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- Amazing and beautiful river bends from around the globe
- Cities and towns named for a river bend
- Favorites of 2020 thru the midyear
- Chris*craft flotilla
- Roadside Americana: Atomic age stops, sights, and oddities
- Tuesday Tunes: Favorite rock album titles
- “Punisher” by Phoebe Bridgers packs a powerful punch!
- Cities with three (3) or more matching letters in their name
- Up to 690,000 American’s died from our own nuke tests!
- American “Atomgrads” of the Cold War era…and beyond
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Category Archives: branding
Chris*craft flotilla
Just a few of the classic Chris*craft motorboats that were tooling around Lake Wawasee, Indiana on Sunday morning June 28, 2020. Each Sunday between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend anywhere between 14 and 30 of these lovely watercraft … Continue reading
Posted in art, branding, classic vehicles, culture, entertainment, fun, historic preservation, history, placemaking, product design, recreation, technology, tourism, Transportation, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged boating, boats, Chris*craft, Indiana, Lake Wawasee, motorboats, watercraft
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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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Tuesday Tunes: Favorite rock album titles
Here’s my list of favorite album titles. Some are fun, some are poignant or thought-provoking, and some are just plain weird. If you have others that you feel should be included, please feel free to pass them along. Enjoy! Logic … Continue reading
Posted in branding, fun, history, Language, Music, music reviews
Tagged albums, fun, music, Rock 'n' Roll, titles
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The rise of slender toothpick skyscrapers
A recent trend in skyscraper development, especially in New York City, has been pencil-thin, almost toothpick-like skyscrapers built on very small/narrow parcels. These slender towers look almost anorexic in appearance compared to many of their predecessors (see comparison graphic below). … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, branding, cities, downtown, economic development, geography, historic preservation, history, Housing, infrastructure, land use, placemaking, planning, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, Statistics, technology, traffic, urban design, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged Brooklyn, Hong Kong, Melbourne, New York City, pencil-thin towers, skyscrapers, slender skyscrapers, slenderness ratio, Toronto, towers
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Fictional cities and towns of live action television
The following list identifies the fictional city or town where these live action television series (comedy or drama) were situated. A separate blog post identifies fictional cities and towns of cartoon (or animated) series. States/provinces that have the most … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, art, branding, Canada, cities, entertainment, fun, geography, history, place names, placemaking, recreation, States, Television, tourism, Travel
Tagged cities, comedy, drama, entertainment, television, towns, trivia, TV shows
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Tuesday Tunes: Numeric band names
Oops – posted a day early. Oh, well. A little music trivia and fun. Included are rock, punk, folk, country, jazz, reggae, pop, metal, hip-hop, soul, R & B, rap, big band, and any other band names one could find … Continue reading
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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“Queen City” nicknames dotting the map
Apparently being a queen city was big deal at one time in history given the number of cities that have used that moniker in some manner or another during their history. The list does not include cities with the … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, branding, Canada, cities, civics, Communications, culture, economic development, economic gardening, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, Maps, marketing, Mexico, North America, place names, placemaking, tourism, Travel, Welcome
Tagged branding, monikers, nicknames, queen, Queen City, slogans
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World’s tallest* elevator test towers
The following list identifies the tallest elevator test towers in the world by their height (in feet) above ground. As is noted with an asterisk (*), there is also one major elevator testing site that utilizes a former mine beneath … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, airports, architecture, branding, business, cities, downtown, economic development, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, planning, rail, Science, shopping, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, Statistics, technology, traffic, transit, transportation, urban planning
Tagged Canny, design, elevators, Fujitec, Hitachi, Hyundai, Kone, Maspero, Mitsubishi, Otis, r & d, research, Schindler, skyscrapers, test towers, ThyssenKrupp, towers
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