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- Tuesday Tunes: Out-of-this-world rock band names
- Riding the rails of interstellar discovery at the Very Large Array
- Majestic “mesa” cities and towns around the globe
- Canada’s next supergroup – A Short Walk to Pluto
- Two migration tales of strength, hardship, and tenacity
- An out-of-this-world visit to the Very Large Array (VLA)
- Albuquerque is a national leader in water conservation
- The buzz about America’s “bee-friendly” cities
- Tallest buildings of Greater Washington, DC
- New Mexico’s protected wildlife areas along the Rio Grande
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Category Archives: Environment
Ten planning lessons from the elegant oasis of Palm Springs
Below are ten (10) planning lessons from the beautiful desert city of Palm Springs, California. Peace! Few places have such a dramatic elevation change in such a short distance (up to 9,000 feet in four miles). This makes Palm Springs’ … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Alternative transportation, architecture, art, bicycling, branding, Cities, civics, climate, commerce, culture, deserts, diversity, downtown, economic development, entertainment, Environment, fun, geography, Geology, health, hiking, historic preservation, history, Housing, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, marketing, mountains, natural history, Nature, pictures, place names, placemaking, planning, poverty, recreation, skylines, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, third places, topography, tourism, Transportation, Travel, Uncategorized, urban design, Urban Gondolas, urban planning, visual pollution, walking, weather, xeriscaping, zoning
Tagged architecture, California, desert, design, fashion, mid-century modern, Palm Springs, planning, tourism, travel
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Madrid, NM – Coal mining ghost town to eclectic art colony
Among the many attractions within an hour’s drive of Albuquerque and Santa Fe is the former coal mining town of Madrid, New Mexico. Located in a rugged valley bounded by the Ortiz Mountains, the town had acquired the nickname of … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, archaeology, architecture, art, branding, business, cities, classic vehicles, commerce, Cuisine, culture, demographics, economic development, entertainment, environment, Environment, fun, geography, health, highways, historic preservation, history, Housing, industry, land use, marketing, Mining, nature, pictures, place names, placemaking, planning, pollution, recreation, revitalization, scenic byways, shopping, Small business, spatial design, sports, Statistics, topography, tourism, Trade, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning, Women
Tagged art, coal, eclectic, environment, fun, history, Madrid, mining, New Mexico, tourism, travel
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Collegiate carport solar energy production in the USA
Below are more than 75 colleges and universities in the United States that have installed solar carports on campus, along with information available on them via the internet. Data includes the school, location, megawatts, year completed, and number of spaces/acreage … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, colleges, economic development, energy, Environment, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, Nature, pictures, planning, product design, Renewable Energy, Science, solar, Statistics, technology, Transportation, Uncategorized, urban planning
Tagged colleges, energy, environment, parking, power, solar, solar carports, technology, universities
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Hiking New Mexico’s 4th of July Canyon/Cerro Blanco Loop
We spent a lovely autumn Sunday afternoon trekking 4.7 miles at elevation in Cibola National Forest, southeast of Albuquerque. Our hike began at approximately 7,500 foot elevation and included 936 feet of change over the entire trail route. The loop … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, Environment, fun, geography, health, hiking, Maps, Nature, recreation, spatial design, Statistics, topography, tourism, trails, Travel, Uncategorized, walking
Tagged $th of July Trail, Albuquerque, Cerro Blanco Trail, Cibola National Forest, hiking, mountains, New Mexico, trails, trekking, walking
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My feet were ice blocks, but seeing Zapata Falls is so worth it!
While visiting Great Sand Dunes National Park in south-central Colorado we learned about a unique nearby waterfall that is largely hidden from view by solid rock. The catch is you have to drive three miles up a rugged mountain road … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, fun, geography, Geology, hiking, Nature, pictures, rivers/watersheds, topography, tourism, Travel, Uncategorized, walking, waterfalls
Tagged Blanca Peak, chasms, Colorado, crevasse, Great Sand Dunes National Park, rivers, waterfalls, Zapata Falls
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Marquette acts to protect migrating blue-spotted salamanders
Most of us are familiar with lengthy bird migrations that take place each spring and fall, as well as the impressive migration of Monarch butterflies from the United States and Canada to central Mexico and back each year. There is … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Cars, Cities, colleges, ecosystems, Environment, geography, land use, Maps, Nature, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, rivers/watersheds, Science, Statistics, sustainability, topography, tourism, traffic, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning, weather, Wildlife
Tagged amphibians, Blue-spotted Salamanders, Marquette, Presque Ile Park, Salamanders
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More beauty from the Upper Peninsula
Posted in architecture, Cities, culture, ecosystems, Environment, fun, geography, Geology, Great Lakes, historic preservation, history, lighthouses, rivers/watersheds, topography, tourism, Travel, Uncategorized, underwater preserves, Wildlife
Tagged Michigan, Munising, nature, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Upper Peninsula, waterfalls
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Scenic views from Michigan’s U.P.
These images are from in and around Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. More to come.
Posted in archaeology, architecture, Cities, culture, Environment, fun, geography, Geology, Great Lakes, hiking, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Nature, placemaking, planning, recreation, shipwrecks, topography, tourism, Transportation, Travel, underwater preserves
Tagged Pictured Rocks, Upper Peninsula
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Ten Planning Lessons from Bisbee, AZ
Current and former mining towns (as well as all declining post-industrial cities) can learn valuable lessons from Bisbee on how to survive and later begin to reverse the decline after its founding industry falters. Architectural gems from previous eras are … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, Cities, civics, culture, economic development, Environment, geography, health, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Nature, placemaking, planning, pollution, revitalization, sustainability, third places, topography, tourism, Transportation, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning, visual pollution, zoning
Tagged Arizona, arts, Bisbee, copper, historic preservation, mining, pollution, revitalization, tourism
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Sonoran Desert Scenery
Posted in Cities, culture, deserts, Environment, fun, geography, Geology, hiking, history, land use, Nature, recreation, topography, tourism, Travel, walking, Wildlife
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