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Category Archives: brewpubs
Walkable placemaking with outdoor public stairways
Note: – For purposes of this blogpost, stairways, stairs, and stair-steps are used interchangeably. Post updated 2/16/23 _______ The first time it occurred to me that outdoor stairways could be an important walkability tool for cities was while visiting Edinburgh, … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, Alternative transportation, archaeology, architecture, art, book reviews, books, branding, brewpubs, business, cities, civics, coffee shops/cafes, commerce, culture, demographics, diversity, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, Economy, engineering, entertainment, environment, fitness, fun, geography, government, health, Health care, hiking, historic preservation, history, Housing, humanity, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, literature, logistics, Maps, Mining, mountains, natural history, nature, new urbanism, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, revitalization, shopping, social equity, spatial design, sprawl, Stairway networks, Statistics, sustainability, third places, topography, tourism, traffic, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, walking, writing
Tagged Bisbee 1000, cities, environment, fun, geography, history, IceMan Climb Competition, land use, planning, recreational stairways, stair-steps, staircases, Stairizona Trail, stairs, stairways, steps, transportation, travel, walkability, walkable
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Ten planning lessons from OKC – America’s newest great city!
The changes/improvements that have taken place in Oklahoma City in the past 16 years (since I last visited) are remarkable and immensely impressive. Here are ten planning lessons from the exciting and entertaining capital of Oklahoma. Oklahoma City has coalesced … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, art, bicycling, branding, brewpubs, bridges, business, Cars, charities, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Cuisine, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, entertainment, environment, family, fitness, Food, food systems, food trucks, fun, gentrification, geography, government, health, highways, hiking, historic preservation, history, Housing, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, marketing, new urbanism, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, revitalization, rivers/watersheds, shopping, skylines, skyscrapers, social equity, spatial design, sports, sprawl, sustainability, technology, third places, tourism, traffic, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, walking, water trails, zoning
Tagged canoeing, cities, inclusiveness, kayaking, miniature golf, OKC, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Olympic trails, olympic training, planning, Scissortailed Flycatcher, Skydance, surfing
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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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Favorite beers by state and country
Below is my list of favorite beers by state and country. Most of the ones in the United States have been tried at the brewery or brewpub. Brands from outside the United States have been tried in restaurants there or … Continue reading
Crafting a Perfect Brewery Name, Logo, and Slogan
Favorite craft brewery names/logos/slogans and why they are so good: *BEST NAME: Stormcloud Brewing of Frankfort, MI – This is my all time favorite name for a brewery and they have a great logo, as well. If you’ve ever seen a fierce … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, beer, branding, brewpubs, business, Canada, cities, commerce, Communications, consumerism, Cuisine, culture, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, entrepreneurship, geography, historic preservation, history, land use, marketing, place names, placemaking, planning, product design, third places, tourism, Trade, Travel
Tagged advertising, branding, breweries, brewpubs, business, fun, logos, marketing, slogans, taglines, Third places, travel
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“Cool” vibes Up North in Boyne City, Michigan
Several weekends ago we ventured to Boyne City, Michigan to take in the vibrant fall colors of Northwest Lower Michigan. Beyond the standard driving tour, we stopped at a park/preserve that was once a busy ski hill in the winter … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, art, beer, branding, brewpubs, cities, coffee shops/cafes, Cuisine, culture, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, environment, fun, geography, hiking, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, placemaking, planning, recreation, third places, tourism, trails, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged Boyne City
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Even paradise has cloudy days
Over the past few months my praise and love for the Traverse City area has been expressed in many posts here on Panethos, on Facebook, or in conversations with family and friends. But even paradise on Earth can have cloudy … Continue reading
Posted in bicycling, Biking, books, brewpubs, cities, civics, civility, Communications, environment, family, geography, health, history, holiday, humanity, Love, movies, nature, pictures, placemaking, reading, seasons, tourism, Travel, weather
Tagged cities, climate, family, friends, geography, humanity, introspection, love, Miracle on 34th Street, movies, Northern Michigan, quotes, seasons, Traverse City, Up North, weather
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A luminous urban Pearl (street)
There really is no other street like in the United States. The Pearl Street Mall in downtown Boulder, Colorado is an iconic place; and urban planner’s dream come true of walkable, urban shopping and entertainment packed into four glorious blocks … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, architecture, art, brewpubs, cities, civics, colleges, commerce, consumerism, Cuisine, culture, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, Food, fun, geography, Geology, government, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, music, North America, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, revitalization, skylines, spatial design, sustainability, third places, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged architecture, art, art deco, Boulder, business district, cities, dining, downtown, food, fun, land use, malls, Pearl Street, planning, shopping
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Unofficial guide to the hipsterhoods of Dixie -UPDATED
As a continuation of this series on hipster neighborhoods in cities (see previous posts on the Rust Belt, Texas and the Great Plains, and Mountain West), below are those hipsterhoods which were identified in cities of the Southern states, including Alabama, … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Alternative transportation, architecture, art, beer, bicycling, branding, brewpubs, cities, civics, Communications, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, Food, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, Housing, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, music, new urbanism, North America, peace, placemaking, planning, revitalization, social equity, spatial design, sustainability, third places, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged arts, cities, culture, districts, diversity, Dixie, fun, geography, hipsterhoods, hipsters, history, humanity, land use, neighborhoods, sociology, South
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Seeking admission into the realm of hipsterdom
Does the realm of hipsterdom have a maximum age limit? That’s a question I have often asked myself. Can someone like me, who soon will be facing the 40th high school reunion squarely in the face, really be considered a … Continue reading
Posted in art, beer, bicycling, branding, brewpubs, civics, civility, coffee shops/cafes, Communications, culture, diversity, history, humanity, inclusiveness, peace, politics, reading, writing
Tagged advocacy, branding, communications, counter-culture, culture, fashion, hipster, history, humanity, identity, inclusiveness, peace
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