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Category Archives: libraries
Viva historic preservation in the “True Las Vegas”
We recently spent part of a day wandering about downtown Las Vegas, New Mexico and came away very impressed by the preserved historical and cultural assets of this High Plains city. Unlike the overwhelming glitter and gaudiness found in Nevada, … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, archaeology, architecture, art, branding, business, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Cuisine, culture, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, entrepreneurship, Food, fun, geography, government, historic preservation, history, Housing, infrastructure, land use, libraries, Maps, pictures, placemaking, planning, revitalization, shopping, Small business, spatial design, Statistics, third places, topography, tourism, Trade, Travel, urban design, urban planning, zoning
Tagged adaptive reuse, culture, High Plains, historic preservation, history, Las Vegas, New Mexico, New Mexico True, Old Town Plaza, Old West, Viva Las Vegas!
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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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Wavering between tomorrow and yesterday
My guess is that most readers of this blog have at one time or another sampled an e-reader, tablet, or equivalent technology to slowly peruse an electronic version of a book. If you are like me, you probably found them to … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, book reviews, books, civility, commerce, Communications, consumerism, culture, entertainment, environment, fun, general, history, humanity, internet, libraries, literature, reading, Social media, technology, writing
Tagged books, culture, e-readers, Kindle, literature, Nook, publishing, reading, tablets, technology, writing
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Your community is a college town when…
Sofas and couches are considered roadside artwork and/or a front porch decoration. Mascot(s) seem to appear from out of nowhere at every venue. Beer consumption exceeds water consumption. The drinking age is only a guideline. The first really warm day … Continue reading
Posted in art, beer, bicycling, Cars, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, consumerism, Cuisine, culture, diversity, economic development, education, entertainment, environment, Food, fun, geography, government, health, history, Housing, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, libraries, music, placemaking, planning, politics, satire, schools, seasons, spatial design, sports, sustainability, technology, Television, third places, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning, zoning
Tagged beer, beer pong, college, education, football, fun, land use, Lee Corso, NCAA, planning, satire, school, universities, zoning
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It’s time for 21st century legal noticing!
In an era of daily newspapers shutting down or dramatically reducing their publication dates to just twice or thrice a week, and with Saturday mail delivery being on the fiscal chopping block, it seems long-past time that planning and zoning enabling legislation … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, Advocacy, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, culture, education, government, history, humanity, inclusiveness, land use, Language, libraries, planning, politics, Social media, technology, Television, urban planning, writing, zoning
Tagged advertising, cities, government, internet, land use, legal notices, news, planning, politics, publications, urban planning, web, zoning
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Brewing up a “social” library
A lingering image of traditional libraries for many is to visualize in our mind’s eye a librarian holding their finger to their mouth and indicating a silent “shush.” While I am not advocating for all hell breaking loose in libraries, … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, books, cities, coffee shops/cafes, culture, economic gardening, education, land use, libraries, placemaking, planning, urban planning
Tagged books, cafes, libraries, placemaking, social media, Third places
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