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Tag Archives: China
China’s clearly spectacular glass footbridges – UPDATED
Words can hardly describe this magnificent 1,726 foot glass suspension bridge that was recently completed over the Lianjiang River Gorge (part of the Huangchuan Three Gorges) in the Liangzhou District of China. It is world’s longest glass bridge and opened … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, architecture, Asia, bridges, China, fun, geography, hiking, infrastructure, land use, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, technology, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, walking
Tagged architecture, bridges, China, design, footbridges, glass bridges, gorges, pedestrians, spans, suspension bridges, tourism, travel
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Is there a student housing bubble and is it about to burst?
For many collegiate cities and towns across the United States, the steady influx of international students (and often with their families), from primarily China/Asia, have lifted the local real estate markets out of the post-2008 doldrums. The concern now becomes … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, China, cities, colleges, culture, demographics, diversity, economic development, education, geography, globalization, Housing, humanity, immigration, land use, marketing, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, Statistics, urban planning, zoning
Tagged Asia, China, cities, colleges, education, housing, housing bubble, land use, planning, real estate, residential, student housing, students, universities, zoning
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A capital city without a country
Depending on your definition and/or the resource(s) you cite, there are between 193 and 200 countries on Earth, each with its own capital city. There are also many individual states, provinces, and territories that contain capital cities. But to this … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, Advocacy, architecture, art, Asia, China, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, culture, geography, government, historic preservation, history, human rights, humanity, inclusiveness, India, infrastructure, land use, Love, Maps, peace, Religion, tourism, Trade, Travel
Tagged arts, capital, China, cities, culture, Dalai Lama, Dharamsala, exile, government, history, India, land use, Lhasa, maps, Mcleodranj, peace, Tibet, Tibetan New Year
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When land use planning turns EVIL
As professional planners, we like to think of land use planning as a fairly benign occupation that may stir controversy and discourse every now and then. I doubt many of us would consider the profession as being evil. But, as … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, book reviews, books, China, cities, civility, Europe, geography, government, history, human rights, humanity, infrastructure, Labor, land use, Maps, military, North America, Oceania, peace, planning, South America, transportation, UK, urban planning, writing
Tagged apartheid, books, China, Dalai Lama, history, human rights, humanity, In Exile from the Land of Snows, infrastructure, land use, land use planning, peace, planning, Tibet, urban planning
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Five Chinatown Gates in eleven days
Here are photographs taken of Chinatown Friendship Gates in Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver, and Victoria, Canada; as well as Seattle Washington during our recent train trip across Canada and the Pacific Northwest. In Winnipeg, there is an especially lovely Chinese Garden … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, Asia, Canada, China, cities, diversity, downtown, geography, land use, landscape architecture, North America, peace, pictures, placemaking, third places, tourism, Travel, Welcome
Tagged Canada, China, chinatown Gates, cities, gardens, land use, Seattle, Toronto, tourism, travel, Vancouver, Victoria, Winnipeg
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Greater Lansing’s 2014 Chinese New Year celebration
Below are a series of images from today’s Greater Lansing 2014 Chinese New Year celebration held inside a local mall. A large crowd attended the festive event which included music, a dragon parade, dancing, a fashion show, martial arts, booths … Continue reading
Posted in art, Asia, China, cities, civics, Communications, culture, economic development, economic gardening, education, entertainment, fun, globalization, history, holiday, humanity, inclusiveness, North America, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, third places, tourism, Travel
Tagged China, Chinese New Year, cities holiday, civics, culture, economic development history, Greater Lansing, inclusiveness, Michigan
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Sky-high Ferris wheels – latest urban fad?
Until the past few days, I had not realized how many cities have added an enormous Ferris wheel as an urban attraction. Yes, I knew of the London Eye and even visited it myself in 2008, though the queue and … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, Asia, branding, China, cities, culture, downtown, economic development, entertainment, Europe, film, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, holiday, infrastructure, Ireland, land use, landscape architecture, movies, new urbanism, North America, Oceania, placemaking, planning, product design, revitalization, skylines, technology, third places, tourism, Travel, UK, urban planning, video
Tagged 1941, amenities, Australia, Canada, China, cities, downtown, economic development, entertainment, Ferris wheels, fun, geography, Japan, land use, movies, placemaking, planning, Russia, Singapore, technology, UK, urban planning, USA
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Dos puertas de la ciudad de China de America del Sur
I was rather surprised to find only two Chinatown gates in South America. They are located in Buenos Aires, Argentina and in Lima, Peru. Below are a photograph of each of these artistic structures: One would think with numerous megacities like … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, China, cities, Communications, culture, diversity, geography, globalization, historic preservation, history, immigration, inclusiveness, land use, peace, placemaking, planning, South America, third places, tourism, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged architecture, Argentina, art, Buenos Aires, China, Chinatown, ciudad de China, culture, design, diversity, gates, immigration, Lima, paifang, Peru, puertas, South America
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Chinatown gates of North and Central America
While traveling in Northern California back in August of this year, some of the most interesting places we visited were related to Chinese-American history. These included an 1863 Chinese Temple in Oroville and the Chinese-American Historical Society Museum in San Francisco (see … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, Asia, China, cities, civics, Communications, consumerism, culture, density, diversity, economic development, entertainment, entrepreneurship, Food, fun, geography, globalization, land use, Music, new urbanism, North America, placemaking, planning, revitalization, signs, skylines, spatial design, tourism, Travel
Tagged architecture, art, Canada, Central America, China, Chinatown, Costa Rica, Cuba, culture, diversity, Dominican Republic, gates, Mexico, Panama, signage, tourism, travel, United States
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