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Category Archives: pictures
Icy Wonders of Nature
Living “Up North” in Michigan can present some challenges during the winter months. But, it can also often instill a complete sense of awe and wonder. The beauty of freshly fallen snow, the reflective subtleties created by moonlight on the … Continue reading
Posted in art, environment, fun, geography, nature, pictures, rivers/watersheds, Science, tourism, Travel, weather
Tagged Ice, ice balls, ice caves, ice disks, ice pancakes, icicles, winter
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Delights of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Oak Park Home
Posted in architecture, art, culture, historic preservation, history, Housing, pictures, spatial design, tourism, Travel
Tagged design, Frank Lloyd Wright, homes, Oak Park
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After Hours at Detroit’s Eastern Market
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, art, Cars, Cities, commerce, downtown, entertainment, Food, food systems, fun, historic preservation, history, land use, pictures, placemaking, planning, revitalization, shopping, spatial design, Travel, urban planning
Tagged Detroit Eastern Market
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Top Eleven Planning Lessons from Lisbon, Portugal
Below are my top eleven (11) planning lessons from a delightful week-long trip to Lisboa (Lisbon), Portugal in late September. Many more could be added this list, but for brevity’s sake we’ll stay with these eleven (11) for now. They … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, architecture, art, cities, civics, civility, Cuisine, culture, diversity, downtown, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, Europe, Food, fun, geography, Geology, historic preservation, history, humanity, inclusiveness, land use, music, nature, pictures, placemaking, planning, Portugal, revitalization, spatial design, topography, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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The Beauty of the Contrasting-Chaotic City Form
As urban planners we have a tendency to emphasize the importance and efficiency of the traditional grid street pattern. Compared to the disconnected neighborhoods and subdivisions constructed over the past 75 years, the traditional street grid is far and away … Continue reading
Posted in books, Cars, Cities, culture, density, downtown, Europe, geography, government, health, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, North America, pictures, placemaking, planning, Portugal, spatial design, sprawl, topography, tourism, traffic, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged chaos, city design, design, grid pattern, Lisboa, Lisbon, peacemaking, Pombal, Pombaline, urban form
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Lisboa, Glorious Lisboa
Posted in air travel, architecture, art, bridges, Cities, commerce, culture, downtown, entertainment, Europe, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, pictures, placemaking, planning, Portugal, rail, sailing, skylines, spatial design, topography, tourism, transit, Transportation, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning, walking
Tagged Europe, Lisboa ( Lisbon), Portugal, travel
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Images of Art Prize 2018 in Grand Rapids
Some of the approximately 1,200 works of art currently on display in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Posted in art, Cities, Communications, culture, diversity, downtown, entertainment, fun, inclusiveness, Music, pictures, placemaking, planning, tourism, Travel
Tagged Art Prize, Grand Rapids
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Thank you, METRIC for a Rock n’ Roll Masterpiece
Every once in a while you hear an album that completely knocks your socks off the very first time your listen to it. Today was one of those days. NPR was kind enough to provide a “First Listen” to METRIC’s … Continue reading
Posted in art, Canada, Communications, culture, entertainment, Love, music, pictures, Radio, video, Women
Tagged Art of Doubt, Canada, Emily haines, James Shaw, Joshua Winstead, Joules Scott-Key, Metric, music, Rock 'n' Roll
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Carved Cedar Skylines of the Pacific Northwest Coast
For centuries, coastlines, coves, river shorelines, and inlets from Alaska southward to Washington State were dotted with the sky-scraping carved cedar totem poles that depicted the history and legacies of those First Nation and Native American residents who called this … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, Canada, cities, Communications, culture, geography, historic preservation, history, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, nature, North America, pictures, place names, planning, rivers/watersheds, skylines, skyscrapers, Statistics, topography, tourism, Travel
Tagged First Nations, Native Americans, totem poles, villages
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