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- America’s First Great Town Planners…
- An Impressive Park Memorializes When Quilts Saved a Town
- The First Great Hub of the Northern Plains
- Two Towns and Two Death Tales of Billy the Kid
- Cities/Towns Named for Native American Indian Chiefs
- Hell’s Worth of Wickedness in One Cowtown
- A Town that was Born Through a Scam!
- Best and Worst Live Concerts Seen
- The Old West Personified in a Town’s Iconic Name
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Category Archives: art
America’s First Great Town Planners…
…were not William Penn (Philadelphia), Pierre Charles L’Enfant (Washington, DC), James Oglethorpe (Savannah), nor other post-Columbian examples. No, America’s first great town planners were the Native American Indians. Whether they were the builders of magnificent cliff dwellings and mesa-topped pueblos … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, cities, civics, culture, education, environment, geography, Geology, historic preservation, history, humanity, land use, Native Americans, placemaking, planning, spatial design, topography, tourism, Travel, urban planning
Tagged Casa Grande National Monument, cliff-dwellings, Elden Pueblo, James Oglethorpe, Native Americans, Pierre L'Enfant, pit-dwellings, post-Columbian, pre-Columbian, Puebloan cultures, pueblos, Tuscayan Ruin, Walnut Canyon National Monument, William Penn, Wupatki national Monument
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An Impressive Park Memorializes When Quilts Saved a Town
Frontier Towns, Part 7: Panguitch, Utah In city planning, as well as park and recreation circles, one of the most successful trends of the past decade or two has been the creation of pocket parks. These small oases help provide … Continue reading
Posted in art, cities, geography, historic preservation, history, land use, placemaking, planning, recreation, topography, tourism, Travel, urban planning
Tagged history, Panguitch, parks, pocket parks, sculpture, Utah
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Icy Wonders of Nature
Living “Up North” in Michigan can present some challenges during the winter months. But, it can also often instill a complete sense of awe and wonder. The beauty of freshly fallen snow, the reflective subtleties created by moonlight on the … Continue reading
Posted in art, environment, fun, geography, nature, pictures, rivers/watersheds, Science, tourism, Travel, weather
Tagged Ice, ice balls, ice caves, ice disks, ice pancakes, icicles, winter
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Delights of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Oak Park Home
Posted in architecture, art, culture, historic preservation, history, Housing, pictures, spatial design, tourism, Travel
Tagged design, Frank Lloyd Wright, homes, Oak Park
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After Hours at Detroit’s Eastern Market
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, art, Cars, Cities, commerce, downtown, entertainment, Food, food systems, fun, historic preservation, history, land use, pictures, placemaking, planning, revitalization, shopping, spatial design, Travel, urban planning
Tagged Detroit Eastern Market
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“AAARTH” – An Amazing Album Reaches Tremendous Heights!
Please let me chew on the words of a recent blogpost for a moment….(munch, munch, munch). Thank you. I really thought nothing could possibly equal Metric’s Art of Doubt when it came to new Alternative Rock music in 2018. Well, … Continue reading
Posted in art, culture, entertainment, fun, Language, Music, music reviews, songs, UK, video, writing
Tagged AAARTH, album reviews, music, songs, The Better Me, The Joy Formidable, Wales
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Top Eleven Planning Lessons from Lisbon, Portugal
Below are my top eleven (11) planning lessons from a delightful week-long trip to Lisboa (Lisbon), Portugal in late September. Many more could be added this list, but for brevity’s sake we’ll stay with these eleven (11) for now. They … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, architecture, art, cities, civics, civility, Cuisine, culture, diversity, downtown, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, Europe, Food, fun, geography, Geology, historic preservation, history, humanity, inclusiveness, land use, music, nature, pictures, placemaking, planning, Portugal, revitalization, spatial design, topography, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Lisboa, Glorious Lisboa
Posted in air travel, architecture, art, bridges, Cities, commerce, culture, downtown, entertainment, Europe, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, pictures, placemaking, planning, Portugal, rail, sailing, skylines, spatial design, topography, tourism, transit, Transportation, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning, walking
Tagged Europe, Lisboa ( Lisbon), Portugal, travel
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Images of Art Prize 2018 in Grand Rapids
Some of the approximately 1,200 works of art currently on display in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Posted in art, Cities, Communications, culture, diversity, downtown, entertainment, fun, inclusiveness, Music, pictures, placemaking, planning, tourism, Travel
Tagged Art Prize, Grand Rapids
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Thank you, METRIC for a Rock n’ Roll Masterpiece
Every once in a while you hear an album that completely knocks your socks off the very first time your listen to it. Today was one of those days. NPR was kind enough to provide a “First Listen” to METRIC’s … Continue reading
Posted in art, Canada, Communications, culture, entertainment, Love, music, pictures, Radio, video, Women
Tagged Art of Doubt, Canada, Emily haines, James Shaw, Joshua Winstead, Joules Scott-Key, Metric, music, Rock 'n' Roll
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