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Category Archives: film
The Town That Was Moved Four Times!
The first of our new “Frontier Towns” series is about the historic Great Plains town of Julesburg, Colorado. At the crossroads of multiple important and historic transcontinental routes lies the quaint Great Plains town of Julesburg, Colorado. This classic western … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, architecture, bicycling, Biking, branding, cities, civics, commerce, culture, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, environment, film, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, movies, nature, Passenger rail, place names, placemaking, planning, rail, Railroads, recreation, rivers/watersheds, signs, Small business, sustainability, theaters, topography, tourism, Trade, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, Welcome
Tagged Colorado, Julesburg, pioneers, pony express, railroads, stagecoaches, trails, travel
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Favorites of 2018
Films Released and Seen in 2018 Favorite Drama – Green Book Favorite Musical or Comedy– Mary Poppins Returns Favorite Animated – Isle of Dogs A Star is Born Hearts Beat Loud Black Panther Bohemian Rhapsody Roma First Man Incredibles 2 … Continue reading
Posted in book reviews, books, entertainment, film, fun, literature, movies, music, music reviews, Television
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Favorites of 2017
One of my New Years resolutions for 2017 was to read more classic literature and watch classic films I have missed in the past. As you can see form this list, I have accomplished that, partially in thanks to TCM … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, art, book reviews, books, branding, cartoons, Communications, culture, entertainment, film, fun, history, internet, libraries, literature, movies, music, music reviews, reading, Science, Science fiction, Television, theaters, writing
Tagged books, cinema, film, lit, reading, television, TV
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Fictional cities of dystopia – Updated
Often, dystopian tales involve the entire planet, particular nations, or recognizable cities like New York, Los Angeles, or London. However, a fair number of them are centered in a fictional city or town. The list below identifies those cities, along … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, books, Cities, culture, film, geography, infrastructure, literature, movies, place names, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, Television, writing
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Grand movie palaces of Northern Michigan
Sources: http://thebaytheatre.com/about-us/ http://www.boynechamber.com/news/details/boyne-theater-restoration-plans-unveiled http://www.frankfortgardentheater.com/the-theater/ https://www.stateandbijou.org/about/statetheatre https://www.stateandbijou.org/about/bijoubythebay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijou_by_the_Bay http://www.idealtheatre.com/index.php/about-us http://voguetheatremanistee.org/history https://www.friendsofthebroadway.org/about-us/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_Theatre_(Mount_Pleasant,_Michigan) http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/14104 http://www.centerstage.bz/scheduleticketinfo.html https://squareup.com/store/rialtograyling http://michiganoperahouses.com/maltz-opera-house-alpena-alpena-county/ http://www.waterwinterwonderland.com/movietheaters.aspx?id=814&type=5 https://www.facebook.com/pg/LakeTheatreOscoda/about/?ref=page_internal http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1558 http://www.elkrapidscinema.com/history.html http://www.rogerscitytheater.com/community-theatre/about-the-theater/
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, art, business, cities, downtown, economic development, entertainment, film, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, land use, movies, music, pictures, placemaking, planning, revitalization, Small business, theaters, tourism, Travel
Tagged cinema, film, history, Michigan, movies, theaters, venues
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Aviation purgatory – airplane boneyards
Probably one of the strangest and saddest land uses you will ever encounter are aircraft boneyards – essentially, these are airport junkyards for discarded airplanes. Some sites specialize in commercial aircraft, while others in military hardware. In either case, used … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, economic development, film, geography
Tagged aircraft, airplane boneyards, airplanes, airport planning, airports, aviation, boneyards, land use, quotes, recycling
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Urban planning portrayed through art
As urban planners we most often tend to think of our profession being depicted to the outside world in fairly basic textual and geographic terms. Either it is the written word in somewhat legalistic prose, or it is maps representing … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, books, cartoons, cities, civics, Communications, culture, film, history, humanity, inclusiveness, land use, literature, movies, music, new urbanism, pictures, placemaking, planning, Poem, spatial design, sustainability, Television, theaters, tourism, Travel, urban planning, writing
Tagged architecture, art, books, cartoons, cities, film, land use, music, painting, planning, poetry, sculpting, television, urbanism, writing
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Two triumphant and ironic films – “Brooklyn” and “Trumbo”
My wife and I had the pleasure of seeing two outstanding films over the past weekend. On Friday night, we bicycled to the charming Bijou by the Bay Theater in downtown Traverse City and watched Brooklyn. This beautifully crafted and … Continue reading
Posted in art, censorship, civics, civility, Communications, culture, entertainment, film, history, movies, peace, politics, racism, Religion, social equity, theaters, video, Women
Tagged art, Brooklyn, Bryan Cranston, cinema, film, history, immigration, movies, politics, Trumbo, USA
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