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Category Archives: injustice
Twelve planning lessons from Taos and the Taos Pueblo
The following are ten+ planning-related lessons learned from our visits to the 400+ year old Town of Taos and the 1000+ year old Taos Pueblo. The beauty of this area is beyond mere words — a good reason why the … Continue reading
Posted in air travel, airport planning, archaeology, architecture, art, aviation, branding, business, cities, civics, climate, climate change, commerce, culture, demographics, diversity, economic development, ecosystems, environment, futurism, geography, government, historic preservation, history, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, injustice, land use, Native Americans, natural history, nature, placemaking, planning, politics, rivers/watersheds, scenic byways, social equity, spatial design, sprawl, third places, topography, tourism, Trade, traffic, transit, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, visual pollution, water, water conservation, zoning
Tagged Biotecture, Indigenous, land use, Native Americans, New Mexico, planning, Taos, Taos Air, Taos Pueblo, UNESCO World Heritage site
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The “unity of drought” must supersede myths and self interest
*A small commission is earned from purchases that are made using the above links to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. _______ The book Water is for Fighting Over: and Other Myths About Water in the … Continue reading
Posted in art, book reviews, books, cities, civics, civility, climate, climate change, economic development, ecosystems, education, engineering, environment, futurism, geography, Geology, government, health, history, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, injustice, land use, landscape architecture, literature, Maps, Native Americans, natural history, nature, opinion, planning, politics, reading, recreation, rivers/watersheds, Science, social equity, spatial design, Statistics, topography, urban planning, water, water conservation, weather, writing
Tagged book reviews, books, collaboration, Colorado River, drought, ecology, ecosystems, environment, John Fleck, myths, Rio Grande, Southwest, water, water conservation, watersheds, writing
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Opinion: Greed is destroying college football
With today’s (July 1, 2022) announcement of USC and UCLA moving to the Big Ten Conference in 2024, another nail has been hammered into the coffin of college football. Effectively, only two or three conferences (SEC, Big Ten, and ACC) … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, branding, business, colleges, commerce, culture, economics, education, entertainment, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, injustice, marketing, money, opinion, politics, social equity, sports, Television
Tagged college football, education, football, geography, greed, money, sports, television
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15.3 million footsteps from Istanbul to Xian!
Over the course of four years (1999-2002), author and retired journalist Bernard Ollivier trekked the ancient Silk Road on foot from Istanbul, Turkey to Xian, China. He accomplished this monumental 7,500 mile (12,000 km) feat by overcoming aches, pains, illnesses, … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, archaeology, architecture, art, Asia, book reviews, books, China, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, Cuisine, culture, diversity, education, entertainment, environment, family, fun, geography, health, highways, hiking, historic preservation, history, Housing, human rights, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, injustice, land use, Language, literature, Maps, military, natural history, nature, opinion, pictures, place names, placemaking, politics, pollution, reading, recreation, Religion, Statistics, topography, tourism, Trade, traffic, trails, transportation, Travel, walking, weather, Wildlife, Women, writing
Tagged Asia, Bernard Ollivier, book reviews, books, cultures, hiking, travel, walking, writing
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Creating LA’s starlit aura – “The Mirage Factory”
What an outstanding book! Perhaps, my favorite the best city biography ever read. Author Gary Krist simply nails it with The Mirage Factory. It’s entertaining, enthralling, infuriating, and thoroughly engaging to read. You will definitely learn some amazing and eye-opening … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, art, book reviews, books, branding, business, Cars, cities, civics, commerce, Communications, consumerism, culture, demographics, economic development, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, film, fun, geography, Geology, government, highways, historic preservation, history, Housing, humanity, industry, infrastructure, injustice, land use, marketing, movies, music, nature, pictures, place names, placemaking, planning, politics, product design, racism, reading, Religion, rivers/watersheds, social equity, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, technology, theaters, topography, tourism, Trade, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, Women, writing
Tagged book reviews, books, California, Gary Krist, history, LA, Los Angeles, silent films, The Mirage Factory, urban biographies, water
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Ten planning lessons they didn’t teach you in school
The following insights are not covered sufficiently in planning school. The planning community should work with accredited schools to assure that future graduates are aware of these issues and are better equipped to handle/address them. These are presented in no … Continue reading
Posted in civics, Civil Rights, civility, colleges, Communications, culture, feminism, gentrification, health, Highway displacement, homelessness, inclusiveness, injustice, land use, opinion, planning, politics, Privatization, racism, Sexism, social equity, urban planning, zoning
Tagged employment, equity, job, justice, planner, planning, work, zoning
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The racist rot that has corroded St. Louis and America
“The imperium of St. Louis (and thus of the United States) is continually framed by the history of genocide, removal, and the expropriation and control of land — all justified in the name of white supremacy.” Page 6 The recently … Continue reading
Posted in art, book reviews, books, cities, civics, Civil Rights, commerce, culture, demographics, diversity, economic development, feminism, geography, government, health, Highway displacement, history, Housing, human rights, humanity, immigration, inclusiveness, injustice, land use, literature, Native Americans, planning, politics, poverty, racism, Railroads, rivers/watersheds, Sexism, social equity, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, urban design, urban planning, Women, writing
Tagged gender bias, hate, history, Missouri, plunder, racism, sexism, St. Louis, Walter Johnson, war, white supremacy
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America’s earliest example of destructive urban renewal
Like most people, when asked where America’s first urban renewal project was undertaken, I would have probably guessed cities like New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, or Boston. These are all logical guesses, but the first urban renewal (or redevelopment) project … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, architecture, branding, cities, civics, civility, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, geography, government, historic preservation, history, Housing, inclusiveness, infrastructure, injustice, land use, Maps, Native Americans, pictures, place names, placemaking, planning, politics, product design, revitalization, spatial design, sprawl, third places, topography, toponymy, tourism, Trade, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, visual pollution
Tagged American exceptionalism, Circleville, Hopewell Culture, Native American earthworks, Ohio, Place, place names, placebreaking, placemaking
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The pioneers behind historic Black-owned pharmacies
A quick trip to the drugstore sounds like a typically mundane shopping adventure we all have taken from time to time. Unfortunately, for Black Americans, especially during America’s Jim Crow segregation era, a trip to the pharmacy for prescriptions or … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Africa, business, cities, civics, Civil Rights, civility, commerce, consumerism, culture, demographics, diversity, economic development, education, entrepreneurship, geography, health, Health care, historic preservation, history, humanity, inclusiveness, injustice, land use, North America, pictures, placemaking, planning, politics, racism, Science, shopping, social equity, States, third places, urban planning, Women
Tagged African-Americans, bigotry, business, cities, Civil Rights, drugstores, education, health, health care, health planning, injustice, Jim Crow, medicine, pharmacies, pharmacists, racism, retailing, segregation, soda fountain, Third places
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Historical geography of the Blues in America
The list below identifies the historical geography of 17 different styles of “the Blues”. Given multitudes of music genres and sub-genres, it is likely that other forms could have been included. The locations are listed by the decade in which … Continue reading
Posted in art, cities, Civil Rights, commerce, Communications, culture, entertainment, geography, historic preservation, history, injustice, Maps, music, placemaking, planning, poverty, social equity, third places, tourism, Travel
Tagged blues, Boogie Woogie, Chicago Blues, Delta Blues, Detroit Blues, East Texas Blues, entertainment, Hill Country Blues, Jug Band Blues, Kansas City Blues, Lower Chattahoochee Valley Blues, Memphis Blues, music, New Orleans Blues, Piedmont Blues, St. Louis Blues, Swamp Blues, West Coast Blues, Zydeco
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