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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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A single sidewalk can make a huge difference
It’s not often when one can witness the palpable difference infrastructure can make on the micro level. However, a small summer cottage beach neighborhood on Lake Wawasee, Indiana presents just such an opportunity. Here, the Natti Crow Beach neighborhood installed … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, art, bicycling, Biking, civics, Communications, culture, entertainment, family, fun, health, hiking, history, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, lakes, land use, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, spatial design, third places, transportation, urban planning, walking
Tagged community, fitness, fun, infrastructure, neighborhood, placemaking, planning, sidewalks, walkable, walking
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15 years after the tornado – Planning lessons from Greensburg, Kansas
May 4, 2007, will always remain a pivotal day in the history of Greensburg, Kansas. On that day, much of the city of Greensburg was obliterated by a EF5 category tornado. Thankfully, most residents survived the tragedy due early and … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, Alternative energy, Alternative transportation, architecture, art, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, book reviews, books, branding, business, charities, cities, civics, civility, climate, commerce, culture, downtown, economic development, Economy, ecosystems, education, energy, environment, geography, government, health, Health care, history, Housing, humanity, infrastructure, land use, literature, nature, pictures, placemaking, planning, politics, recycling, Renewable Energy, revitalization, Small business, solar, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, technology, topography, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning, volunteerism, walking, water, water conservation, weather, writing, zoning
Tagged books, cities, Green Town USA, Greensburg, Kansas, rebuilding, restoring, sustainability, tornadoes, weather
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Stunning art along Detroit’s Dequindre Cut
We had the pleasure of biking the length of Detroit’s wonderful Dequindre Cut Greenway in both directions today. The murals and graffiti art are magnificent. Here are some photographs of just a few of these amazing works. Enjoy!
Posted in archaeology, architecture, art, bicycling, Biking, Cities, civility, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, entertainment, fitness, fun, health, hiking, historic preservation, history, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, revitalization, spatial design, third places, topography, tourism, trails, Transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, walking
Tagged biking, cycling, Dequindre Cut, Detroit, fun, Michigan, travel
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Favorite scenic byways and roadways traveled
Below, listed in alphabetical order, are my favorite scenic byways and highways that I’ve traveled from across the United States. Those shown in bold would be at the top of my list. No freeways, toll roads, or interstate highways allowed … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, architecture, art, Biking, Cars, culture, deserts, ecosystems, entertainment, environment, Food, fun, geography, Geology, Great Lakes, highways, hiking, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, nature, peace, pictures, placemaking, planning, rivers/watersheds, scenic byways, spatial design, sustainability, topography, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, walking, Wildlife
Tagged environment, history, nature, roads, scenic byways, tourism, travel
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Ten planning lessons from “Unsinkable” Leadville, CO
The historic hometown of the Unsinkable Molly Brown is a scenic gem set high in the Colorado Rockies. Leadville happens to be the highest elevation city in the United States at officially 10,152 feet above sea level. This historic mining … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Alternative transportation, archaeology, architecture, art, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, branding, cities, civics, commerce, culture, downtown, economic development, entertainment, environment, fitness, fun, geography, Geology, health, highways, hiking, historic preservation, history, Housing, humanity, industry, infrastructure, land use, Maps, Mining, nature, pictures, place names, placemaking, pollution, recreation, revitalization, spatial design, Statistics, third places, topography, tourism, traffic, trails, Travel, urban design, urban planning, walking, weather, Wildlife, zoning
Tagged archaeology, Colorado, history, Leadville, Mineral Belt Trail, mining, trails, Unsinkable Molly Brown
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One planner’s guide to non-fiction books about specific cities
Nearly every city has at least one unique story to tell about itself and some cities are filled with many interesting ones. The story(ies) may be due to conflict or upheaval, its unique culture or geography, a natural or human … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, bicycling, Biking, book reviews, books, cities, civics, civility, climate change, commerce, culture, demographics, economic development, ecosystems, environment, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, Housing, humanity, infrastructure, land use, literature, nature, place names, placemaking, planning, reading, revitalization, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, third places, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, writing
Tagged book reviews, books, cities, literature, reading
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The longest bike and/or footbridges in the USA or Canada
The following working list identifies the longest bicycle and pedestrian bridges in the United States and Canada based on the length (in feet) of their main span. A separate list of bridges that may be long enough to join this … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, archaeology, architecture, art, bicycling, Biking, bridges, Canada, cities, entertainment, fitness, fun, geography, health, hiking, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, rivers/watersheds, States, Statistics, topography, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, walking
Tagged bicycle bridges, bike bridges, biking, bridges, footbridges, hiking, non-motorized recreation, non-motorized transportation, pedestrian bridges, trails, walking
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Fort Wayne’s three iconic bicycle/pedestrian bridges
Completed over the past dozen years, three stunning bicycle/pedestrian bridges now link the Purdue University-Fort Wayne campus trail network to the City of Fort Wayne’s Rivergreenway System. It’s hard to describe how impressive these three structures are, but the architectural … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, architecture, art, bicycling, Biking, cities, economic development, education, fitness, fun, health, hiking, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, Maps, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, rivers/watersheds, spatial design, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged bicycling, biking, Fort Waune, greenways, hiking, Indiana, trails, walking
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A Chicago walking museum that honors the Moundbuilders
In a spark of artistic and placemaking brilliance, a new nine+ (9.5) mile long cultural trail is taking shape in Chicago. To be bookended by newly created Native American Mounds, the Northwest Portage Walking Museum (now also known as 4000N) will … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Alternative transportation, archaeology, art, bicycling, Biking, charities, cities, civics, culture, economic gardening, entertainment, environment, geography, health, hiking, history, inclusiveness, land use, landscape architecture, Maps, Native Americans, nature, peace, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, revitalization, spatial design, sustainability, third places, topography, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, walking
Tagged 4000N, American Indian Center of Chicago, Chicago Public Art Group, Coil Mound, moundbuilders, mounds, Native Americans, Northwest Portage Walking Museum, Portage Park Neighborhood Association, Santiago X, Serpent Mound
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