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- Dawn-to-dusk-to-dawn city/town names
- The worst failures of American urban planning
- Worlds largest “ton” suffix cities
- Iconic ironmaking furnace stacks of stone
- Once roaring iron furnace or iron forge named towns
- Tuesday tunes: Male solo artists who belong in the Rock Hall of Fame
- Favorite historic trails to hike or bike
- Tuesday Tunes: Women who Belong in the Rock Hall of Fame
- Working list – America’s tallest and grandest mesas
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Category Archives: Statistics
Dawn-to-dusk-to-dawn city/town names
Below are city and town names that reflect the dawn, midday, dusk, nighttime, and back again. In a number of cases, the dawn and dusk names match up geographically and logically with their names. These are noted with explanations. Not … Continue reading
The worst failures of American urban planning
This post looks at macro-scale urban planning failures to identify what this retired planner believes are/were the worst blunders that have taken place in American urban planning, as a profession. Keep in mind that urban planning includes a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, architecture, Bus transportation, cities, civics, Civil Rights, commerce, culture, demographics, density, diversity, downtown, economic development, environment, geography, government, health, historic preservation, history, Housing, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, injustice, land use, placemaking, planning, racism, rail, rivers/watersheds, social equity, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, Taxes, traffic, transit, transportation, urban design, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged building codes, Euclidean zoning, form-based code, freeway, low-density zoning, minorities, sameness, sprawl, transit, urban planning, urban renewal
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Worlds largest “ton” suffix cities
The following list identifies those cities and town whose name includes the suffix of “ton.” “Ton” is often used as a shortened version of “town.” Based on this list, the most common versions of “ton” are Kingston (4), Hamilton (4), … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Canada, cities, culture, Europe, fun, geography, history, Language, North America, Oceania, place names, States, Statistics, toponymy, UK
Tagged cities, geography, language, place names, population, statistics, toponymy
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Once roaring iron furnace or iron forge named towns
The following list identifies villages, hamlets, and communities named for local iron furnaces and forges that operated during the 18th and 19th centuries. There were a number of other furnaces and forges, but their either wasn’t an adjacent community or … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, architecture, cities, commerce, geography, historic preservation, history, land use, place names, planning, Statistics, topography, toponymy, tourism, Travel
Tagged Bessemer process, forges, furnaces, history, industry, iron, iron furnaces, iron ore
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Working list – America’s tallest and grandest mesas
The following is a working list that will be updated from time to time until complete. Those mesas shown in bold are the tallest in that state. Most data remaining to be added are from Arizona and New Mexico. Mesa … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, environment, geography, Geology, Native Americans, nature, recreation, Statistics, topography, trails, Travel, Wildlife
Tagged flat tops, geography, geology, mesas, table mountains, terrain, topography
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World’s highest skybridges
The following list identifies the world’s highest skybridges that connect parts of one or multiple buildings. As new skybridges are constructed the list will be updated from time to time. The minimum height above ground for inclusion on the list … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, China, cities, climate change, downtown, entertainment, fun, geography, infrastructure, pictures, placemaking, planning, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, Statistics, tourism, Travel, urban design, urban planning, walking, weather
Tagged architecture, design, skybridges, skyscrapers, skywalks, skyways, towers
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Participant cities in AARP’s Network of Age-Friendly Network
Below is a list of the hundreds of communities across the nation participating in AARP’s age-friendly livable communities program. With America’s rapidly aging population, it is surprising that more communities have not joined, given the relatively easy process for … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, cities, culture, geography, health, Health care, history, Housing, humanity, land use, Maps, planning, social equity, Statistics, sustainability, third places, transportation, walking, Women
Tagged AARP, aging in place, retirement, seniors
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Largest cities whose name ends with the letter “i”
Listed below are the largest cities in the world whose name ends with the letter “i.’ Honestly, when first contemplating this list, it was thought there might be 20-30 cities to include. As the list shows, there are quite … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, China, cities, Europe, geography, India, Mexico, North America, Oceania, Russia, South America, Statistics, topography
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World’s largest “stad” and “sted” suffix cities
“Stad” and “sted” have similar meanings of city, town, or place. “Sted” is only found in use in Denmark, while “stad” can be found in the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, South Africa, Aruba, and Curacao. Aruba, Curacao, and South Africa are/were … Continue reading
