography, gondolas, land use, planning, sports venues, stadiums, transportation, travel, Urban Gondolas
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