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- Favorite names of mesas in America’s Old West
- Beautiful fungi and mushrooms of Power Island
- World’s largest “stad” and “sted” suffix cities
- World’s largest “Old” cities and towns
- Tuesday Tunes: “Folklore” by Taylor Swift is outstanding
- Winged insects found on driftwood
- Toasting the States with the most wineries in 2020 vs. 2018
- Tuesday tunes: Summerish band/musician names
- Two ideologies, two plutonium programs, and too reckless!
- World’s largest “New” cities
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Tuesday tunes: Summerish band/musician names
Here’s a list of the bands/musicians whose name reminds one of summer. It is kind of surprising how few there are/were given how popular surfing was in the fifties and sixties and how many summer music festivals there were prior … Continue reading
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Chris*craft flotilla
Just a few of the classic Chris*craft motorboats that were tooling around Lake Wawasee, Indiana on Sunday morning June 28, 2020. Each Sunday between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend anywhere between 14 and 30 of these lovely watercraft … Continue reading
Posted in art, branding, classic vehicles, culture, entertainment, fun, historic preservation, history, placemaking, product design, recreation, technology, tourism, Transportation, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged boating, boats, Chris*craft, Indiana, Lake Wawasee, motorboats, watercraft
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Favorites of classic Film Noir
I don’t know about you, but I love Film Noir, particularly the classic period of this genre from roughly 1940 to 1960. Film Noir is defined as: “A style or genre of cinematographic film marked by a mood of pessimism, … Continue reading
Posted in art, culture, entertainment, film, fun, movies, Uncategorized, video, writing
Tagged cinema, classic cinema, Film Noir, Hollywood, movie posters
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Atomic “doomtowns” that once surrounded Chernobyl
The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster occurred on April 26, 1986, when reactor #4 exploded. Before being brought under control weeks later, extreme levels of radiation had spread outward from the nuclear plant by both wind and rain. This inundated communities all … Continue reading
Posted in atomic age, cities, environment, Europe, film, geography, history, humanity, Maps, movies, pollution, Russia, Statistics, topography, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged Babushkas of Chernobyl, Belarus, CEZ, Chernobyl, Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster, doomtowns, ghost towns, nuclear power, pollution, radiation, Russia, Soviet Union, The Burning Edge, Ukraine, USSR
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Ten Planning Lessons from Bisbee, AZ
Current and former mining towns (as well as all declining post-industrial cities) can learn valuable lessons from Bisbee on how to survive and later begin to reverse the decline after its founding industry falters. Architectural gems from previous eras are … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, Cities, civics, culture, economic development, Environment, geography, health, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Nature, placemaking, planning, pollution, revitalization, sustainability, third places, topography, tourism, Transportation, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning, visual pollution, zoning
Tagged Arizona, arts, Bisbee, copper, historic preservation, mining, pollution, revitalization, tourism
Best brewed mobile coffee shop names
Some more fun with coffee shop names, except this time it’s ones that are mobile instead of fixed/stationary. The mobile hops are broken down into three categories – bikes or carts/trucks, cars, or vans/trailers. My personal favorite names are shown … Continue reading
Posted in business, Cities, coffee shops/cafes, Cuisine, culture, economic gardening, Food, food systems, fun, geography, land use, placemaking, planning, shopping, third places, tourism, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning
Tagged coffee, food
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A Place with “The Wright Stuff” – Ten Planning Lessons from Oak Park, Illinois
We had the privilege of visiting lovely Oak Park, Illinois over the Veterans Day weekend. As a planner, I was awestruck by this community and by the architectural masterpieces of it’s famous former resident, Frank Lloyd Wright. Throughout the Oak … Continue reading
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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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Advice from a Saguaro cactus
Came across this list on a bookmark of all things. A little fun on a Friday evening. Stand tall Reach for the stars Be patient through the dry spells Conserve your resources Think long term Wait for your time to … Continue reading
Posted in books, Communications, Environment, geography, Nature, peace, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged cacti
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