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Category Archives: bridges
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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America’s most beautiful downtown – my vote is St. Augustine
I have had the great pleasure of visiting many communities across America ranging in size from hamlet to town to major city. This includes visits to parts of 49 states. Until this past week’s visit to St. Augustine, Florida I … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, Advocacy, architecture, art, bridges, cities, civics, civility, Cuisine, culture, diversity, downtown, geography, government, historic preservation, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, Maps, North America, pictures, placemaking, planning, skylines, spatial design, tourism, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged Florida, scenic, St. Augustine, visual beauty
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Transforming the mundane into the m-a-r-v-e-l-o-u-s!
There are certain mundane objects that we see each and every day, but hardly think about. They have become the equivalent of background noise in our visual world. Such mundane items might include light poles, mailboxes, dumpsters, utility boxes, overpasses, … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, art, branding, bridges, cities, civics, civility, Communications, culture, diversity, fun, infrastructure, land use, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, spatial design, urban planning
Tagged art, cities, design, dumpsters, fun, infrastructure, overpasses, planning, stairways, utility boxes, visual art
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Linking two continents – monumental bridges of Turkey
Turkey already has some amazing bridges, but now they plan to construct the world’s longest bridge span over the Dardanelles Straits linking Europe with Asia. Designed to shorten the travel time between the major southern city of Izmir and Eastern … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Asia, bridges, Cars, cities, commerce, Communications, economic development, Europe, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, pictures, planning, shipping, skylines, spatial design, Statistics, technology, tourism, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged Asia, bridges, cities, Europe, geography, Istanbul, Izmit, statistics, transportation, travel, Turkey
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Eight awesome bridges of Vietnam
Above and below are impressive bridge photographs of seven of the ten most popular bridges of Vietnam, plus one other beautiful one that I found on Trip Advisor.com. While all of them are intriguing in their own special way, it … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, Asia, bridges, cities, culture, economic development, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, skylines, spatial design, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged arch bridges, architecture, art, Asia, bridges, cable-stayed bridges, Danang, design, dragons, Hanoi, highways, Ho Chi Minh City, infrastructure, planning, suspension bridges, transportation, Vietnam
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Graceful Danish bicycle bridges
Above and below are both photographs and/or artist’s renderings of some of the graceful and stylish bicycle bridges that can be found in Denmark. While these bridges may not have the dynamic boldness of those posted previously from the Netherlands, … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, architecture, art, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, bridges, cities, climate change, culture, economic development, environment, Europe, fitness, fun, geography, health, hiking, infrastructure, land use, Maps, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, revitalization, spatial design, sustainability, third places, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged architecture, art, bicycling, bike commuting, biking, bridges, canals, cities, Copenhagen, Denmark, design, drawbridges, Europe, fitness, infrastructure, land use, Odense, recreation, tourism, transportation, travel
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Hubway’s the way to bike Boston
Kathy and I joined my son Jonathan on a morning bike ride along both sides of the Charles River in Cambridge and Boston Saturday morning. While Hubway is located throughout much of the central parts of the Boston urban area, … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, bridges, cities, civics, commerce, culture, economic development, entertainment, environment, fitness, fun, geography, health, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, Maps, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, skylines, spatial design, sustainability, technology, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged bicycling, bike share, biking, Boston, Cambridge, Charles River Bikeway, cities, fun, geography, Hubway, land use, recreation, trails
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Incredible Dutch bicycling bridges
Above and below are a series of images of a few of the most spectacular and inspiring bicycle bridges you will ever see on this planet. All of them are located or proposed in the Netherlands – home of windmills, … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, architecture, art, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, bridges, cities, civics, commerce, culture, economic development, Europe, fun, geography, health, infrastructure, land use, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, spatial design, sustainability, tourism, Trade, trails, transportation, Travel
Tagged bicycling, bike trails, biking, bridges, cities, fitness, fun, geography, health, Holland, land use, Netherlands, tourism, trails, transportation, travel
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