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- Don’t erase industrial heritage, embrace it!
- Dawn-to-dusk-to-dawn city/town names
- The worst failures of American urban planning
- Worlds largest “ton” suffix cities
- Iconic ironmaking furnace stacks of stone
- Once roaring iron furnace or iron forge named towns
- Tuesday tunes: Male solo artists who belong in the Rock Hall of Fame
- Favorite historic trails to hike or bike
- Tuesday Tunes: Women who Belong in the Rock Hall of Fame
- Working list – America’s tallest and grandest mesas
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Category Archives: economic gardening
Don’t erase industrial heritage, embrace it!
In many post-industrial American cities, the legacy of their manufacturing might is too often gradually rusting away or being erased from memory in the hopes that new developments will somehow rekindle a once proud past. As a result, significant aspects … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, archaeology, architecture, art, cities, civics, culture, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, environment, Food, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, industry, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, Passenger rail, placemaking, planning, rail, Railroads, recreation, revitalization, rivers/watersheds, skylines, spatial design, sustainability, technology, third places, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban design, walking
Tagged adaptive reuse, Bethlehem, Birmingham, cities, Gas Works Park, indiustry, industrial archaeology, Marquette, Mill Ruins Park, Minneapolis, Ore Dock Boteco Center, Scranton, Seattle, Slodd Furnaces, Steamtown, Steel Stacks
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Favorite historic mining towns visited to date
Favorite historic mining towns are presented in alphabetical order after the top three, which are immediately below. The list does not include historic mining towns that are now ghost towns. Here are the top three favorites to date: Marquette, Michigan … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, archaeology, architecture, art, branding, business, cities, culture, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, environment, fun, geography, Geology, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, marketing, Mining, placemaking, planning, recreation, revitalization, spatial design, third places, topography, tourism, trails, Travel, urban planning
Tagged archaeology, architecture, art, culture, mining, towns
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Ten+ planning lessons from “remarqable” Marquette, Michigan
Before going through the twelve planning lessons listed below, it must be noted that for many years, Marquette has been at the top of my list of favorite cities in Michigan, as well as the at the top of my … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, archaeology, architecture, bicycling, Biking, branding, cities, civics, colleges, commerce, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, environment, fun, geography, Geology, Great Lakes, hiking, historic preservation, history, immigration, infrastructure, land use, Mining, nature, new urbanism, place names, placemaking, planning, Railroads, recreation, revitalization, shipping, skylines, spatial design, sustainability, third places, topography, tourism, Trade, traffic, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, water trails, zoning
Tagged architecture, bicycling, cities, culture, fun, geography, infrastructure, Iron Ore Heritage Trail, land use, Marquette, Michigan, mining, planning, tourism, transportation
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Toasting the States with the most wineries in 2020 vs. 2018
As the data shows in the following chart, among the states with the most wineries, Colorado and Texas lead the way in the number of new wineries added over the past two (2) years. All 12 states saw growth in … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, art, branding, cities, commerce, consumerism, Cuisine, culture, economic development, economic gardening, environment, food systems, fun, geography, Geology, historic preservation, history, land use, Maps, placemaking, planning, Small business, States, Statistics, third places, topography, tourism, Trade, Travel
Tagged vineyards, wine, wineries
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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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Ten Planning Lessons from San Antonio
Here are my ten (10) planning lessons from one of America’s most enjoyable and dynamic large cities – San Antonio, Texas. San Antonio’s River Walk can easily be classified as one of America’s “most iconic planning efforts.” It helped set … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, archaeology, architecture, bicycling, branding, cities, commerce, Cuisine, culture, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, entrepreneurship, food trucks, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Mexico, placemaking, planning, revitalization, rivers/watersheds, skylines, spatial design, sprawl, third places, tourism, traffic, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged HemisFair '68, missions, RiverWalk, San Antonio, Southtown, Texas
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Best brewed mobile coffee shop names
Some more fun with coffee shop names, except this time it’s ones that are mobile instead of fixed/stationary. The mobile hops are broken down into three categories – bikes or carts/trucks, cars, or vans/trailers. My personal favorite names are shown … Continue reading
Posted in business, Cities, coffee shops/cafes, Cuisine, culture, economic gardening, Food, food systems, fun, geography, land use, placemaking, planning, shopping, third places, tourism, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning
Tagged coffee, food
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Best brewed coffee shop names from around the globe
The following is a list of my favorite coffee shop names that have creative, catchy, edgy, and fun names from across the world. Part of the success in any business is a memorable name. That being said, a great name … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, branding, cities, coffee shops/cafes, Cuisine, culture, economic gardening, entertainment, fair trade, Food, food systems, fun, geography, land use, marketing, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, Small business, tourism, Travel
Tagged brews, cafes, cappuccino, coffee, coffee shops, espresso, java, joe, latte
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Thriving and Inclusive First-Ring/Inner Suburbs
As metropolitan areas grow in population or enlarge their land area by sprawl, gradually, the innermost or first-ring suburbs start to experience some of the same problems that the core city have found challenging. This is particularly true in regions … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, architecture, art, bicycling, cities, civics, colleges, commerce, culture, density, diversity, economic development, economic gardening, education, entertainment, entrepreneurship, fun, geography, government, health, historic preservation, history, Housing, human rights, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, Passenger rail, placemaking, planning, racism, revitalization, Science, shopping, skylines, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, third places, tourism, traffic, transit, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged First-ring suburbs, Inner Suburbs
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