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- Ten planning lessons made in Detroit
- Can you guess the cities? (#10 of 2015)
- When a suburb becomes larger than the core city
- “Planning should be aspirational”
- India’s largest airport terminals (by floor area)
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- A capital city without a country
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Category Archives: art
A capital city without a country
Depending on your definition and/or the resource(s) you cite, there are between 193 and 200 countries on Earth, each with its own capital city. There are also many individual states, provinces, and territories that contain capital cities. But to this … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, Advocacy, architecture, art, Asia, China, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, culture, geography, government, historic preservation, history, human rights, humanity, inclusiveness, India, infrastructure, land use, Love, Maps, peace, Religion, tourism, Trade, Travel
Tagged arts, capital, China, cities, culture, Dalai Lama, Dharamsala, exile, government, history, India, land use, Lhasa, maps, Mcleodranj, peace, Tibet, Tibetan New Year
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Eerie winter images of an abandoned mall
Check out this weblink to wintry post-apocalyptic images of an abandoned shopping mall (Rolling Acres Mall) near Akron, Ohio. The photos were taken by photographer Johnny Joo. The mall opened in 1975 and the last stores closed in 2013. It … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, art, cities, civics, consumerism, economic development, economic gardening, film, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, movies, pictures, planning, spatial design, urban planning, visual pollution, zoning
Tagged adaptive reuse, Akron, civics, conditions, Dr. Zhivago, film, history, land use, movies, permits, photos, planning, redevelopment, retail, Rolling Acres Malls, shopping malls, urban planning, zoning
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Midtown Detroit’s boom shifts into high gear!
Back in 2011, panethos.com highlighted the early stages of a boom taking place in Midtown Detroit. While so much of the national media was solely focused on the bad news coming from the Motor City, it completely missed the bright … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, architecture, art, bicycling, branding, cities, civics, commerce, culture, density, economic development, economic gardening, entrepreneurship, geography, Health care, historic preservation, history, Housing, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, new urbanism, Passenger rail, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, revitalization, spatial design, sustainability, third places, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged adaptive reuse, architecture, art, Carhartt, cities, Detroit, DIA, DMC, economics, Hop Cat, Jolly Pumpkin, land use, Mi-1 Light Rail, Michigan, Midtown, rail, rehab, renovation, revitalization, Shinola, transit, urban planning, Whole Foods
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Ten planning lessons from the home of the Big House
Below is my list of ten planning lessons from many years of visiting Ann Arbor and having lived just outside this great city for five years back in the mid-1990s. Enjoy! Town and gown can successfully co-exist. College towns/cities are … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, architecture, art, branding, Cars, cities, civics, colleges, commerce, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, education, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, geography, government, historic preservation, Housing, infrastructure, land use, North America, placemaking, planning, politics, spatial design, sports, sprawl, sustainability, third places, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged ann Arbor, art, cities, colleges, cuisine, downtown, education, geography, land use, Michigan, planning, sprawl, the Big House, U of M, urban planning
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Best film of 2014…reconsidered
Upon further review after seeing a matinee showing of The Imitation Game this morning, I think this movie is the best of 2014. Originally, back in December, I felt Interstellar was tops, but have changed my mind. Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley are … Continue reading
Posted in art, book reviews, books, Communications, entertainment, Europe, film, fun, history, military, movies, pictures, Radio, technology, theaters, UK, writing
Tagged acting, art, biking, codes, Enigma Code, Europe, film, fun, Great Britain, history, movies, technology, WWII
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Exquisite equatorial river deltas from space
Here are satellite images (and one map) of exquisite and beautiful river deltas from Earth’s equatorial region lying between the Trip of Cancer and the Tropic Capricorn. Included are the Ganges (Bangladesh/India), Indus (Pakistan), Irrawaddy (Myanmar), Mekong (Vietnam), Niger (Nigeria), … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, Africa, art, Asia, climate change, commerce, environment, geography, history, India, land use, Maps, nature, Outer Space, pictures, planning, pollution, rivers/watersheds, Science, South America, spatial design, tourism, transportation, Travel
Tagged Africa, Asia, deltas, ecology, environment, geography, rivers, South America, transportation, watersheds
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A powerful film – “Short Term 12”
We watched Short Term 12 on Netflix last weekend and were impressed by this remarkable film. The movie is about a temporary treatment facility for troubled teens nicknamed “Short Term 12.” The film is raw, intense, funny, inspiring, heartbreaking, and … Continue reading
