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Tag Archives: aesthetics
Designer dumpsters of Traverse City
It’s not often you see dumpsters that once could call “artistic,” but here in Traverse City, there is a series of painted ones dotting the downtown alleys between Front and State Streets. These designer dumpsters were painted by elementary school … Continue reading
Posted in art, business, cities, civics, civility, culture, downtown, economic gardening, environment, infrastructure, land use, placemaking, planning, pollution, product design, recycling, urban planning
Tagged aesthetics, American Waste, art, cities, design, downtown, dumpsters, eye pollution, planning, Traverse City, waste disposal
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Polishing our window to the world
Detroit Metropolitan Airport is very impressive to anyone who arrives there by aircraft. Both the McNamara Terminal and the North Terminal are bright, shiny, modern, busy, welcoming, and clean. The same cannot be said for those arriving by car or … Continue reading
Posted in air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, Cars, cities, commerce, economic development, geography, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Passenger rail, planning, rail, Railroads, spatial design, sustainability, tourism, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged aesthetics, airport planning, airports, aviation, Detroit, highways, infrastructure, land use, planning, spatial design, tourism, transportation, travel, wayfinding
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Utility infrastructure does not have to be ugly
This electrical substation in suburban Chicago (Elk Grove Village) is an excellent example of how, with a little effort, utility infrastructure can be designed to be aesthetically pleasing and blend well with its surroundings. Well done!
Posted in architecture, art, cities, civics, energy, environment, infrastructure, land use, placemaking, planning, product design, spatial design, urban planning, visual pollution
Tagged aesthetics, design, energy, infrastructure, land use, planning, substations, utilities
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Don’t face your butt to the street
One frustrating nuance of land use planning is when a business wishes to situate their new structure in a manner that detracts from the adjacent street’s aesthetics by facing the primary entrance away from the street. This most often tends to occur … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, architecture, art, cities, civics, consumerism, culture, density, economic development, environment, geography, historic preservation, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, revitalization, spatial design, sustainability, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged aesthetics, architecture, building design, form based codes, land use planning urban planning, landscape, special use permits, streetscape, zoning
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The flaws in prototypical design
In the urban planner’s never-ending quest to avoid bland sameness and looking like Anywhere, USA, one of our arch enemies is “the prototype design.” These are often touted by chain organizations like restaurants and retail stores as the only option available, … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, architecture, cities, civics, Communications, consumerism, economic development, economics, government, history, land use, placemaking, planning, pollution, product design, psychology, revitalization, spatial design, urban planning, zoning
Tagged aesthetics, architecture, buildings, chain stores, design, land use, planning, prototypes, restaurants, retail, zoning
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