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Tag Archives: Austin
Ranking America’s urban forests
American Forests recently announced its ten best cities for urban forests for 2013. The top ten, out of the 50 largest cities in the nation are listed in alphabetical order below (weblinks to each winner’s results are provided): Austin Charlotte … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, cities, civics, climate change, energy, environment, geography, health, historic preservation, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, nature, new urbanism, North America, placemaking, planning, pollution, recreation, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, tourism, Travel, urban planning, visual pollution, Wildlife
Tagged Austin, charlotte, cities, Denver, environment, green infrastructure, green space, land use, landscapes, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, nature, New York City, parks, Portland, Sacramento, Seattle, trees, urban forests, urban planning, Washington, wildlife
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Cities are alive with the sound of music!
Thursday evening I had the chance to attend a seminar entitled, Music’s Impact on the Community. This superb and fascinating event was held at Michigan State University’s Center Community and Economic Development in Greater Lansing. Not only did the program … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, advertising, art, branding, cities, civics, coffee shops/cafes, commerce, Communications, consumerism, Cuisine, culture, diversity, economic development, economic gardening, economics, education, entertainment, entrepreneurship, Food, fun, globalization, history, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, marketing, music, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, product design, revitalization, schools, Small business, Social media, spatial design, technology, theaters, third places, tourism, Trade, Travel, urban planning, video, writing
Tagged albums, art, artists, Austin, Cleveland, Detroit, education, entertainment, fun, land use, Lansing, music, Nashville, Owensboro, Seattle, talent, Third places, video
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More examples of linearapoli (linear cities)
Both readers of Panethos and I have turned up some additional examples of linearpoli beyond those listed in the original post. Thank you to those who have forwarded examples to me. I really appreciate it. Please feel free to continue to … Continue reading
Posted in cities, density, geography, history, land use, spatial design, sprawl, transportation, urban planning
Tagged Austin, cities, geography, Gold Coast, linearapoli, Quito, Rockford, spatial design, Spokane, sprawl
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