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- Working list: World’s deepest open pit mines past and present
- Biggest baddest bottlenecks for truck traffic in the USA
- Scaling one the last remaining fire lookout towers in Illinois
- A living art museum amid ghost town ruins
- Frozen fun: The ascent of ice climbing parks
- Take a [Late Night Drive Home] to alternative rock bliss
- India’s longest road/highway land tunnels
- Morenci: A look inside America’s largest copper mine
- “Storyliving towns” – A new dystopian blueprint?
- The world’s wildest roundabout is below the ocean!
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Category Archives: consumerism
Morenci: A look inside America’s largest copper mine
We had the opportunity over the past weekend to travel to and through parts of Southeast Arizona. While returning, we drove along U.S. 191 through the ginormous Morenci Copper Mine — the largest in the United States. This complex is … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, art, business, cities, commerce, consumerism, culture, economic development, ecosystems, engineering, environment, forests, geography, Geology, ghost towns, historic preservation, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, Maps, Mining, mountains, natural history, nature, pictures, planning, revitalization, spatial design, Statistics, topography, tourism, Travel, tunnels, urban planning
Tagged Arizona, cities, Clifton, copper, environment, forests, former mining towns, geography, geology, historic preservation, history, land use, mining, Morenci, Morenci mine, mountains, planning, revitalization, tourism, travel, trucks
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“Storyliving towns” – A new dystopian blueprint?
As if Americans weren’t already overwhelmed with rampant commercialism, marketers have now decided to bring Storyliving towns to our front doorsteps. “Ding-dong! Congratulations Mr. & Ms. America. Now, you can live in an alternate universe among your cartoon friends and … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, Alternative transportation, branding, business, Cars, cartoons, cities, civics, climate change, commerce, consumerism, culture, demographics, density, deserts, economics, ecosystems, entertainment, environment, film, fitness, futurism, health, highways, history, industry, land use, landscape architecture, marketing, money, movies, music, nature, opinion, pictures, placemaking, planning, population, product design, revitalization, shopping, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, tourism, traffic, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, visual pollution, walking, water, water conservation, xeriscaping, zoning
Tagged alternate reality, Asteria, branding, California, capitalism, cartoons, cities, consumerism, Cotino, Disney, environment, fake, fantasy, futurism, land use, marketing, North Carolina, planning, storyliving towns, theme parks, transportation, travel
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Does the world really need luxury car branded condominiums?
Apparently, the latest fad for the high-rent condominium market is branding them with luxury car names. Seriously? Aren’t we already assaulted enough by advertising and marketing on a daily basis? Mercedes-Benz, Bentley, and Bugatti are currently involved in this trend, … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, architecture, art, branding, business, Cars, cities, civility, classic vehicles, commerce, consumerism, culture, downtown, economic development, engineering, entertainment, history, Housing, humanity, land use, marketing, new urbanism, opinion, parking, pictures, planning, product design, shopping, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, Statistics, toponymy, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, zoning
Tagged advertising, autos, Bentley, branding, Bucatti, capitalism, cars, cities, condos, Gossamer, housing, land use, logos, luxury, marketing, mercedes, Mercedes-Benz, opinion, planning, travel
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Storied downtown department store street clocks and towers
The following photographs show some of the storied and magnificent street clocks and clock towers on current and former department stores across the United States. Nearly all of these buildings have been repurposed for other uses after the era of … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, archaeology, architecture, art, branding, business, cities, civics, commerce, consumerism, culture, downtown, engineering, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, marketing, new urbanism, pictures, placemaking, planning, revitalization, shopping, spatial design, third places, tourism, Travel, urban design, urban planning
Tagged architecture, art, cities, clock towers, clocks, department stores, design, downtown, geography, historic preservation, history, land use, planning, street clocks, travel
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Tuesday Tunes: 20 Best “radio” songs of the rock era
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Posted in art, business, Communications, consumerism, culture, entertainment, fun, historic preservation, history, Language, music, songs, video
Tagged AM, FM, fun, history, music, Radio, rock, stereo
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17 non-planning centric books that all planners should read
Listed below are 17 books that this retired planner believes every planner should read at some point during their career. They are books which are not planning-centric, though they may speak to planning issues from outside of the planning realm. … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, ageism, art, atomic age, book reviews, books, cities, civics, Civil Rights, civility, climate, climate change, Communications, consumerism, culture, diversity, economics, Economy, ecosystems, education, entertainment, environment, feminism, hiking, historic preservation, history, homelessness, Housing, humanity, inclusiveness, India, injustice, land use, literature, lookouts, military, Mining, money, Native Americans, natural history, nature, planning, politics, pollution, poverty, racism, recreation, Science, social equity, spatial design, sprawl, technology, tourism, trails, Travel, urban planning, walking, weather, Wilderness, Women, writing
Tagged atomic age, books, cities, environment, history, justice, land use, mining, planning, racism, tourism, transportation, travel, women
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Ten+ best TV shows, movies, & books in 2023
The following are my ten favorite television shows, movies, music, and books seen/heard/read for the first time in 2023. These will be updated from time-to-time and with end-of-the-year results. TELEVISION – Comedies 1. The Bear (Season 2) FX/Hulu 2. Ted … Continue reading
Posted in art, civics, Communications, consumerism, culture, entertainment, film, fun, movies, music, music reviews, pictures, shopping, songs, Television, theaters, video, Women, writing
Tagged albums, art, comedy, drama, entertainment, film, fun, movies, music, songs, television, video
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Tuesday Tunes: Song titles of the rock era that contain state names: A-M
These include, rock, pop, indie, alternative, folk, punk, new wave, country rock, Motown, and similar rock music sub-genres. When known, the years of the release is listed with the song title and artist. Any additions, corrections, or suggestions are most … Continue reading
Posted in art, branding, Communications, consumerism, culture, entertainment, fun, geography, history, music, music reviews, place names, Radio, songs, States, Statistics, video, writing
Tagged art, entertainment, fun, geography, history, lyrics, music, song titles, songs, state names, states
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Twelve future predictions for planners and planning
Euclidean zoning will be struck down by the courts due to inequitable, unjust, and exclusionary application(s) of it across the country. Artificial intelligence will replace some land use decision-making bodies in urban and suburban areas, but the good ol’ boy … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Cars, cities, civics, Civil Rights, civility, climate change, commerce, consumerism, culture, density, diversity, downtown, economic development, economics, ecosystems, energy, environment, futurism, geography, government, highways, history, Housing, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, Mining, nature, opinion, Outer Space, placemaking, planning, pollution, population, racism, revitalization, space, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, technology, traffic, transit, transportation, Transportation, urban design, urban planning, visual pollution, water, water conservation, xeriscaping, zoning
Tagged cities, environment, future, futurism, geography, history, land use, planning, predictions, transportation, urban planning
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Hatching fast food chicken chains worldwide
The following list identifies 62 fast food chicken restaurants worldwide with the year they were founded and the location (if known). A couple of interesting notes from the list include the propensity for chains established in the United States to … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Animals, Asia, branding, business, Canada, consumerism, Cuisine, culture, entrepreneurship, Europe, Food, food systems, geography, history, industry, land use, Latin America, Maps, North America, Oceania, South America, Statistics, Travel
Tagged chicken, cities, dining, fast food, food, fun, geography, history, restaurants
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