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- Temples of Jazz – The Theatres
- Thriving and Inclusive First-Ring/Inner Suburbs
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- Ten Planning Lessons from Traverse City
- Temples of Jazz – The Ballrooms
- It all ends up in the lake…or the bay…or the stream
- Geography of the Jazz Age in North America
- Ten Planning Lessons from Detroit’s Corktown Neighborhood
- Crafting a Perfect Brewery Name, Logo, and Slogan
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Category Archives: place names
Crafting a Perfect Brewery Name, Logo, and Slogan
Favorite craft brewery names/logos/slogans and why they are so good: *BEST NAME: Stormcloud Brewing of Frankfort, MI – This is my all time favorite name for a brewery and they have a great logo, as well. If you’ve ever seen a fierce … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, beer, branding, brewpubs, business, Canada, cities, commerce, Communications, consumerism, Cuisine, culture, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, entrepreneurship, geography, historic preservation, history, land use, marketing, place names, placemaking, planning, product design, third places, tourism, Trade, Travel
Tagged advertising, branding, breweries, brewpubs, business, fun, logos, marketing, slogans, taglines, Third places, travel
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“Bu-tte-ful” Town Names
Below is a list of cities, towns, villages, hamlets, and census-designated places in the United States and Canada that are named for one of my favorite geographic/geologic landforms – the butte (okay, quit snickering). The photo above aptly shows the … Continue reading
Posted in cities, fun, geography, Geology, place names, topography
Tagged Butte, geography, geology, landforms, mesa, plateau, terrain
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Cities and Towns that Get the Point!
The following city and town names include the word “point.” Sometimes this term refers to a point of land extending into a body of water. Other times it may refer to a craggy hill or prominent point of land. Still, … Continue reading
Posted in cities, environment, fun, geography, Geology, history, Maps, place names, placemaking, topography, tourism, Travel
Tagged fun, geology, place names, places, terrain
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Tri-Cities and Quad Cities
The following are lists of urban regions and metropolitan areas that have developed into a multiple-nuclei of either three (3) or four (4) traditional core communities. By traditional, I mean something other than a suburban edge city (i.e. Tyson’s Corners, … Continue reading
Posted in branding, cities, civics, commerce, Communications, economic development, fun, geography, history, land use, Maps, marketing, place names, placemaking, planning, spatial design, sprawl, transportation, urban planning
Tagged branding, Fyrstad, Quad Cities, Trestad, Tri-Cities, Tricity, triopolis, triple cities
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City/Town Names Based on Indian Band and Tribal Names
The following list of cities, towns, villages, hamlets, and unincorporated communities that were named for Native American Indian tribes and or bands. Several ghost towns are also included. This list also includes translation-corrupted names, Anglicized names, as well as native … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, cities, civics, Civil Rights, Communications, culture, diversity, geography, historic preservation, history, humanity, inclusiveness, Native Americans, place names, planning, States, Statistics
Tagged bands, Indians, Native Americans, tribes
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The First Great Hub of the Northern Plains
Frontier Towns, Part 6: Fort Laramie, Wyoming Don’t confuse Fort Laramie with the much larger university city of Laramie – they are 105 miles and world’s apart. Fort Laramie is a small Northern Plains town of approximately 230 residents located … Continue reading
Posted in cities, commerce, culture, geography, historic preservation, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, Maps, Native Americans, place names, planning, topography, tourism, Trade, trails, transportation, Travel
Tagged Fort Laramie, Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Indians, Native Americans, Sioux, The West, treaties, Wyoming
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Cities/Towns Named for Native American Indian Chiefs
The following list of cities, towns, villages, hamlets, and unincorporated communities that were named for Native American Indian Chiefs. Several ghost towns are also included. This list includes translation-corrupted names, Anglicized names, as well as native names for chiefs. In … Continue reading
Posted in Cities, civics, culture, geography, history, humanity, inclusiveness, Language, Maps, Native Americans, place names, Statistics, Travel
Tagged American Indians, chiefs, etymology, First Nations, Native Americans, tribes
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A Town that was Born Through a Scam!
Frontier Towns, Chapter 3: Boise City, Oklahoma We’ve all probably heard the urban legends of people buying swamp land in Florida from a con artist, but it’s a rare occurrence to learn of an entire town being founded on a … Continue reading
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Tagged Boise City, con artist, land swindles, Oklahoma, scams
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The Old West Personified in a Town’s Iconic Name
Frontier Towns, Chapter 2: Pecos, Texas Few names portray a better image of the Old West than “Pecos.” The Pecos River is the natural dividing line between central and western Texas, as to the west of this iconic river the … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, books, branding, cartoons, cities, civics, commerce, culture, deserts, downtown, economic development, environment, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, pictures, place names, placemaking, planning, recreation, spatial design, topography, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged Pecos, Pecos Bill, Pecos River, rodeo, Texas, Trans-Pecos, West of the Pecos
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