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- Nearly ruining a terrific story with overt violence
- Suburbs predicted to soon exceed their core city
- Unofficial guide to “hip(ster)hoods” of the Rust Belt
- Can you spy this special future skyline?
- ‘Live long and prosper” in the next phases of your life, Mr. Spock
- Ten planning lessons made in Detroit
- Can you guess the cities? (#10 of 2015)
- When a suburb becomes larger than the core city
- “Planning should be aspirational”
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Category Archives: placemaking
Suburbs predicted to soon exceed their core city
As a follow-up to last Monday’s post about those suburbs in the United States that have become larger than the original core city of the metropolitan area, here are my predictions for the next group of suburbs which could soon … Continue reading
Posted in cities, economic development, geography, history, Housing, infrastructure, land use, North America, placemaking, planning, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, urban planning
Tagged census, cities, demographics, geography, history, land use, planning, population, statistics, suburbs
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Unofficial guide to “hip(ster)hoods” of the Rust Belt
The term “hipster” stirs up a myriad of images and connotations including but not limited to hippie. modern yuppie, bohemian, urban bohemian, counter-culture, geek, etc. Here is a condensed version of the Urban Dictionary’s rather lengthy definition of “hipster:” “Hipsters … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, art, beer, branding, brewpubs, cities, civility, coffee shops/cafes, culture, economic development, economic gardening, economics, entrepreneurship, historic preservation, history, humanity, inclusiveness, land use, placemaking, planning, revitalization, Small business, social equity, Social media, spatial design, technology, third places, urban planning, zoning
Tagged bohemian, cities, culture, economy, hipsters, land use, neighborhoods, planning, redevelopment, revitalization, Rust Belt, social equity, urban planning, zoning
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Ten planning lessons made in Detroit
Here are my ten planning lessons from Detroit. It’s a great city that I have seen change dramatically, both for the positive and the negative, over the past 22 years as a resident of Michigan. Beneath this downtrodden city was a sleeping giant … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, Advocacy, architecture, branding, Canada, cities, civics, civility, Communications, culture, diversity, geography, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, North America, placemaking, planning, revitalization, social equity, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, urban planning
Tagged architecture, cities, Detroit, humanity, inclusiveness, land use, Michigan, planning, revitalization, social equity, spatial design, sprawl
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When a suburb becomes larger than the core city
Below are examples from the United States of suburbs which have outgrown and overtaken the core city of the metropolitan area in population. As is evident from the list, many of these are planned retirement centers in Florida and … Continue reading
Posted in cities, economic development, geography, land use, marketing, North America, placemaking, planning, politics, Statistics, tourism, urban planning, zoning
Tagged Arizona, census, cities, core cities, demographics, Florida, land use, marketing, MSA, planning, politics, population, suburbs, Virginia
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Review of “Inventing Los Alamos” – Atomic utopia and urban paradox
I just had the pleasure of reading a most interesting book entitled, Inventing Los Alamos: The Growth of an Atomic Community by Jon Hunner. Part historical account, part urban planning study, Inventing Los Alamos is a worthwhile read for anyone … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, book reviews, books, cities, civics, culture, economic development, energy, environment, geography, government, health, historic preservation, history, Housing, infrastructure, land use, literature, military, placemaking, planning, politics, product design, Science, spatial design, technology, tourism, Travel, urban planning, writing
Tagged atomic age, books, cities, Cold War, environment, Jon Hunner, land use, literature, Los Alamos, Manhattan Project, military, New Mexico, non-fiction, research, Science, technology, urban planning, utopia, writing
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Freezeways: Cutting-edge planning for Winter Cities
Atlanta’s ambitious and impressive Belt Line was fostered by a thesis project. Now, comes the Freezeway, a bold theorem by University of British Columbia graduate student Matt Gibbs, which proposes to convert some of Edmonton, Alberta’s bike trails into linear commuter/recreational … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Alternative transportation, bicycling, Biking, Canada, cities, climate change, culture, education, entertainment, fitness, fun, geography, health, infrastructure, North America, placemaking, planning, product design, spatial design, sports, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, writing
Tagged Alberta, bike trails, Canada, cities, commuting, design, Edmonton, education, exercise, freezeways, skating planning, sports, trails, transportation
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Midtown Detroit’s boom shifts into high gear!
Back in 2011, panethos.com highlighted the early stages of a boom taking place in Midtown Detroit. While so much of the national media was solely focused on the bad news coming from the Motor City, it completely missed the bright … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, architecture, art, bicycling, branding, cities, civics, commerce, culture, density, economic development, economic gardening, entrepreneurship, geography, Health care, historic preservation, history, Housing, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, new urbanism, Passenger rail, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, revitalization, spatial design, sustainability, third places, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged adaptive reuse, architecture, art, Carhartt, cities, Detroit, DIA, DMC, economics, Hop Cat, Jolly Pumpkin, land use, Mi-1 Light Rail, Michigan, Midtown, rail, rehab, renovation, revitalization, Shinola, transit, urban planning, Whole Foods
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